LOWRELL – MELLOW MELLOW RIGHT ON 12″ – EXC+ UK 1979 FUNK SOUL DISCO

Lowrell – Mellow Mellow Right On
(AVI Records  1979   AVISL108)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are quite a few surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Company Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges and some rubbing

Lowrell Simon (March 18, 1943, Chicago – June 19, 2018, Newton, Mississippi) was an American soul singer. He began as a singer in The LaVondells, which became The Vondells which featured Butch McCoy and Jessie Dean and enjoyed some regional success in the 1960s with the song “Lenore”. When the Vondells broke up, Simon formed the group The Lost Generation alongside several Chicago friends, and the group scored several U.S. hits between 1969 and 1974.

After the band’s breakup, Simon wrote for Curtom Records. Simon made contributions to the soundtrack to the 1974 film, Three the Hard Way. He wrote the tune “Dance Master” in 1974 for Willie Henderson. He wrote tracks for the 1976 debut album of Mystique, which featured other former members of The Lost Generation.

In the late 1970s, Simon began recording under his first name. He signed to Liberace’s label, AVI Records, and released an album in late 1979 entitled Lowrell. The album’s second single, “Mellow Mellow Right On” b/w “You’re Playing Dirty”, was a No. 32 U.S. R&B hit that year. It reached No. 37 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1979. Simon wrote the 1979 tune “All About the Paper” for Loleatta Holloway.

“Mellow Mellow Right On” is a song by American soul singer Lowrell. It was released in 1979 on AVI Records. The song “Mellow Mellow Right On” has been sampled copiously, including by Massive Attack (“Lately”), Joy Enriquez (Tell me how you feel),Imagination, Big Brooklyn Red (“Taking It Too Far”) and Common (“Reminding Me (Of Sef)”), and has been covered by the dance production outfit L.A. Mix.