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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
Name = Fresh Aire II |
|name = Fresh Aire II
Type = [[Album]] |
|type = [[Album]]
Artist = [[Mannheim Steamroller]] |
|artist = [[Mannheim Steamroller]]
Cover = Fresh_Aire_II_Cover.jpg |
|cover = Fresh_Aire_II_Cover.jpg
|alt =
Released = September 15, 1977 |
|released = September 15, 1977
Recorded = |
|recorded = 1977
Genre = [[New-age music|New-age]] |
Length = 35:47 |
|venue =
|studio =
Label = [[American Gramaphone]] |
|genre =
Producer = Don Sears and [[Chip Davis]] |
*[[New-age music|New-age]]
Last album = ''[[Fresh Aire]]''<br />(1975) |
*[[Progressive rock|symphonic rock]]
This album = '''''Fresh Aire II''''' <br /> (1977) |
|length = 35:47
Next album = ''[[Fresh Aire III]]''<br />(1979) |}}
|label = [[American Gramaphone]]
|producer = Don Sears and [[Chip Davis]]
|prev_title = [[Fresh Aire]]
|prev_year = 1975
|next_title = [[Fresh Aire III]]
|next_year = 1979
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{{Album ratings
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'''''Fresh Aire II''''' was the second album released by [[New-age music|new-age]] musical group [[Mannheim Steamroller]]. The album was originally released in 1977. Each of the first four ''Fresh Aire'' albums is based on a [[season]]; ''Fresh Aire II'''s theme is [[Fall]].
'''''Fresh Aire II''''' is the second album that [[New-age music|new-age]] musical group [[Mannheim Steamroller]] originally released in 1977. Each of the first four ''Fresh Aire'' albums is based on a [[season]]; ''Fresh Aire II''{{'}}s theme is fall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://store.mannheimsteamroller.com/products/fresh-aire-collection-albums-i-ii-iii-iv|title=Fresh Aire Collection (Albums I, II, III, IV)|website=MannheimSteamroller.com}}</ref>


''Fresh Aire II'' is particularly unique in the series as it is the only album that is almost entirely based around a single melody, presented consistently in the "Fantasia" music cycle (tracks 1-9) which starts off with 'Chorale,' followed by the seven "doors" and ending with the piece 'Fantasy.' This melody is heard in the closing track 'Going To Another Place' and can also be heard quoted throughout the rest of the series and even in some of the Christmas albums, usually appearing in a form closest to the first few notes in "The First Door."
''Fresh Aire II'' is unique in the series in that it is largely based on a single melody, presented consistently in the "Fantasia" music cycle (tracks 1–9) which starts off with 'Chorale,' followed by the seven "doors," ending with the piece 'Fantasy' and in the closing track 'Going To Another Place.' The same melody also occasionally appears in other albums in the series in a form closest to the first few notes in "The First Door."


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing

|all_writing = [[Chip Davis]].
#"Chorale" – 0:36
|title1 = Chorale
#"The First Door - Interrupted Thought" – 1:26
|length1 = 0:36
#"The Second Door - The Ugly Head of Greed" – 2:02
|title2 = The First Door
#"The Third Door - Pride" – 2:30
|length2 = 1:26
#"The Fourth Door - Relaxation" – 3:50
|title3 = The Second Door
#"The Fifth Door - Frenetic Energy" – 2:59
|length3 = 2:02
#"The Sixth Door - Nostalgia" – 1:28
|title4 = The Third Door
#"Door Seven - Thermal Inversion" – 1:57
|length4 = 2:30
#"Fantasy" – 1:24
|title5 = The Fourth Door
#"Interlude V" – 3:37
|length5 = 3:50
#"Velvet Tear" – 2:44
|title6 = The Fifth Door
#"A Shade Tree" – 4:57
|length6 = 2:59
#"Toota Lute" – 2:50
|title7 = The Sixth Door
#"Going to Another Place" – 3:20
|length7 = 1:28
|title8 = Door Seven
|length8 = 1:57
|title9 = Fantasy
|length9 = 1:24
|title10 = Interlude V
|length10 = 3:37
|title11 = Velvet Tear
|length11 = 2:44
|title12 = A Shade Tree
|length12 = 4:57
|title13 = Toota Lute
|length13 = 2:50
|title14 = Going to Another Place
|length14 = 3:20
|total_length = 35:00
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==

*[[Jackson Berkey]] - [[piano]], [[harpsichord]], [[synthesizer]], [[Fender Rhodes]], [[Bell (instrument)|concert bells]], [[vocal]] [[chant]]
Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1650470-Mannheim-Steamroller-Fresh-Aire-II|title=
*Eric Hansen - [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[lute]], [[classical guitar]]
Mannheim Steamroller – Fresh Aire II|website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
*[[Chip Davis]] - [[Drum kit|drums]], [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]]s, [[Appalachian dulcimer|dulcimer]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], vocal chant

*Walt Meskell - rhythm guitar
*[[Jackson Berkey]] – [[piano]], [[harpsichord]], [[synthesizer]], [[Fender Rhodes]], [[Bell (instrument)|concert bells]], [[vocal]] [[chant]]
*Dave Kappy - [[French horn]]
*Eric Hansen – [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[lute]], [[classical guitar]]
*Gene Badgett - [[trumpet]]
*[[Chip Davis]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]]s, [[Appalachian dulcimer|dulcimer]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], vocal chant
*Bob Jenkins - [[oboe]]
*Walt Meskell – rhythm guitar
*Melody Malec - [[harp]]
*Dave Kappy – [[French horn]]
*Milt Bailey - vocal chant
*Gene Badgett – [[trumpet]]
*Hugh Brown, Dorothy Brown, Ginni Eldred, Merton Shatzkin, Joe Landes, Mortimer Alpert - [[violins]]
*Bob Jenkins – [[oboe]]
*Alex Sokol, Lucinda Gladics, James Hammond - [[viola]]
*Melody Malec – [[harp]]
*Miriam Duffelmeyer, Beth McCollum, Jean Hassel - [[cello]]
*Milt Bailey – vocal chant
*Hugh Brown, Dorothy Brown, Ginni Eldred, Merton Shatzkin, Joe Landes, Mortimer Alpert – [[violins]]
*Alex Sokol, Lucinda Gladics, James Hammond – [[viola]]
*Miriam Duffelmeyer, Beth McCollum, Jean Hassel – [[cello]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:04, 26 January 2024

Fresh Aire II
Studio album by
Mannheim Steamroller
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1977
Recorded1977
Genre
Length35:47
LabelAmerican Gramaphone
ProducerDon Sears and Chip Davis
Mannheim Steamroller chronology
Fresh Aire
(1975) 		Fresh Aire II
(1977) 		Fresh Aire III
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Fresh Aire II is the second album that new-age musical group Mannheim Steamroller originally released in 1977. Each of the first four Fresh Aire albums is based on a season; Fresh Aire II's theme is fall.[2]

Fresh Aire II is unique in the series in that it is largely based on a single melody, presented consistently in the "Fantasia" music cycle (tracks 1–9) which starts off with 'Chorale,' followed by the seven "doors," ending with the piece 'Fantasy' and in the closing track 'Going To Another Place.' The same melody also occasionally appears in other albums in the series in a form closest to the first few notes in "The First Door."

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Chip Davis.

No.TitleLength
1."Chorale"0:36
2."The First Door"1:26
3."The Second Door"2:02
4."The Third Door"2:30
5."The Fourth Door"3:50
6."The Fifth Door"2:59
7."The Sixth Door"1:28
8."Door Seven"1:57
9."Fantasy"1:24
10."Interlude V"3:37
11."Velvet Tear"2:44
12."A Shade Tree"4:57
13."Toota Lute"2:50
14."Going to Another Place"3:20
Total length:35:00

Personnel

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Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Fresh Aire Collection (Albums I, II, III, IV)". MannheimSteamroller.com.
  3. ^ "Mannheim Steamroller – Fresh Aire II". Discogs.
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