Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk is a disco album by Meco released in 1977. The album uses various musical themes from the Star Wars soundtrack arranged as instrumental disco music. A single from the album, "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding to that position for two weeks. The album and single were both certified Platinum, for sales of one million albums and two million singles, on June 8, 1978.
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Disco, space disco, film score, orchestral pop, funk, jazz | |||
| Length | 27:57 | |||
| Label | Millennium Records | |||
| Producer | Meco, Harold Wheeler, Tony Bongiovi | |||
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| Singles from Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk | ||||
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The complete contents of the album are also available on the 1997 Mercury compilation "The Best of Meco".
Track listing
- Star Wars (15:49) LP side 1
- "Title Theme"
- "Imperial Attack"
- "The Desert & the Robot Auction"
- "The Princess Appears"
- "The Land of the Sand People"
- "Princess Leia's Theme"
- "Cantina Band"
- "The Last Battle"
- "The Throne Room & End Title"
- Other Galactic Funk (12:31) LP side 2
- "Other" (4:07)
- "Galactic" (5:02)
- "Funk" (3:21)
- "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (7" edit) (3:32) - bonus track on CD only
- "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (12" disco mix) (7:34) - bonus track on CD only
LP Side 1 / CD Tracks 1, 3 and 4 - Composer: John Williams
LP Side 2 / CD Track 2 - Composers: Solomon Smith and Harold Wheeler[1]
Personnel
- Drasan Thims (Sandra Smith), Harold Wheeler, Pat Rebillot: Keyboards
- Suzanne Ciani: Special Musical and Sound Effects (as created on a Buchla synthesizer)
- Tony Bongiovi: Studio tape effects, guitars
- Cliff Morris, David Spinozza, John Tropea, Lamer Murhab, Lance Quinn, Simm Tenaj: Guitars
- Neil Jason, Bob Walters, Will Lee: Bass
- Allan Schwartzberg, Steve Gadd, Dor McBrene, Jimmy Young: Drums
- Anthony Eversley, Dave Carey, John Purcell, Kendall Turner, Kirk Parson, Nor Thornaring, Meco, Rubens Bassini, Solomon Smith, Thomas Simons, Timothy Thompson, Vincent Lilly: Percussion
- Eddie Bert: Trombone
- Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff & Randy Brecker: Trumpets
Charts
Album
| Title | Release date |
Chart positions | ||
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| US Pop | US R&B | AUS[2] | ||
| Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk | (1977) | 13 | 8 | 19 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||||
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| US R&B | US Dance | US Pop | AUS | UK Pop | ||
| 1977 | "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" | 8 | 6 | 1 (October 1, 1977) |
3 | 7 (October, 1977) |
Production
- Recorded at MZH Studio in New York, New York.
- Electronic musical effects were created on a Buchla synthesizer by Suzanne Ciani.
References
- "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (Meco)". Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- 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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