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
Personnel
Performance credits
- Mannheim Steamroller â primary artist; drums; recorder
- Mason Williams â primary artist; guitar; horn
- Clinton Gregory â cello
- Jackson Berkey â keyboards
- Ron Cooley â guitar; electric guitar; rhythm guitar
- Chip Davis â drums; recorder; baton
- Bob Jenkins â oboe
- Deborah Fuller â violin
- Joey Gulizia â percussion
- Eric Hansen â bass
- David Low â cello
- Roxanne Adams â violin
- Grace Granata â violin
- David Kappy â French horn
- Richard Lohmann â violin
- Bill Ritchie â double bass
- Bill Erickson â accordion
- Sherrie Goeden â viola
- Joshua Kuhl â double bass
- Russell Powell - bass guitar
- Michelle Mathewson â viola
- Arthur McCann â saxophone
- Jim Schanilec â trombone
- Scott Shoemaker â violin
- David Wampler â trombone
- Candida Wiley â violin
- Margaret Wilmeth â cello
- Bochmann String Quartet â group
Technical credits
- Mason Williams â composer; liner notes
- Mannheim Steamroller â contributor
- Chip Davis â director; producer; contributor; orchestration
- Clete Baker â mastering
- John Boyd â engineer
- Joe Gastwirt â mastering
- Howie Weinberg â mastering
- Steve Shipps â contributor
- Dick Lewsey â 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.
- 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.
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