Music 1968-71

Mason Williams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000ED3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,361 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Classical Gas

2. Sunflower

3. Saturday Night at the World

4. $13 Stella

5. Long Time Blues

6. Here Am I

7. The Smothers Brothers Theme

8. The Last Great Waltz

9. Baroque-A-Nova

10. Cowboy Buckaroo

11. La Chanson de Claudine

12. Bucko's Memoirs

13. Greensleeves

14. Reason to Believe

15. Manha de Carnaval

16. I've Heard That Tear Stained Monologue You Do There by the Door Before

17. A Major Thang

18. Largo De Luxe

19. Godsend

20. Train Ride in G

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ouch!Does NOT include orignal version of "Classical Gas!!!", July 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Music 1968-71 (Audio CD)

Wonderful compilation of one of America's finest musicians -- but it broke mah heart to find out AFTER I ordered it -- that it does NOT include the original (orchestrated) version of "Classical Gas."

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine guitar picking, good singing, and wit, besides, December 3, 1999

By 

James Skrydlak "mostlymozart" (Pella, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music 1968-71 (Audio CD)

Twenty-two tracks from one of the funniest, most creative songwriters and authors of the late 1960s, who also happens to be a good singer and one truly fine guitar picker. It's all here, except for the hit version of "Classical Gas", excluded because the copyright holder wouldn't give permission. Instead, there's a fine solo guitar version. I've loved "Cowboy Buckaroo" and "Bucko's Memoirs" for more than thirty years; they are among the great music here that will surprise those who know him only from his instrumental hits. There are a few tracks that I wouldn't have included, but that's probably going to happen any time there are twenty-two tracks on a CD.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classical Gas - Guitar only, July 30, 2001

By 

Vernon William Underwood Jr. (Bethel Park, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music 1968-71 (Audio CD)

I have not even listened to the entire recording yet. But I must tell you that this version of Classical Gas is the one to have if you ever want to play it on guitar on your own. This version is the greatest 20th century classical guitar masterpiece composed in the 20th century. It is even more enjoyable without the orchestra. IF you want the version with the orchestra, then purchase Phonograph record. Mason's playing on Gas is flawless. This song alone is well worth the purchase price. I am surprised that anybody could write a review that is less than 5 stars for such a masterpiece. This song has, and will continue, to stand the test of time.