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Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz

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Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedDisco
Tribute album
Novelty
Instrumental pop
Length17:53
LabelMillennium Records
RCA
ProducerMeco, 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
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

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  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

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Album

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

Singles

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Wizard of Oz Review by JT Griffith". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ Gilday, Katherine (21 Oct 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.
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