This song wasn't included in any LP album and was release as a single in February 1967. Dippy was in the army in Malaysia by then, and when he heard the song, he contacted Donovan and asked him for help. Epistle To Dippy was an open letter from Donovan to an old friend from school.A small part of the lyrics mentions female masturbation, which was very shocking those days. Young Girl Blues was inspired by Linda Lawrence, and it's about her days working as a model in America.This was the third Donovan album in a row with a song that paid tribute to this British folk musician. House Of Jansch is dedicated to his friend Bert Jansch.Donovan was hurt and confused and wrote the song Bleak City Woman, which said goodbye to Linda and welcome Enid Stulberger, his new American girlfriend. By the time Donovan composed the album Mellow Yellow, Linda Lawrence had refused to marry him.Sand And Foam is about a trip Donovan and Gypsy Dave made to the west coast of Mexico.
He also clarifies Paul contribution to the song: you can hear him cheering at the end of the song, with other people gathered in the recording studio. Although it has been said that the words "quite rightly" in Mellow Yellow are whispered by Paul McCartney, in his autobiography The Hurdy Gurdy Man Donovan claims it was actually him, not Paul.In a recent interview Donovan said that Mellow Yellow came up in a party in a hotel room, where he started making up the chords and lyrics so that all his friends could sing along. The title song, Mellow Yellow, was released as a single the previous November, and became a huge hit in both sides of the Atlantic.All this problems that prevented the release of Donovan's music in the UK led him to write resigned songs like Writer In The Sun, where he sadly weighs up the possibility of his own forced retirement from the music business at age 20.
In June 1967 a mix of both albums was released as Sunshine Superman (PYE Records NPL 18181) in the UK, to keep the English fans up to date.
you're my singer, let me be your song.Įpistle To Dippy (Alternative Arrangement) *
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