The Mason Williams Phonograph Record | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Mason Williams |
Cover: | MasonWilliamsPhonographRecord-Cover.jpg |
Released: | February 1968 |
Genre: | Easy listening, classical, instrumental rock, classical crossover |
Length: | 29:40 |
Label: | Warner Bros. Records |
Producer: | Mike Post |
Prev Title: | The Smothers Brothers Play It Straight |
Prev Year: | 1966 |
Next Title: | The Mason Williams Ear Show |
Next Year: | 1968 |
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.[1]