This month on AiV: K-Tel's "Star Power" from '78
This month on Adventures in Vinyl we are taking a trip back to early 1978 for K-Tel's Star Power . This is a good one. And it's mostly because the "Theme from Star Wars " by Meco starts off the album. I was turning 10 in 1978 when this album came out and Star Wars was my life. Of course, I had all of the figures, bought trading cards on a weekly basis, wrote George Lucas telling him I'd work for free in his next movie. That didn't happen. Meco was actually Domenico Monardo, a record producer and musician. Star Wars made him big, at least for a while, in the late 70s. He put together a band and they played in disco clubs across the country. He recorded several albums, mostly of movie themes. Star Wars figured prominently in his repertoire. He even produced a Star Wars -themed Christmas album in 1980. I have never heard this album, but it features a song entitled, "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)...