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 – 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
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. 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
External links Classical Gas at AllMusic Classical Gas at Discogs