Saving the Wildlife

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Saving the Wildlife
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Studio album by
Released1986
Genre New age
Length35:48
Label American Gramaphone
Producer Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Fresh Aire VI
(1986)
Saving the Wildlife
(1986)
Classical Gas
(1987)
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Saving the Wildlife is an album by Mannheim Steamroller, released in 1986. It was written for the soundtrack of a PBS special by the same name, except for "Dolphins and Whales," which originally appeared on Fresh Aire VI as "Come Home to the Sea".

Mannheim Steamroller is an American neoclassical new-age music group founded by Chip Davis that is known primarily for its Fresh Aire series of albums, which blend classical music with elements of new age and rock, and for its modern recordings of Christmas music. The group has sold 28 million albums in the U.S. alone.

PBS Public television network in the United States

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Rhinos and Elephants" (Africa) – 4:07
  2. "Dolphins and Whales" (Come Home to the Sea) (Originally released on Fresh Aire VI )– 4:50
  3. "Wolfgang Amadeus Penguin" (Argentina) – 2:01
  4. "Florida Suite: Barbeque" (USA) – 2:13
  5. "Florida Suite: Everglades" (USA) – 1:46
  6. "Florida Suite: Sunset" (USA) – 1:57
  7. "Wolves" (USA) – 3:05
  8. "Tamarin Monkeys" (Rio de Janeiro) – 3:08
  9. "Grizzly Bears" (USA) – 2:58
  10. "Tigers and Lions" (India) – 3:00
  11. "Eagles" (USA) – 3:02
  12. "Amanda Panda" (China) – 1:47
  13. "Harp Seals" (Canada) – 1:35

Personnel

Jackson Berkey is an American composer, pianist and singer, best known for his work with Mannheim Steamroller, which he co-founded with Chip Davis in 1974.

Keyboard instrument class of musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers. The most common of these are the piano, organ, and various electronic keyboards, including synthesizers and digital pianos. Other keyboard instruments include celestas, which are struck idiophones operated by a keyboard, and carillons, which are usually housed in bell towers or belfries of churches or municipal buildings.

Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller, and has also written and made other albums such as Day Parts and written several books.

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