Classical Gas (Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller album)

Classical Gas
Studio album by Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller
Released	22 October 1987
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

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

• 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.

External links

• Classical Gas at AllMusic
• Classical Gas at Discogs