1968 Mason Williams – The Mason Williams Phonograph Record
The Mason Williams Phonograph Record is an album by classical guitarist and composer Mason Williams (with various accompaniment) released in 1968. It is Williams’s most successful and most recognized album, and contains the instrumental “Classical Gas,” his best known song. Mason Williams won two Grammy Awards, for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Instrumental Theme, and Mike Post won Best Instrumental Arrangement on the song. In Canada, the album reached #16.
Tracks
1 Overture (Mike Post) 01:47
2 All The Time (Mason Williams) 02:37
3 Dylan Thomas (Mason Williams) 00:29
4 Wanderlove (Mason Williams) 03:18
5 She’s Gone Away (Mason Williams) 02:21
6 Here Am I (Mason Williams) 04:05
7 Classical Gas (Mason Williams) 03:02
8 Long Time Blues (Mason Williams) 03:46
9 Baroque-A-Nova (Mason Williams; Allan Blye) 02:20
10 The Prince’s Panties (Mason Williams) 01:34
11 Life Song (Mason Williams) 00:26
12 Sunflower (Mason Williams) 03:42
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Bob West |
| Bass | Larry Knechtel |
| Bass | Lyle Ritz |
| Double Bass | Lyle Ritz |
| Drums | Jim Gordon |
| Guitar | Mason Williams |
| Guitar | Al Casey |
| Guitar | David Cohen |
| Guitar | James Burton |
| Guitar | Mike Deasy |
| 12 String Guitar | Mason Williams |
| Banjo | Mason Williams |
| Piano | Mike Melvoin |
| Piano | Larry Knechtel |
| Accordion | Carl Fortina |
| French Horn | David Duke |
| French Horn | William Hinshaw |
| Trombone | Dick Hyde |
| Trombone | Hoyt Bohannon |
| Trombone | Lew McCreary |
| Trombone | Richard Leith |
| Tuba | David Duke |
| Tuba | William Hinshaw |
| Woodwinds | Jim Horn |
| Woodwinds | Tom Scott |
| Effects | Phil Kaye |
| Percussion | Gary Coleman |
| Percussion | Gene Estes |
Other Musicians
Cello – Armand Kaproff, Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich, Joseph DiTullio
Harp – Gayle Levant
Violin – David Burk, Emanuel Moss, George Kast, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Jack Gootkin, James Getzoff, Jerome Reisler, Johnny Vidor, Ralph Schaeffer, Robert Korda, Robert Sushel, Sidney Sharp, Stanley Plummer, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch
Liner Notes
Producer – Mike Post
Arranged By – Mike Post (Tracks 1, 7)
Arranged By – Al Capps (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12)
Arranged By – Mason Williams (Tracks 3, 11)
Engineer – Michael Lietz
Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
Photography – Jerry White
Mastered At – Customatrix
Record Company Warner Bros, Seven Arts Records Inc