The Return of Meco

Those of us who were around in the 70's will no doubt recall that one of the first spin-offs of Star Wars was the disco version of the theme song by Meco. I have this record (it's probably worth something on eBay!) and though I'm absolutely horrified by this song now, I thought it was the shit back then.

So guess what? Meco's back. I got an email today from Sony for their Acid music production software and they threw in the following tidbit:

In 1977, Meco Monardo produced the biggest-selling instrumental pop single in the history of the record business - Meco's "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band." The disco version of the movie theme effortlessly moved to number 1, outselling the official theme by the London Symphony Orchestra in the process. It is the only instrumental single to ever receive the RIAA Platinum award (selling 2 million copies). Thereafter, Meco became something of a specialist in movie themes, finding success with adaptations of the themes from movies such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Wizard of Oz, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

Meco's newest CD is entitled Music Inspired by Star Wars and unlike his previous Star Wars recordings, seven of the ten new songs contain vocals. Nearly all of the music for Music Inspired by Star Wars was created and mixed using ACID Pro software. "Except for the vocals and Peter Frank's guitar solo, there were no live instruments nor any MIDI used in the recording," says Meco.

Out of curiousity I went to Amazon and I cracked up at the names of some of the cuts on his album:

I Am Your Father
You Are Reckless
Boogie Wookiee

Etc.

All I can say is, "Craptacular!"