Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz

Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
Studio album by Meco
Released	1978
Recorded	Disco Tribute album Novelty Instrumental pop
Length	17:53
Label	Millennium Records RCA
Producer	Meco, Tony Bongiovi, Harold Wheeler
Meco chronology
Encounters of Every Kind (1978) Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz (1978) Superman & Other Galactic Heroes (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz is an album by the American musician Meco, released in 1978. ^[2] The album sold around 400,000 copies.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

1. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:58)
2. "Cyclone" (George Bassman, Herbert Stohart, George Stoll) - (3:43)
3. "Munchkinland" - (1:19)
4. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (2:00)
5. "We're Off to See the Wizard" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:32)
6. "Poppies"
7. "The Spell"
8. "Optimistic Voices"
9. "The Merry Old Land Of Oz"
10. "The Haunted Forest" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (1:22)
11. "March of the Winkies" (Herbert Stohart) - (1:20)
12. "Dorothy's Rescue" (Herbert Stohart) - (1:11)
13. "If I Were King of the Forest" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (0:57)
14. "Over The Rainbow"
15. "The Reprise: Delirious Escape/Over The Rainbow/Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead/Munchkinland" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - (3:17)

Charts

Album

Title	Release date	Chart positions
		US Pop	US R&B	AUS [3]
"The Wizard Of Oz"	1978	#68	#49	#72

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US R&B	US Dance	US Pop	AUS
1978	"The Wizard Of Oz"	-	#35	#35	#72

See also

• The Wizard of Oz , 1939 film

References

1. "The Wizard of Oz Review by JT Griffith". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
2. Gilday, Katherine (October 21, 1978). "Disco". The Globe and Mail. p. P31.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 196. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.

External links

• Discogs link