Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz

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Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
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Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded Disco
Tribute album
Novelty
Instrumental pop
Length17:53
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
SourceRating
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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 ]

Contents

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

TitleRelease
date
Chart positions
US PopUS R&BAUS [3]
"The Wizard Of Oz"1978#68#49#72

Singles

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

See also

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.