Encounters Of Every Kind
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Encounters Of Every Kind is an album by Meco
, released in 1978
. It was recorded after the success of Meco's platinum-selling album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
, and in a similar fashion to that album, contained disco-styled interpretations of the original score from the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind
. The album contains two sides of linked songs.
Encounters of Every Kind was the last Meco album to gain significant prominence on the Billboard charts
, though he continued to record film tie-ins with disco-inspired albums for The Wizard of Oz
, Superman & Other Galactic Heroes
(a tie-in with Superman The Movie, which was another John Williams score) and 'Music From Star Trek & Music From The Black Hole (tie-ins with the 1979 films Star Trek: The Motion Picture
and The Black Hole
). None of these releases other than the Star Wars album have been released on CD, though some tracks from Close Encounters were available on the Best of Meco
compact disc.
Meco
Meco is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of a band or production team based around him...
, released in 1978
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
. It was recorded after the success of Meco's platinum-selling album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk is a disco album by Meco released in 1977. The album remakes various themes and songs from the Star Wars soundtrack into disco tunes. A single from the album entitled "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" was released, and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on...
, and in a similar fashion to that album, contained disco-styled interpretations of the original score from the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey...
. The album contains two sides of linked songs.
Encounters of Every Kind was the last Meco album to gain significant prominence on the Billboard charts
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, though he continued to record film tie-ins with disco-inspired albums for The Wizard of Oz
Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz
Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz is a studio album that was released in 1979. None of the singles charted, and the album sold around 400,000 copies.-Track listing:#"Over the Rainbow" - ...
, Superman & Other Galactic Heroes
Superman & Other Galactic Heroes
Superman and Other Galactic Heroes is the fourth album from a series of film-inspired disco records, by composer and producer Meco Monardo. It was the first Meco record to be released on Casablanca Records, and again features orchestral arrangements by Harold Wheeler...
(a tie-in with Superman The Movie, which was another John Williams score) and 'Music From Star Trek & Music From The Black Hole (tie-ins with the 1979 films Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the first film based on the Star Trek television series. The film is set in the twenty-third century, when a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud called V'Ger approaches the Earth,...
and The Black Hole
The Black Hole
The Black Hole is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Gary Nelson for Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by Roddy...
). None of these releases other than the Star Wars album have been released on CD, though some tracks from Close Encounters were available on the Best of Meco
Meco
Meco is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of a band or production team based around him...
compact disc.
Side one
- "Time Machine" - (0:43)
- "In the Beginning" (Harold Wheeler) - (3:27)
- "Roman Nights" (Harold Wheeler) - (1:26)
- "Lady Marion" (Harold Wheeler) - (2:52)
- "Icebound" (Harold Wheeler) - (1:20)
- "Hot in the Saddle" (Harold Wheeler) - (4:27)
Side two
- "Time Machine" - (0:15)
- "Crazy RhythmCrazy Rhythm"Crazy Rhythm" is a thirty-two-bar swing show tune written in 1928 by Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, and Roger Wolfe Kahn for the Broadway musical Here's Howe. It has since become a jazz standard, inspiring at least 15 jazz albums named Crazy Rhythm, often with the song itself included...
" (Irving CaesarIrving CaesarIrving Caesar was an American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and died in New York.Caesar, the son of Morris Keiser, a Romanian Jew, was...
, Joseph MeyerJoseph Meyer (songwriter)Joseph Meyer was an American songwriter who wrote some of the most notable songs of the first half of the twentieth century....
, Roger Wolfe KahnRoger Wolfe KahnRoger Wolfe Kahn was an American jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader ....
) - (3:49) - "Topsy" (Edgar BattleEdgar BattleEdgar "Puddinghead" Battle was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. He performed on trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and keyboard....
, Eddie DurhamEddie DurhamEddie Durham was an American jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer and musical arranger of the swing music medium born in San Marcos, Texas, probably best known for his work with musicians like Cab Calloway, Willie Bryant, Andy Kirk, Glenn Miller, Jimmie Lunceford and Count Basie, among others...
) - (3:33) - "Meco's Theme/3w.57" (Harold Wheeler) - (5:32)
- "Theme from 'Close Encounters'" (John WilliamsJohn WilliamsJohn Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...
) - (4:21)
Album
| Title | Release date |
Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop | US R&B | |||
| "Encounters Of Every Kind" | 1978 | #62 | #35 | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width="45"|>US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
width="45"|>US Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs... |
width="45"|>US Pop | ||
| 1978 | "Theme from Close Encounters" | #76 | #33 | #25 |
Credits
- Produced by Meco Monardo, Tony BongioviTony BongioviTony Bongiovi is a record producer and recording engineer with expertise in Electrical & Acoustical Engineering. He helped to remodel an old building in Manhattan—once a power plant for Edison, and later a television studio—into the Power Station recording studio in 1977.Bongiovi was born in the...
and Harold Wheeler - Mastered by George Marino
- Recorded at:
- Celebration Studios, N.Y.CNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. - Power StationPower stationA power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
, New York City.
- Celebration Studios, N.Y.C
- Mastered at: Sterling Sound, N.Y.CNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
External links
- Discogs link
- [ AMG link]