Fresh Aire IV
Fresh Aire 4 is the fourth album in new age musical group Mannheim Steamroller's Fresh Aire series. The album was originally released in 1981. Each of the first four Fresh Aire albums is based on a season; Fresh Aire 4's theme is Winter. The entire album was mixed and recorded digitally and was also one of the first CDs released.
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| Released | December 15, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | New age | |||
| Length | 33:38 | |||
| Label | American Gramaphone | |||
| Producer | Chip Davis and Don Sears | |||
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"Red Wine," a re-arrangement of the traditional folk song, "Greensleeves", is a sign of the group's successful Christmas albums to come. The track "Embers" is a slower, reflective reworking of the spritely "Saras Band" from the first Fresh Aire.
Track listing
- "G Major Toccata" – 5:06
- "Crystal" – 4:21
- "Interlude 7" – 3:04
- "Four Rows of Jacks" – 3:13
- "Red Wine" (traditional) – 4:20
- "Dancing Flames" – 6:56
- "The Dream" – 3:11
- "Embers" – 3:22
- All tracks composed by Chip Davis except where noted.
Personnel
- Chip Davis – drums, percussion, recorders, synthesizer
- Jackson Berkey – Davis harpsichord, Baldwin SD-10 piano, Yamaha electric grand, celeste, pipe organ (109 rank Aeolian-Skinner), Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
- Eric Hansen – lute, bass guitar
- Steve Shipps, Hugh Brown, Dorothy Brown, Joe Landes, Merton Shatzkin, James Hammond, Sue Robinson, Mort Alpert, Chris Farber, Lou Newman, Miriam Duffelmeyer, Beth McCollum, Charles W. Cronkhite – strings
- Bob Jenkins – oboe
- John Boden – horn
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