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 reissue of Way Back Home as one of the bonus tracks. Keaggy wrote this in memory of his grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. There is also a cover of the spiritual hymn "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," which was an outtake from Beyond Nature featuring Phil Maderia on slide guitar. Keaggy writes about each track and how it was made and composed in the CD liner notes. Two years later in 1998, Acoustic Sketches was released nationally by Sparrow Records for wider distribution. Keaggy won his fourth Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year in 1999 at the 30th GMA Dove Awards. The album was reissued as a deluxe edition in 2023 by Strobie Records featuring four bonus tracks: a reading by Keaggy titled "The Marionetta" plus live tracks of "Metamorphosis," "Nellie's Tune" and "Legacy." Track listing on the 2023 deluxe edition All songs written and composed by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. Metamorphosis -4:55 2. Rivulets -3:01 3. Nellie's Tune -3:27 4. Passing Thought -1:33 5. The Marionette -3:51 6. Del's Bells -1:33 7. Looking Back -0:41 8. Paka -2:59 9. Spend My Life With You -5:56 10. Jam in the Pocket -4:12 11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Wallace Willis, Minerva Willis; arranged by Phil Keaggy) -3:22 12. The 50th -7:03 13. Morning Snow -3:18 14. Spanish Fantasy -1:52 15. On Some Distant Shore -5:07 16. Icicles -2:20 17. On Second Thought -2:34 18. Griegarious -0:16 19. Legacy -5:27 BONUS TRACKS: 20. The Marionetta (read by PK) -3:54 21. Metamorphosis (live) -4:16 22. Nellie's Tune (live) -8:41 23. Legacy (live) -5:13 Accolades Dove Award -Instrumental Album of the Year ( Acoustic Sketches ) Previous release: 1970 - 1995: Time Volume 2  (1995) (compilation album) Next release: 220  (1996) (instrumental album)

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 previously unreleased tracks is an unreleased live performance of "Shouts of Joy," a 1967 recording of "We'll Meet Again" and a 1970 recording of "Heaven is Home." The latter two tracks were recorded prior to Keaggy forming his original band Glass Harp. Time 2  is currently out of print and is not available digitally. Track listing All songs written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. Hello Cleveland (Glass Harp intro) -0:14 2. John the Revelator (traditional; arranged by Phil Keaggy and Lynn    Nichols) (from Crimson and Blue ) -6:10 3. Be In My Heart (John Perry) (from Find Me in These Fields ) -4:09 4. Your Love Broke Through (Keith Green, Randy Stonehill, Todd Fishkind) (from Love Broke Thru ) -3:56 5. Shouts of Joy (music by Phil Keaggy, words by Ray Repp) (previously unreleased 1993 live performance, originally from Crimson and Blue ) -7:50 6. Tell Me How You Feel (from Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child ) -3:23 7. Everywhere I Look (Phil Maderia) (from Crimson and Blue ) -3:18 8. Ryan's Song (inspired by a poem by Bill Clarke, for Phil and Bernadette and    their son Ryan) (from Emerging ) -3:09 9. Like An Island (from Getting Closer! ) -3:53 10. Happy (from Play Thru Me ) -2:14 11. Strong Tower (from Find Me in These Fields ) -4:14 12. Sounds (from Getting Closer! ) -6:08 13. We'll Meet Again (previously unreleased 1967 track) -2:10 14. Take a Look Around ( from Emerging ) -5:16 15. Sunday School (from Ph'lip Side ) -4:35 16. County Down (instrumental from Beyond Nature ) -5:46 17. Maker of the Universe (music by Phil Keaggy, words by Frederick William Pitt) (from Way Back Home ) -3:11 18 Heaven is Home (previously unreleased 1970 track) -1:58 Production credits Phil Keaggy -compilation producer (all tracks), producer (tracks 3, 5, 8 -18) Mark Maxwell -compilation producer (all tracks) Lynn Nichols -producer (tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 and 11) Peter K. Hopper -producer (tracks 8 and 14) Dan Collins -producer (track 15) Buck Herring -producer (track 4) Smitty Price -producer (tracks 9 and 12) Bob Cotton -producer (track 10) Previous release: 1970 - 1995: Time Volume 1  (1995) (compilation album) Next release: Acoustic Sketches  (1996) (instrumental album) AUDIO NOT AVAILABLE

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 previously unreleased tracks is an unreleased version of "Time" from 1985, an unreleased live Glass Harp performance of "Do Lord," "Hope's Desire," written by Keaggy and his sister Geri Bobeck and "The Answer." Time 1 is currently out of print and is not available digitally. NOTE: the live performance of "Do Lord" by Glass Harp remained unreleased until 1997 when their live extended play, Live! At Carnegie Hall , featuring the track, was made available and released by Canis Major Records on CD. Track listing All songs written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. introduction -0:41 2. I've Just Begun (Again) (Phil Keaggy, Lynn Nichols) (from Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child ) -2:59 3. Sunday's Child (featuring Randy Stonehill) (Phil Keaggy, Randy Stonehill) (from Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child ) -3:49 4. Love Divine (from Crimson and Blue ) -2:25 5. I Will Be There (from Getting Closer! ) -5:01 6. Time (previously unreleased 1985 version, originally from Love Broke Thru ) -7:15 7. Hope's Desire (Phil Keaggy, Geri Bobeck) (previously unreleased) -4:23 8. Let Everything Else Go (from Town to Town ) -4:56 9. Pilgrim's Flight (instrumental from The Master & The Musician ) -2:23 10. Find Me in These Fields (from Find Me in These Fields ) -3:58 11. Theme (Phil Maderia) (instrumental from Emerging ) -1:27 12. Where Is My Maker (from Emerging ) -3:53 13. Do Lord (Glass Harp) (traditional; arranged by Glass Harp) (previously unreleased until 1997's Glass Harp live EP Live! At Carnegie Hall ) -4:00 14. What a Day (from What a Day ) -3:54 15. Little Ones (from Ph'lip Side ) -4:59 16. Morning Light (inspired by Thomas Tiplady's poem "Above the Hills of Time")   (from Play Thru Me ) -3:32 17. March of the Clouds (instrumental from The Wind and the Wheat ) -5:11 18. O God, Our Help in Ages Past ( Isaac Watts, William Croft; arranged by Phil Keaggy, Smitty Price and Loren Balman) (from the various artists recording Our Hymns ) -4:49 19. The Answer (previously unreleased) -3:20 Production credits Phil Keaggy -compilation producer (all tracks), producer (tracks 5 -12, 14 - 19) Mark Maxwell -compilation producer (all tracks) Lynn Nichols -producer (tracks 2 -4 and 10) Peter K. Hopper -producer (tracks 11 and 12) Dan Collins -producer (track 15) Bob Cotton -producer (tracks 8 and 16) Smitty Price -producer (track 5) Jeff Lams -producer (track 17) Lewis Merenstein -producer (track 13) Previous release: True Believer  (1995) Next release: 1970 - 1995: Time Volume 2  (1995) (compilation album) AUDIO NOT AVAILABLE

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 reminiscent of Keaggy's early 1980s albums with further use of programming and keyboards along with its use of live instruments. The title track, "The True Believers," was released as the lead single and did very well at Christian radio. The track climbed up to the top of the Christian AC chart giving Keaggy his first and only number one song. Other highlights include "Only You (Can Wash My Sins Away)," the hymn "Be Thou My Vision," "Salvation Army Band" and "The Survivor." The album also includes a Christmas track "And On That Day," which is about how Mary was the chosen mother to give birth to Jesus. Christian vocalist Susan Ashton provided guest vocals on the song. True Believer debuted and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Track listing 1. The True Believers (Alan Shacklock) -4:37 2. Wild Heart (Gordon Kennedy, Randy Holland) -5:01 3. Only You (Can Wash My Sins Away) (Alan Shacklock) -4:31 4. Salvation Army Band (Phil Keaggy, Alan Shacklock) -4:09 5. Don't Let Go Of My Heart (Phil Keaggy, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Kip Raines, Montey Powell) -4:11 6. Son of Man (Phil Keaggy) -4:38 7. And On That Day (guest vocals by Susan Ashton) (Phil Keaggy, John Sferra) -5:06 8. Be Thou My Vision (traditional; arranged by Alan Shacklock) -4:51 9. Have Mercy Lord (Alan Shacklock) -4:02 10. The Survivor (Phil Keaggy) -7:31 Radio singles 1995 "The True Believers" -#4 Christian CHR, -#1 Christian AC 1995 "Only You (Can Wash My Sins Away)" -#9 Christian AC 1995 -1996 "Son of Man" -#33 Christian AC 1996 "Don't Let Go Of My Heart" -#34 Christian AC Previous release: Crimson and Blue  (1993)/ Blue  (1994) Next release: 1970 - 1995: Time Volume 1  (1995) (compilation album)

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 pop/rock, blues and some alternative rock. Nichols, who produced the two previous albums mentioned, plays on the album on guitars and backing vocals, plus Keaggy's regular players: Phil Maderia (B-3 organ, keyboards) and Wade Jaynes (bass guitar). John Sferra of Keaggy's band Glass Harp plays drums throughout the album and even joins Keaggy on a jam session (as heard on the EP Revelator track "The Further Adventures of..."). The Paul McCartney comparisons continue on tracks like "Everywhere I Look," "Love Divine," whose track sounds like The Beatles' 1963 hit "All My Loving" and "Reunion of Friends." Keaggy re-visits his 1985 song "I Will Be There," but as a modern rock ballad. Very different from when he originally recorded for Getting Closer! . Keaggy even filmed a music video for the track. Crimson and Blue climbed up to number 7 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. In 1994, Keaggy earned his second Grammy nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album and was nominated for a Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year. Critics and CCM Magazine has called this album his best work. The magazine named Crimson and Blue as one of 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music in 2001 and listed it at number 20. Track listing All songs written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. Shouts of Joy (music by Phil Keaggy, words by Ray Repp) -5:55 2. World of Mine -5:40 3. Everywhere I Look (Phil Maderia) -4:29 4. Love Divine -2:25 5. Reunion of Friends -4:12 6. All There Is to Know (Phil Keaggy, Phil Maderia) -3:48 7. When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God (Van Morrison) -6:41 8. Stone Eyes (Phil Keaggy, Phil Maderia, Lynn Nichols) -7:02 9. I Will Be There -6:53 10. Don't Pass Me By (Phil Keaggy, Lynn Nichols) -3:45 11. John the Revelator (traditional; arranged by Phil Keaggy and Lynn Nichols) -8:05 12. Doin' Nothin' -8:29 13. Nothing But the Blood (traditional; arranged by Phil Keaggy) -2:46 Radio singles 1993 "Everywhere I Look" -#25 Christian CHR, -#6 Christian AC 1993 "Love Divine" -#22 Christian CHR, -#7 Christian AC 1993 "I Will Be There" -#25 Christian CHR 1994 "Reunion of Friends" -#22 Christian CHR Watch the music video of "I Will Be There" here: On March 29, 1994, Keaggy released a repackaged limited edition rock version of Crimson and Blue , re-titled Blue on Word Records and Epic Records/Sony Music. Blue was geared towards the mainstream market by eliminating five tracks ("Love Divine," "Reunion of Friends," "Stone Eyes," "I Will Be There" and "Nothing But the Blood") and adding two previous unreleased tracks (a cover of Badfinger's 1972 U.S. Top 20 hit "Baby Blue" and "All Our Wishes"), plus the addition of "The Further Adventures of..." from the Revelator EP. Three tracks from Crimson and Blue , "Doin' Nothin'," "Everywhere I Look" and "World of Mine," were shortened and reworked. Blue is out of print and is not available digitally. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article. Track listing 1. Doin' Nothin' (shorter version) -7:35 2. Don't Pass Me By -3:45 3. Baby Blue (Pete Ham) (previously unreleased) -5:37 4. All There Is to Know -3:48 5. John the Revelator -8:05 6. World of Mine (shorter version) -4:30 7. Everywhere I Look (shorter version) -3:53 8. The Further Adventures of... (jam featuring Phil Keaggy and John Sferra) (as heard on the CD EP Revelator ) -12:46 9. All Our Wishes ( previously unreleased) -3:22 10. When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God (Van Morrison) -6:41 11. Shouts of Joy -5:55 Previous release: Revelator  (EP) (1993) Next release: True Believer  (1995) Listen to the full-length album Blue here:

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 that this "jam was the very last thing recorded after the rest of the band had gone home to bed.  It's an unrehearsed, spontaneous musical dialogue between the two of us - the same sort of thing we all did in our early days with bassist, Dan Pecchio." The CD maxi-single also includes outtakes and a couple of "hidden jams" sandwiched between the listed tracks. Revelator debuted and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Track listing All songs written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. Everywhere I Look (radio mix) (Phil Maderia) -3:12 2. John the Revelator (radio mix) (traditional; arranged by Phil Keaggy and Lynn Nichols) -5:03 3. Doin' Nothin' (alternate take - Swamp Version)/"hidden jam" -6:55 4. John the Revelator (extended Strat mix)/"hidden jam" -10:31 5. The Further Adventures of... (jam featuring Phil Keaggy and John Sferra) -12:46 6. Celebrate (un-edited outro to "Reunion of Friends") -2:15 Previous release: Beyond Nature  (1991) (instrumental album) Next release: Crimson and Blue  (1993)/ Blue  (1994)

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 Christianity . A long-time fan of Lewis' work, Keaggy also referenced the author in song titles like "Brother Jack," "Addison's Walk" and "County Down." A highlight from this album is Keaggy's arrangement of "Symphonic Dance," which is a variation of Dance No. 2, Allegretto Grazioso from Four Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 composed by Edvard Grieg. There are two versions of "In the Light of Common Day": the opening track features just Keaggy on acoustic guitar and on track 11 which is a reprise with Keaggy along with a string and brass ensemble. Beyond Nature peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. In 1992, Keaggy won his second Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year at the 23rd GMA Dove Awards. Track listing All songs written and composed by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. In the Light of Common Day -3:53 2. County Down -5:46 3. Symphonic Dance (composed by Edvard Grieg; arranged by Phil Keaggy) -5:46 4. Addison's Walk -4:04 5. I Feel the Winds of God (traditional; arranged by Phil Keaggy) -4:48 6. Fare Thee Well -5:37 7. Fragile Forest -4:30 8. Brother Jack -4:57 9. As Warm As Tears -6:05 10. A Place of Springs -6:30 11. In the Light of Common Day (reprise) -3:53 12. When Night Falls -3:57 Accolades Dove Award -Instrumental Album of the Year ( Beyond Nature ) Previous release: Find Me in These Fields  (1990) Next release: Revelator  (EP) (1993)

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 the greatest of care on original Vox and Fender amplifiers matched with the original stock vintage 50's and 60's guitars as well as acoustic drums □ all recorded in a 'real' acoustic environment just like the old days when everyone played together in the same room □ imagine that! We've eliminated computers and drum machines altogether and relegated synthesizers to just one selection (we used the cheapest "low-fi" stuff we could find) so as to replicate those great honest sounds that we all loved about early rock-n-roll recordings □ you know the ones that made us all want to run out and buy a guitar! Of course, in the end, when it came down to mixing we used every known piece of technology at our disposal to make it sound really good!" Among those used is Ringo Starr's old drum kit. The album was recorded between June and August 1988 and features an all-star cast of musicians and friends such as Randy Stonehill , Russ Taff , Steve Taylor (only on the hand claps on "Tell Me How You Feel"), James Hollihan, Jr. on guitar, Rick Cua on bass guitar, Mike Mead on drums and many others. Mark Heard wrote and contributed backing vocals on "Everything is Alright," the only track to use keyboards which Heard also played on. "Everything is Alright" is only on the CD and cassette versions. Heard also wrote "I Always Do." The track "I've Just Begun (Again)" is a refurbished Glass Harp song, which was Keaggy's first band when he first got his start back in the late 1960s. Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child debuted and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Track listing 1. Tell Me How You Feel (Phil Keaggy) -3:23 2. Sunday's Child (featuring Randy Stonehill) (Phil Keaggy, Randy Stonehill) -4:01 3. I Always Do (Mark Heard) -4:53 4. I'm Gonna Get You Now (Phil Keaggy, Lynn Nichols) -3:49 5. Blessed Be the Ties (Phil Keaggy, Steve Taylor, Lynn Nichols) -4:04 6. This Could Be the Moment (Lynn Nichols, Angelo Palladino) -3:52 7. Ain't Got No (featuring Randy Stonehill and Russ Taff) (Randy Stonehill, Sandi Stonehill) -3:32 8. Somebody Loves You (Phil Keaggy) -4:09 9. Big Eraser (Phil Keaggy, Lynn Nichols, Lance DeMers) -4:36 10. Everything is Alright (Mark Heard) -4:19 (not on the LP version) 11. I've Just Begun (Again) (Phil Keaggy, Lynn Nichols) -3:42 12. Walk In Two Worlds (Phil Keaggy, Randy Stonehill) -3:41 13. Talk About Suffering (traditional; arranged by Phil Keaggy) -4:51 Radio singles 1988 "Sunday's Child" (featuring Randy Stonehill) -#12 Christian CHR, -#10 Christian AC 1989 "Talk About Suffering" -#4 Christian CHR, -#16 Christian AC 1989 "Tell Me How You Feel" -#8 Christian CHR, -#29 Christian AC The above three songs charted were credited as Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child. Previous release: Way Back Home  (1986) Next release: Find Me in These Fields  (1990)

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 and electric guitars. Full discussions on each piece are talked about by Keaggy himself in the album and CD backliner notes. "The Reunion" was featured on Keaggy's 1986 original release of Way Back Home . This new recording is nearly identical to the one from his previous album. The Wind and the Wheat climbed to number 14 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. In 1988, Keaggy won his first Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year at the 19th GMA Dove Awards. The album was reissued and remastered by Strobie Records in 2020. Track listing All songs written and composed by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. March of the Clouds -5:27 2. Paradise Dream -5:35 3. The Wind and the Wheat -4:34 4. Where Travelers Meet -6:37 5. From Shore to Shore -3:07 6. Prayer -4:24 7. The Mission -5:02 8. The Promise -4:33 9. The Reunion -6:05 10. I Love You Lord (Laurie Klein, music by Phil Keaggy) -5:35 Production credits Phil Keaggy -producer (all tracks) Jeff Lams -co-producer (tracks 1 and 4) Tom Coomes -co-producer (tracks 2, 3, 6 and 10) Accolades Dove Award - Instrumental Album of the Year ( The Wind and the Wheat ) Previous release: Way Back Home  (1986) Next release: Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child  (1988)

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 it was a low-key release, this album did not chart the first time around. On June 4, 1994, Keaggy re-released Way Back Home on Sparrow Records with a different track listing order. The album is partially re-recorded and remixed with some differences with the songs and instrumentation from the 1986 release: *- the instrumental track "The Reunion" is not on this re-issue but does appear in a nearly identical recording in his 1987 instrumental release The Wind and the Wheat . *- "Here and Now": the string sounds from the original 1986 version were removed for the 1994 version, and the 1994 version is faded slightly early. *- "A New Star": the 1994 version includes new keyboard sounds and replaces the original soprano sax part with a penny whistle part. *- "Maker of the Universe": string sounds from the original version were removed for the 1994 version. *- "Let Everything Else Go": it's a new recording, originally from the 1981 Town to Town album. For this 1994 version, it fades out about a minute earlier than the original 1986 re-recording. *- Noah's Song": the string sounds from the original version were removed for the 1994 version. *- "In Every Need": the 1994 version has a brief section with no guitar, only bass. Keaggy recorded four new songs as bonus tracks continuing the family theme of the album, including the duet "Father-Daughter Harmony" featuring his daughter Alicia. The re-issued album debuted and peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Track listing of the 1994 reissue All songs written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. Way Back Home -4:20 2. A New Song -3:37 3. Father-Daughter Harmony (duet with Alicia Keaggy) (Phil Keaggy, Alicia Keaggy) -4:27 * 4. It Could Have Been Me (Phil Keaggy, Sheila Walsh) -5:13 * 5. In Every Need (music by Phil Keaggy, words by Samuel Longfellow and anonymous) -4:59 6. She's a Dancer -3:00 * 7. Let Everything Else Go -4:56 8. Olivia -3:27 9. Once I Prayed -(music by Phil Keaggy, words by Helen McDowell) -3:16 10. Noah's Song -4:02 11. Maker of the Universe (music by Phil Keaggy, words by Frederick William Pitt) -3:13 12. Be In Time (music by Phil Keaggy, words by Phil Keaggy and anonymous) -4:26 13. Here and Now -2:43 14. The 50th (instrumental) -9:22 * (*) -newly recorded bonus tracks NOTE: the four tracks, "In Every Need," "Once I Prayed," "Maker of the Universe" and "Be In Time" were printed through the courtesy of the Loizeaux Brothers, publishers of The Continual Burnt Offering . Previous release: Getting Closer!  (1985) Next release: The Wind and the Wheat (1987) (instrumental album)

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 the track as a modern rock ballad for his 1993 album Crimson and Blue . The album was reissued in 1998 on CD by Canis Major with a different album cover and track listing order. It also contains two bonus tracks that he recorded around the same time as the rest of the album but were both left off. Strobie Records reissued the album in 2022 with the original ten songs and no bonus tracks. Getting Closer! peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart by spring 1986. Track listing All songs written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. Where Has Our Love Gone -3:15 2. Passport -4:15 3. I Will Be There -5:01 4. Getting Closer (Phil Keaggy, Richard Souther, Dave Spurr) -4:12 5. Movie (Phil Keaggy, John Melher) -5:02 6. Sounds -6:08 7. Like An Island -3:53 8. Look Deep Inside -5:54 9. Riverton (instrumental) (arranged by Phil Keaggy and Richard Souther) -3:56 10. Reaching Out (Phil and Bernadette Keaggy) -4:34 Unreleased bonus tracks: "Get Up and Go" -2:47 "Sunrise" -3:20 Radio singles 1986 "I Will Be There" -#19 Christian CHR, -#5 Christian AC Previous release: Underground: Private Collection  (1983) Next release: Way Back Home  (1986) Listen to the unreleased bonus track "Get Up and Go" here: Listen to the unreleased bonus track "Sunrise" here:

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 between autumn and spring 1982-83. The original list contained more than enough selections for what was intended to be a double album and with a little help from my friends, we whittled the tunes down to accommodate this single LP. I recorded the entire collection in the basement of my home in Leawood, Kansas using a Teac 144 Porta-Studio, various guitars, synthesizers and a Roland rhythm machine. We then took the 4-track cassette tapes and transferred to a multi-track machine at Weddington Studio in North Hollywood, California, adding only the reinforcement of a Roger Linn drum machine to fatten the tracks. The uniqueness of this album lies in the fact that all the tunes were recorded at my leisure, in a comfortable setting, without realizing they would be used for an official record release. Because of this factor, I feel there is a freedom and confidence expressed in these songs which sets them apart from some of my other recordings. I sincerely hope you enjoy them as much as I did writing and recording them. My initial listeners were those of family and friends — and now we gladly extend them to you." Underground is the start of a series of "private collection" music libraries called "Backroom Trax" and this is the first volume. Other "Backroom Trax" volumes were released sporadically into the next decade by way of Keaggy's fan-mail club PKC (Phil Keaggy Club). This release contains two bonus tracks that were, at first, only on cassette tape and then later on CD by Canis Major in 2000 but with a different track order. The album was reissued in 2022 by Strobie Records with the original track order plus bonus track totaling 13 tracks. Underground charted on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums chart in 1984 and peaked at number 11. Track listing of the 1983 release with bonus tracks All songs written by Phil Keaggy. 1. What a Love -3:52 2. The Ransom (instrumental) -3:49 3. Deadline -3:36 4. Think About It -3:45 5. One in a Million -4:31 6. I Know Someone -3:46 7. The Two of You -4:59 8. Paid in Full (instrumental) -4:20 9. What You Are Inside -3:33 10. Follow Me On (instrumental) -3:20 11. The Survivor -5:24 BONUS TRACKS 12. A Glorious Sunset -4:08 13. When I Say I Love You -3:17 Previous release: Play Thru Me  (1982) Next release: Getting Closer!  (1985)