''Fresh Aire V'' is an album by

Mannheim Steamroller Mannheim Steamroller is an American neoclassical new-age music ensemble founded and directed by percussionist/composer Chip Davis in 1974. The group is known primarily for its ''Fresh Aire'' series of albums, which blend classical music with ele ...

, released in 1983. The music is inspired by

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's book '' The Dream''. This is the first album in the ''Fresh Aire'' series to feature the

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. Excerpts from "Dancin' in the Stars" was used as music in several local TV news opens, and a large portion of "Escape from the Atmosphere" was used as the main theme to

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's Sunday evening public affairs talk show "Town Meeting" throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s. Part of the intro of "Escape from the Atmosphere" was used during the

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for a Saudi Arabian

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broadcast during an Iraqi

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attack on the Eastern Province.

Track listing

#"Lumen" – 1:29 #"Escape from the Atmosphere" – 10:38 #"Dancin' in the Stars" – 5:13 #"Z-Row Gravity" – 3:50 #"Creatures of Levania" – 3:51 #"Earthrise/Return" – 8:58 #"The Storm" – 0:42 *All tracks composed by Chip Davis

Personnel

Chip Davis Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. (born September 5, 1947 in Hamler, Ohio) is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller. Davis composed the music for several C. W. McCall albums, including the hit 1975 song "Convoy (song), Convoy". H ...

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Jackson Berkey Jackson Berkey (born May 24, 1942) is an American composer, pianist and singer, best known for his work with Mannheim Steamroller, which he co-founded with Chip Davis in 1974. Early life and education Berkey was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. ...

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*Eric Hansen –

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*The London Symphony Orchestra *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fresh Aire 5 1983 albums 5 American Gramaphone albums