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 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
• Russell Powell - bass guitar
• 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

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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

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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

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

External links

• Classical Gas at AllMusic
• Classical Gas at Discogs