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by: Millenium Jedi07

date posted: Jun 28, 2007 4:17 PM

Star Wars and other Galactic Funk

Star Wars and other Galactic Funk which is also referred to as the infamous disco version of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was an album produced in 1977 by Domenico Monardo also known as Meco who would later also produce the equally famous Christmas in the Stars.

The album contained a disco-funk tune called Other Galactic Funk, which was composed by Harold Wheeler and Solomon Smith and two shortened remixes of the medley.

The music primarily falls within the funk and disco genres, teeming especially with disco music clich�s. However, the Cantina Band sequence is more jazzy and there is a sequence of hamony twin guitars, which is typically associated with hard rock and classical heavy metal.

In 1999 it was re-issued in CD .

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FAN4YRS
A Rebel's Ramblings

date Posted: Jun 28, 2007 4:42 PM

CHRISTMAS IN THE STARS was one of those purchases I put off and was ready to buy once it was out of print again. If they ever re-reissue it I will be there to get my copy. Believe it or not, I've never heard the album, but it sounds like a winner with titles like: "What Do You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Has a Comb)".

I used to own the MECO 45rpm "Ewok Celebration" which I thought was WAY cool (I was nine then, but I would probably STILL find it WAY cool today).

	The Stooge Star Wars Joke-A-Day
date Posted: Jun 28, 2007 7:59 PM Funkadelic!

	tonyg3PO Remembering The Saga
date Posted: Jun 28, 2007 9:04 PM I wore this record out back in the 70's and was pleased to find the Best of Meco CD put back most of the pieces of it. The "Galactic Funk" of it was funky indeed, with a great drum riff I enjoy listening to till today. Most of the tracks I believe are also available at iTunes.

Rainbow Droideka
Aren't you a little short for an egg?

date Posted: Jun 29, 2007 3:41 AM

I love this album! I got the vinyl record on eBay, and I listen to it from time to time. "Other Galactic Funk" is interesting, but the Star Wars side is awesome!

I used to own the MECO 45rpm "Ewok Celebration" which I thought was WAY cool (I was nine then, but I would probably STILL find it WAY cool today).

No way! This exists?? I've never heard of it! Must have.....

	Qui-Tom Servo loves Padme You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
date Posted: Aug 01, 2007 11:59 AM I've heard the disco version of the main theme and it's a classic. A bunch of my friends and I even used it for a talent show that involved one friend clogging while dressed as Jar Jar Binks and everybody else dressed as Star Wars characters goofing off in the background.

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