Fresh Aire VI
1986 studio album by Mannheim Steamroller
Fresh Aire VI | ||||
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Studio album by Mannheim Steamroller | ||||
Released | September 15, 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | New age | |||
Length | 45:22 | |||
Label | American Gramaphone | |||
Producer | Chip Davis | |||
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Fresh Aire VI is Mannheim Steamroller's sixth album in the Fresh Aire series, and seventh overall. Fresh Aire VI was released in 1986, and is inspired by Greek mythology.[2] It was Manheim Steamroller's first album to appear on the Billboard album chart, reaching #155 in January 1987.[3]
Tracks two through four comprise the "Rhodes Suite." Tracks seven through nine comprise the "Orpheus Suite." Track ten, "Sirens," consists of four different parts: "Crash and the Call", "The Dance", "The Singing Contest" & "Farewell."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Chip Davis.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Come Home to the Sea" | 4:52 |
2. | "Twilight at Rhodes" | 2:01 |
3. | "Night Festival at Rhodes" | 3:53 |
4. | "Sunrise at Rhodes" | 3:48 |
5. | "The Olympics" | 2:24 |
6. | "Nepenthe" | 5:30 |
7. | "Descend into the Underworld" | 4:08 |
8. | "Dialogue with the Devil" | 2:08 |
9. | "Ascent From Hell" | 4:10 |
10. | "Sirens"
| 11:53 |
Total length: | 45:22 |
Personnel
Source:[4]
- Chip Davis – drums
- Jackson Berkey – keyboards
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Cambridge Singers
- Additional musicians on "The Olympics" - Eric Hansen, Ron Cooley, Dave Kappy, Denny Schneider, Dave Wompler, Jim Schanelic, Craig Fuller
- Sirens/Emulator Voices – Liz Westphalen, Pam Kalal, Denise Fackler
- Liner notes: Jim Shey, Classics Department, University of Wisconsin
References
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- Chip Davis (percussion)
- Roxanne Layton (percussion, woodwinds)
- Former members
- Bobby Jenkins (oboe)
- Jackson Berkey (keyboards)
- Almeda Berkey (keyboards)
- Ron Cooley (guitar, bass)
- Arnie Roth (strings)
- Chuck Penington (orchestra conductor)
- Fresh Aire (1975)
- Fresh Aire II (1977)
- Fresh Aire III (1979)
- Fresh Aire IV (1981)
- Fresh Aire V (1983)
- Fresh Aire VI (1986)
- Fresh Aire 7 (1990)
- Fresh Aire 8 (2000)
- Saving the Wildlife (1986)
- Classical Gas (1987)
- Yellowstone: The Music of Nature (1989)
- To Russia with Love (1994)
- Mannheim Steamroller Meets the Mouse (1999)
- Bird Song (2000)
- Summer Song (2001)
- Autumn Song (2003)
- American Spirit (2003)
- Christmas (1984)
- A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988)
- Christmas in the Aire (1995)
- Christmas Live (1997)
- The Christmas Angel: A Family Story (1998)
- Christmas Extraordinaire (2001)
- Christmas Song (2007)
- Christmasville (2008)
- Christmas Symphony (2011)
- Christmas Symphony II (2013)
- Christmas Celebration (2004)
- Trimming the Tree (2007)
- Christmas 25th Anniversary Collection (2009)
- Halloween (2003)
- Halloween: Monster Mix (compilation, 2004)
- Halloween 2 Creatures Collection (2006)
- Halloween: Sweet Tooth (compilation, 2007)
- Renaissance Holiday (1998)