Fresh Aire III

by Mannheim Steamroller

Fresh Aire III cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1979
  • Label: American Gramaphone
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:44
  • Community rating: 3.12/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Ron Cooley, Miriam Duffelmeyer, Lou Lynch, Claire Sokol, Deborah Fuller, Bill Schroen, Ginni Eldred, Pat Morrow, Jackson Berkey, David Kappy, Bobby Jenkins, Joe Rosenstein, Dorothy Brown, Don Sears, Ervin Orban, Joe Landes, Phillip Wachowski, Ann Cannell, Beth McCollum, Ray Still, Ruth Bransby, Susan Winslow, Mortimer Alpert, James Hammond, Sue Robinson, Lurene Ekwurtzel, Chip Davis, Merton Shatzkin, David Hagy, Eric Hansen, Kathie Spratt, Lucinda Gladics, Mary Sokol Brown, David Low

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing Chip Davis's ambitious, heavily synthesized 'Fresh Aire' series, this installment focuses thematically on the season of summer. The production utilizes cutting-edge synthesizers blended with acoustic instrumentation, field recordings, and classical composition techniques. It achieved massive popularity within the audiophile community, pioneering a lush, highly polished sound that would define the emerging New Age genre.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, progressive, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Toccata (4:36)
  2. Small Wooden Bachses (2:42)
  3. Amber (2:46)
  4. Mere Image (6:51)
  5. Morning (2:55)
  6. Interlude 6 (2:58)
  7. The Cricket (2:36)
  8. The Sky (5:01)
  9. Midnight On a Full Moon (3:14)

Credits

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