Classical Gas (Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller album)

Classical Gas
Studio album by Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller
Released 22 October 1987[1]
Genre New-age
Length 37:28
Label American Gramaphone
Producer Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology

Saving the Wildlife
(1986)		 Classical Gas
(1987)		 A Fresh Aire Christmas
(1988)
Mason Williams chronology
Of Time and Rivers Flowing
(1984)		 Classical Gas
(1987)		 A Gift of Song
(1992)

Classical Gas is a 1987 album by new age group Mannheim Steamroller and guitarist/composer Mason Williams. The album's title piece, Classical Gas, was originally featured on Williams's 1968 solo album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record.

Track listing

All tracks written by Mason Williams unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Classical Gas" – 3:32
  2. "Sunflower" – 2:14
  3. "Samba Beach" – 3:59
  4. "Country Idyll" – 2:18
  5. "Saturday Night at the World" – 3:56
  6. "Shady Dell" – 3:23
  7. "Katydid's Ditty" – 0:58
  8. "Greensleeves" (traditional) – 3:07
  9. "Doot-Doot" – 2:08
  10. "La Chanson de Claudine" – 3:17
  11. "McCall" – 2:41
  12. "Vancouver Island" – 2:50
  13. "Baroque-a-Nova" – 3:06

Personnel

Performance Credits[2]

  • Mannheim Steamroller – primary artist; drums; recorder
  • Mason Williams – primary artist; guitar; horn
  • Clinton Gregory – cello
  • Jackson Berkey – keyboards
  • Ron Cooley – guitar; electric guitar; rhythm guitar
  • Chip Davis – drums; recorder; baton
  • Bob Jenkins – oboe
  • Deborah Fuller – violin
  • Joey Gulizia – percussion
  • Eric Hansen – bass
  • David Low – cello
  • Roxanne Adams – violin
  • Grace Granata – violin
  • David Kappy – french horn
  • Richard Lohmann – violin
  • Bill Ritchie – double bass
  • Bill Erickson – accordion
  • Sherrie Goeden – viola
  • Joshua Kuhl – double bass
  • Michelle Mathewson – viola
  • Arthur McCann – saxophone
  • Jim Schanilec – trombone
  • Scott Shoemaker – violin
  • David Wampler – trombone
  • Candida Wiley – violin
  • Margaret Wilmeth – cello
  • Bochmann String Quartet – group

Technical Credits[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Classical Gas - Mason Williams,Mannheim Steamroller". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Classical Gas by American Gramaphone, Mannheim Steamroller". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2013-01-05.

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