Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz explained

Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
Type:	studio
Artist:	Meco
Cover:	Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz.jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	Disco Tribute album Novelty Instrumental pop
Length:	17:53
Label:	Millennium Records RCA
Producer:	Meco, Tony Bongiovi, Harold Wheeler
Prev Title:	Encounters of Every Kind
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Superman & Other Galactic Heroes
Next Year:	1978

Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz is an album by the American musician Meco, released in 1978.^[1] The album sold around 400,000 copies.

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

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		width="45"	US R&B	width="45"	US Dance	width="45"	US Pop	width="45"	AUS
1978	"The Wizard Of Oz"	-	35	35	72

See also

• The Wizard of Oz, 1939 film

External links

• Discogs link

Notes and References

1. News: Gilday . Katherine . Disco . The Globe and Mail . 21 Oct 1978 . P31.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 196.