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Has anyone heard this LP? I am curious about Mellow Yellow's deejay skills... I am guessing that it was nothing special as we have yet to see another appearance from him.

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/4166

Any thoughts?
BC

His deejay skills were ok. Not bad. He did record another album titled Herpes Take Over as well as a single with Fathead.

The first song with Mellow, Road Block, on that album is peer dance hall niceness! I think that Mellow Yellow is a great deejay but perhaps not that unique enough. My favorite of the albinos is Purple and then Yellowman.

http://reggaelicious.pbwiki.com/Albino%20deejays

Yep Kalcidis, Purpleman is also my fav. The Confessions LP may be my top choice, although I have not had a chance to ever hear the first two LPs (Hot & DJ Confrontation). Are those any good?

BC

They are ok. It's the same type of delivery (slow and off-key) that he's known for.

I've actually don't have Confessions. I've only got Hot, DJ Confrontation, The Yellow, Purple & Nancy plus the showdown with Yellow and Purple. He does good on all of them with Hot being my favorite. From what I know Hot shares a couple of songs with Confessions (session inna westmoreland being the same as Nice Up Session for an example).

Keeping an eye out for Confessions but it seems it's a sought after record.

Never thought about the Mellow Yellow album until a few weeks ago.

As much I like Yellowman, I prefer Purpleman still also.

Confessions album is a good one. I know the "Can't take the Bossman" on Confessions is the same on the Peter Yellow vs U Brown album.

It is very odd to me that the Confessions LP was credited to Yellowman. Does anyone know how such a huge blunder can happen? I understand the common mispellings and such, but come on, Yellowman's picture is on the front of the jacket, too! -haha. Vista Sounds was a decent label, wonder what went wrong here?

BC

My guess is that they tried to cash in on Yellowmans fame by stating it as a Yellow album.

But then again Purple was known as the original Yellowman once so he might have tried to re-establish himself as that. Even though I think it's more likely they just named it after Yellowman to sell more copies.

I have never heard of an album by Mellow Yellow called Herpes Take Over. The one I have is Mellow Yellow Meets Young Ranks, on Jamrock. It has the tune Herpes on it. Does the Herpes Take Over LP really exist? If yes then I have a serious gap in my chrono-name early 80s DJ collection!!!

I love the sticker on the front of the LP I have. It says "featuring hit Herpes the most dangerous diseases"

The album has some heavy riddims, Channel One and Harry J.

Classic piece of vinyl.