A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – Music from Star Trek/Music from The Black Hole – 1980 (not available) And we’re back to disco versions of film themes. Coming after the exquisite album The Empire Strikes Back, this one Continue Reading

A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album – 1980 (re-released in 1996, but now discontinued and no longer commercially available) Well, here it is. The legend of this album grew Continue Reading

A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – The Empire Strikes Back – 1980 (not available) It was as inevitable that Meco would return to Star Wars as it was that George Lucas would. But this time, Meco changed tactics. Continue Reading

A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – Moondancer – 1979 (not available) After four albums of disco versions of movie music, Meco finally decided to record an album of straight disco music. The sound is pretty different, partially because Continue Reading

A guest Listening Post by SamuraiFrog, revolving around Meco Monardo, the guy who disco-ized movie scores. Meco – Superman and Other Galactic Heroes – 1979 (not available) Meco returns to the same format as his first record, Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk, by taking a John Williams score and Continue Reading