Classical Gas (Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller album)

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Classical Gas

Studio album by

Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller

Released

22 October 1987^[1]

Genre

New-age

Length

37:28

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 are written by Mason Williams, unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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
Total length:			37:28

Personnel

Performance Credits

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

^[2]

Technical Credits

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

^[2]

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.
The title track appeared in S1:E5 "Fork" of Netflix's limited series, The Queen's Gambit.
The title track was briefly featured in S5:E8 "Marco Polo" of HBO's The Sopranos.

References

^ "Classical Gas – Mason Williams, Mannheim Steamroller". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Classical Gas by American Gramaphone, Mannheim Steamroller". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

External links

Classical Gas at AllMusic
Classical Gas at Discogs

v t e Mannheim Steamroller
Chip Davis (percussion) Roxanne Layton (percussion, woodwinds) Former members Bobby Jenkins (oboe) Jackson Berkey (keyboards) Almeda Berkey (keyboards) Ron Cooley (guitar, bass) Arnie Roth (strings) Chuck Penington (orchestra conductor)
Fresh Aire series	Fresh Aire (1975) Fresh Aire II (1977) Fresh Aire III (1979) Fresh Aire IV (1981) Fresh Aire V (1983) Fresh Aire VI (1986) Fresh Aire 7 (1990) Fresh Aire 8 (2000)
Albums	Saving the Wildlife (1986) Classical Gas (1987) Yellowstone: The Music of Nature (1989) To Russia with Love (1994) Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse (1999) Bird Song (2000) Summer Song (2001) Autumn Song (2003) American Spirit (2003)
Compilations	Fresh Aire Interludes (1981) 25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller (1999)
Christmas albums	Christmas (1984) A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988) Christmas in the Aire (1995) Christmas Live (1997) The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998) Christmas Extraordinaire (2001) Christmas Song (2007) Christmasville (2008) Christmas Symphony (2011) Christmas Symphony II (2013)
Christmas compilations	Christmas Celebration (2004) Trimming the Tree (2007) Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection (2009)
Halloween albums	Halloween (2003) Halloween: Monster Mix (compilation, 2004) Halloween 2 Creatures Collection (2006) Halloween: Sweet Tooth (compilation, 2007)
Chip Davis albums	Renaissance Holiday (1998)

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