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)Saving the Wildlife1986 Classical Gas (1987) A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988)A Fresh Aire Christmas1988
Mason Williams chronology
Of Time and Rivers Flowing (1984) Of Time and Rivers Flowing1984 Classical Gas (1987) Classical Gas1987 A Gift of Song (1992) A Gift of Song1992

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]

Technical Credits^[2]

• Mason Williams – composer; liner notes
• Mannheim Steamroller – contributor
• Chip Davis – director; producer; contributor; orchestration
• Clete Baker – mastering
• John Boyd – engineer
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Steve Shipps – contributor
• Dick Lewsey – engineer

In Popular Culture

• The title track was featured in "The Great Crane Robbery", a 2000 episode of Frasier. When Frasier's new boss copies his apartment down to the last detail, Frasier tries redecorating, and the song plays over a montage of him trying a long series of ridiculous styles of décor.

References

External links

• Classical Gas at AllMusic
• Classical Gas at Discogs