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Acoustic Sketches (1996)
Acoustic Sketches is the 16th solo and 4th all-instrumental album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was originally released through his fan club PKC (Phil Keaggy Club) around February 1996. Keaggy produced the album with John August Schroeter. Featuring mostly original compositions, it is Keaggy's second acoustic instrumental album, following up his 1991 release Beyond Nature . Keaggy does an abridged arrangement of "The 50th," first heard on his 1994
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Feb 3, 20252 min read


1970 - 1995: Time Volume 2 (1995)
1970 - 1995: Time Volume 2 (also titled Time 2 ) is a compilation album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on September 22, 1995 by Myrrh/Word Records. Time 2 collects Keaggy's best songs and unreleased material from his first 25 years of music. It is the second of two CDs released separately. Keaggy writes about each track in the CD liner notes and he compiled this collection with producer Mark Maxwell, along with photographs. Among the
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Feb 2, 20252 min read


1970 - 1995: Time Volume 1 (1995)
1970 - 1995: Time Volume 1 (also titled Time 1 ) is a compilation album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on September 22, 1995 by Myrrh/Word Records. Time 1 collects Keaggy's best songs and unreleased material from his first 25 years of music. It is the first of two CDs released separately. Keaggy writes about each track in the CD liner notes and he compiled this collection with producer Mark Maxwell, along with photographs. Among the p
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Feb 1, 20252 min read


True Believer (1995)
True Believer is the 15th solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on May 23, 1995 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced, arranged and programmed by Alan Shacklock. After releasing the three previous "rock and roll" albums that were released from 1988 to 1993, Keaggy returns with True Believer . The album's sound is more adult contemporary but retains some of the rock sounds from those previous albums. At times it's kind of remin
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Jan 30, 20252 min read


Crimson and Blue (1993)/Blue (1994)
Crimson and Blue is the 14th solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy , released on February 23, 1993 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Lynn Nichols (credited as L. Arthur Nichols). It was recorded around the summer of 1992. Crimson and Blue serves as the third album of Keaggy's "rock and roll" period, following up previous releases Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child and Find Me in These Fields . Keaggy goes all out with its mix of 1960s p
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Jan 26, 20253 min read


Revelator (EP) (1993)
Revelator is an extended play by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy , released on February 9, 1993 by Myrrh/Word Records. This EP serves as a sneak preview to Keaggy's next album Crimson and Blue featuring alternate radio mixes of "Everywhere I Look" and "John the Revelator." "The Further Adventures of..." is a near-13 minute jam session with just Keaggy on electric guitar and his Glass Harp band mate John Sferra on drums. Keaggy said in the CD liner notes th
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Jan 25, 20251 min read


Beyond Nature (1991)
Beyond Nature is the 13th solo and third instrumental album by Christian singer/ songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy , released on May 8, 1991 by Myrrh/Word Records. Keaggy co-produced the album with James Baird, credited as JB. Keaggy's third instrumental release is an all-acoustic affair as he is playing both acoustic and classical guitars and the album's sound is more classical with a string ensemble. Beyond Nature was derived from a quote in C.S. Lewis' book Mere Christian
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Jan 25, 20252 min read


Find Me in These Fields (1990)
Find Me in These Fields is the 12th solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on June 20, 1990 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Keaggy and Lynn Nichols (credited once again as L. Arthur Nichols). Find Me in These Fields continues Keaggy's rock era that he started with 1988's Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child , using studio musicians playing real live instruments. In addition to vocals and guitars, Keaggy also enlisted th
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Jan 25, 20252 min read


Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child (1988)
Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child is the eleventh solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on September 27, 1988 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Lynn Nichols (credited as L. Arthur Nichols). It is the first of three "rock and roll" albums Keaggy was releasing, especially the vocal comparisons to Paul McCartney of The Beatles. Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child was recorded, as it's written on the album liner notes, " with t
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Jan 24, 20253 min read


The Wind and the Wheat (1987)
The Wind and the Wheat is the tenth solo and second instrumental album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was originally released on February 3, 1987 on Maranatha! Music's Colours label. Keaggy produced, composed and arranged the album himself, along with Tom Coomes and Jeff Lams co-producing on some tracks. It is Keaggy's first all instrumental album since 1979's The Master & The Musician . In addition to studio musicians, Keaggy plays both acoustic a
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Jan 23, 20252 min read


Way Back Home (1986)
Way Back Home is the ninth solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released in 1986 on Pan Pacific Records. Keaggy produced and arranged the album himself. Way Back Home is a collection of quiet songs as a tribute to family, parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren with Keaggy playing classical, bass and acoustic guitars, in addition to vocals, along with other studio musicians and string ensemble arrangements by Tom Howard. Since i
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Jan 22, 20252 min read


Getting Closer! (1985)
Getting Closer! is the eighth solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was originally released around November 1985 on Nissi Records with distribution by Lexicon Distribution. Keaggy co-produced the album with Smitty Price. Considered by critics as Keaggy's best album, Getting Closer! features some great pop/rock tunes like the title song, the instrumental track "Riverton," "Sounds" and the original recording of "I Will Be There." Keaggy revisits
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Jan 20, 20252 min read


Crusin' (1997)/What Kind of Love (1998)
Cruisin' is the third studio album by British Christian singer - songwriter Chris Eaton . Originally released in 1997 by Alliance Music for the U.K. and other international markets, it was released in North America as What Kind of Love by Cadence Communications and manufactured by Warner Alliance on April 28, 1998. Eaton produced the album himself. Eaton wrote eight songs by himself, plus he co-wrote three songs: "What Kind of Love" which he co-wrote with Amy Grant . Grant
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Jan 19, 20252 min read


Underground: Private Collection (1983)
Underground: Private Collection is the first in a series of "demo albums" by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released around November 1983 by the independent label Nissi Records and was first distributed by Sparrow Records until 1984 and then by Lexicon Distribution. Keaggy produced, wrote and arranged the album himself. Keaggy wrote in the album liner notes about this release: "Contained in this jacket is a collection of songs that were written b
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Jan 19, 20252 min read


Play Thru Me (1982)
Play Thru Me is the seventh solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on August 17, 1982 and is his third and final album on Sparrow Records. Keaggy co-produced the album with Bob Cotton. Some album highlights include "Morning Light," the mostly instrumental "Happy" but he doesn't sing until near the end of the song and the title track. Keaggy's wife Bernadette and their then 16 month old daughter Alicia contribute vocals on the track
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Jan 19, 20251 min read


Town to Town (1981)
Town to Town is the sixth solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released in late October 1981 and is his second album on Sparrow Records. Keaggy co-produced the album with Bob Cotton. Town to Town opens with a new wave type rocker "Wished You Were There," in which Keaggy dedicated the track to his fellow Glass Harp members John Sferra and Daniel Pecchio. Christian vocalist Michele Pillar provides backing vocals on "Full Circle" and sings
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Jan 19, 20252 min read


Ph'lip Side (1980)
Ph'lip Side is the fifth solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released in September 1980 and is his first album on Sparrow Records. Keaggy co-produced the album with Dan Collins. To date, it is the only Phil Keaggy release to feature a double-sided cover image, in order to visually convey the "acoustic" and "electric" sides of the album. Corresponding song tracks are listed alongside each image. Guests on the album providing backing vocals
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Jan 15, 20252 min read


The Master & The Musician (1979)
The Master & The Musician is the fourth solo and first all instrumental album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was recorded from June to August of 1978, but was released in the spring of 1979. This was Keaggy's final album on the New Song Records label. Keaggy produced, composed and arranged the album himself. This album has the feel of soft rock, jazz and classical as Keaggy plays Ebow, classical and electric guitars as well as playing all the instr
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Jan 14, 20252 min read


Emerging (1978)
Emerging is the one and only album released under the name Phil Keaggy Band. It was released on January 20, 1978 by New Song Records. Keaggy co-produced the album with Peter K. Hopper. The album was recorded around August 1977. Even though it's Keaggy's third solo album, this is the first album to be credited as a namesake band. Besides Keaggy playing both acoustic and electric guitars and vocals, the rest of the band consists of Lynn Nichols (classical, acoustic and electr
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Jan 13, 20252 min read


Love Broke Thru (1976)
Love Broke Thru is the second solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released in October 1976 by New Song Records. The album was produced by Buck Herring, who is best known for producing albums for 2nd Chapter of Acts . Love Broke Thru is considered a masterpiece and shows more of Keaggy's guitar playing skills. Keaggy created a state-of-the-times Christian pop/rock statement at a time when Christian music production values tend to lag beh
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Jan 12, 20252 min read
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