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No Compromise: Remembering the Music of Keith Green is a compilation project album that was released on June 27, 1992 by Sparrow Records. The album is executive produced by Peter York with tracks produced by Brown Bannister, Charlie Peacock and many others. Released at the time of the 10th anniversary of Keith Green 's passing, it features 13 of the top Christian artists and producers of the day covering his songs in their style of music including Russ Taff , Steven Curtis Chapman , Petra , Rich Mullins and Margaret Becker among others. Highlights include "Grace By Which I Stand" by Steve Green (no relation to Keith Green), "I Can't Believe It" by Peacock, and "Your Love Broke Through" by Taff with backing vocals by Phil Keaggy , who originally recorded the song on his 1976 album Love Broke Thru . Keith Green's widow Melody Green-Sievright sings her own composition "Make My Life a Prayer to You" which he recorded on his 1978 album also called No Compromise . The tribute album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Track listing All songs were written by Keith Green, except where noted. 1. Your Love Broke Through (Russ Taff, backing vocals by Phil Keaggy) (Keith Green, Randy Stonehill, Todd Fishkind) -4:50 2. He'll Take Care of the Rest (Steven Curtis Chapman) (Keith Green, Wendell Burton) -4:41 3. Grace By Which I Stand (Steve Green) -5:22 4. I Can't Believe It (Charlie Peacock) (Keith Green, Melody Green) -4:00 5. I Don't Want to Fall Away (Petra) -3:28 6. Oh Lord, You're Beautiful (Margaret Becker) -4:46 7. Asleep in the Light (Michael Card) -4:30 8. Summer Snow (Susan Ashton) (Keith Green, Melody Green) -3:16 9. You Are the One (Rich Mullins) (Keith Green, Melody Green) -3:05 10. Make My Life a Prayer to You (Melody Green-Sievright) (Melody Green) -4:11 11. How Can They Live Without Jesus? (GLAD) -3:39 12. There Is a Redeemer (Brown Bannister and Kelly Willard) (Melody Green) -3:35 Production credits Brown Bannister -producer (tracks 2, 3, 7, 8 and 12) Russ Taff and James Hollihan, Jr. -producers (track 1) Charlie Peacock -producer (tracks 4, 6 and 9) Bob Hartman and John Lawry -producers (track 5) Jimmie Lee Sloas -co-producer (track 7) Bill Maxwell -producer (track 10) Ed Nalle -producer (track 11) Radio singles 1992 "Your Love Broken Through" by Russ Taff -#22 Christian CHR, #9 Chrisitan AC 1992 "Grace By Which I Stand" by Steve Green -#5 Christian AC 1993 "I Can't Believe It" by Charlie Peacock -#2 Christian CHR 1993 "I Don't Want to Fall Away" by Petra -#11 Christian CHR, #36 Christian AC

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 CD 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 from 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. Track listing All songs were 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:

Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 55 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. He is a seven-time recipient of the GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. He has frequently been listed as one of the world's top-two "finger-style" and "finger-picking" guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine readers' polls, and due to his complex and virtuosic playing, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. He played in several bands in Ohio in the mid-1960s and eventually formed the band Glass Harp with friend John Sferra in 1968. He became a Christian shortly after his mother's death around Valentine's Day of 1970 and his newfound faith infused all three of the Glass Harp recordings on Decca Records. He left the group in August of 1972 to embark on a solo career (although he has since reunited with Glass Harp for several concerts and recording projects). He recorded his first solo album What A Day in 1973, but it wasn't released until June of 1974 . During that period, he married his wife Bernadette and toured with Love Song. His next solo album, Love Broke Thru , didn't arrive until two years later in 1976. During that time, he toured and recorded with other Jesus Music pioneers such as 2nd Chapter of Acts , Honeytree and Paul Clark & Friends. Over the coming decades, Keaggy would continue to record and tour, as well as contributing his unmistakable guitar work to hundreds of recordings. Keaggy also first started collaborating with fellow CCM singer - songwriter and long-time friend Randy Stonehill in the mid-1970s , often appearing in each other's albums either as singing vocal duets, songwriting or both and have performed in the studio and in live concert performances. More information on Phil Keaggy at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Keaggy Discography Please note: Phil Keaggy's discography is quite extensive so only a few albums will be spotlighted in articles. with Glass Harp: Glass Harp (1970) Synergy (1971) It Makes Me Glad (1972) Song in the Air (1978) (compilation album) Live at Carnegie Hall (1997) Strings Attached - Live (2001) (with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra) Hourglass (2003) Stark Raving Jams: Recorded Live 1970 -2003 (2004) Live at the Beachland Ballroom 11.01.08 (2010) Solo vocal recordings What a Day (1974) Love Broke Thru (1976) Emerging (1978) (credited as Phil Keaggy Band) Ph'lip Side (1980) Town to Town (1981) Play Thru Me (1982) Underground: Private Collection (1983) Getting Closer! (1985) Way Back Home (1986) Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child (1988) Find Me in These Fields (1990) Revelator (EP) (1993) Crimson and Blue (1993)/ Blue (1994) True Believer (1995) 1970 - 1995: Time Volume 1 (1995) (compilation album) 1970 - 1995: Time Volume 2 (1995) (compilation album) Phil Keaggy (1998) An Angel's Christmas: Carols Performed on Acoustic Guitar (1999) Zion (2000) Inseparable (2000) Uncle Duke (2000) Special Occasions (2003) It's Personal: Phil Keaggy sings the poetry of Keith Moore (2004) Dream Again (2006) Happy Valentine's Day (2007) A Peaceful Collection: Songs of Rest for the Heart (2008) Welcome Inn: A Phil Keaggy Christmas (2009) A Solo Acoustic Evening with Phil Keaggy in Concert (2009) (CD/DVD) Live from Kegworth Studio (2011) The Cover of Love (2012) Southern Girls - Music from the Motion Picture (2015) All at Once (2016)/ Fearless Love (2020) Legacy (2024) (3 CD/7 LP boxed set) Solo instrumental recordings The Master & The Musician (1979) The Wind and the Wheat (1987) Beyond Nature (1991) Acoustic Sketches (1996) 220 (1996) On the Fly (1997) Phil Keaggy's Premium Jams (1999) Music to Paint By: Electric Blue (1999) Music to Paint By: Splash (1999) Music to Paint By: Still Life (1999) Music to Paint By: Brushstrokes (1999) Lights of Madrid (2000) Cinemascapes (2001) In the Quiet Hours (2001) HymnSongs (2002) Freehand (Acoustic Sketches II) (2003) Jammed! (2006) Roundabout (2006) (live album) The Song Within (2007) Phantasmagorical: Master & Musician 2 (2008) Alternate Tunings (Fingerstyle Guitar Solos) (2014) Collaboration recordings/projects How the West Was One  (1978) (live album with 2nd Chapter of Acts and a band called David) Invention (1997) (with Scott Denté and Wes King) Majesty & Wonder: An Instrumental Christmas (1999) (with the London Festival  Orchestra) Uncut Gems (2003) (with Muriel Anderson and special guest Stanley Jordan) Together Live (2005) (with Randy Stonehill) Two of Us: Groovemasters Vol. 10 (2006) (with Mike Pachelli) Acoustic Cafe (2007) (credited as Phil Keaggy and Friends) Mystery Highway  (2009) (with Randy Stonehill) FRIO Suite (2009) (with Jeff Johnson) Inter-Dimensional Traveler (2010) (credited as The Phil Keaggy Trio with Jack Giering and John Sferra) Songs for Israel  (2010) (live album with Randy Stonehill, Bob Bennett and Buck Storm) Numen (2011) (with Kyle Jones) Cosmic Rumpus (2012) (credited as The Phil Keaggy Trio with Jack Giering and John Sferra) WaterSky (2012) (with Jeff Johnson) Infinity Unleashed (2013) (credited as The Phil Keaggy Trio with Jack Giering and John Sferra) Lighting Catcher (2018) (as part of the band Shinbone) Rockin' Comedy Christmas Show (2018) (with Paul Aldrich and Ken Davis) The Bucket List (2019) (with Jerry Marotta and Tony Levin) Cappadocia (2019) (with Jeff Johnson) Illumination (2019) (with Rex Paul)

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 were 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)

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 the same players from his last album: Rick Cua (bass guitar) and Mike Mead (drums), plus Keaggy's friend Phil Maderia on the piano and B-3 organ. There are five short acoustic and electric instrumental breaks that the listener will hear in between tracks. They are recorded live from the studio, direct to digital. The Christian radio lead single "Be In My Heart" is a cover written by John Perry and originally recorded by English singer Cliff Richard in 1982. It features backing vocals from Charlie Peacock and Keaggy's and Nichols' family members among them. The title song is a peaceful ballad with cello by John Catchings. Rock numbers include "Strong Tower," "This Side of Heaven" and "Get Over It." Find Me in These Fields was a best seller and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Keaggy earned his first Grammy nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album in 1991. Track listing All songs were written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted. 1. instrumental break (acoustic) -0:20 2. Strong Tower -4:14 3. Carry On -3:15 4. instrumental break (acoustic) -0:40 5. When the Wild Winds Blow -5:41 6. This Side of Heaven -4:22 7. Find Me in These Fields -3:58 8. Get Over It -6:10 9. Calling You -4:19 10. instrumental break (electric) -2:32 11. Gentle and Strong -3:37 12. Final Day -4:00 13. instrumental break (electric) -2:13 14. Be In My Heart (John Perry) -4:52 15. instrumental break (electric) -1:03 Radio singles 1990 "Be In My Heart" -#5 Christian CHR, #4 Christian AC 1990 "Find Me in These Fields" -#21 Christian AC 1990 "When the Wild Winds Blow -#15 Christian CHR 1991 "This Side of Heaven" -#2 Christian CHR Previous release: Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child  (1988) Next release: Beyond Nature  (1991) (instrumental album)

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 is more classical with a string ensemble. 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 were 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. 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 were 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 were 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 were 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 Christian Albums chart in 1984 and peaked at number 11. Track listing of the 1983 release with bonus tracks All songs were 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)

Jaci Velasquez is the self-titled second studio album by Christian/Latina pop singer Jaci Velasquez , released on June 2, 1998 by Myrrh/Word Record. Mark Heimermann produced the album, with Christopher Harris co-producing the track "Al Mundo Dios Amó," which is translated as the lead single "God So Loved." U.K. musician Chris Eaton wrote the song that starts the album in English and ends the album in Spanish translated by Jaci's father David Velasquez. Eaton recorded his version on his 1997 album Cruisin' ( What Kind of Love in North America in 1998). The song is based on the familiar Bible verse of John 3:16. Jaci would later release a Christmas CD single entitled "One Silent Night...God So Loved." It was a limited CD single sold with the purchase of Jaci Velasquez during the holiday season. The second album continues the success of Jaci's debut album Heavenly Place with four number one songs on the Christian radio charts. Jaci Velasquez topped the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart giving Jaci her first number one album on that chart, while climbing to number 56 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums. In 1999, Jaci won the Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year at the 30th GMA Dove Awards and the album was Gold certified for half a million copies sold. Track listing 1. God So Loved (Chris Eaton) -4:58 2. Show You Love (Mark Heimanmann) -4:31 3. Little Voice Inside (Toby McKeehan, Joey Elwood, Christopher Harris) -4:37 4. You (Michelle Tumes) -3:38 5. Look What Love Has Done (Rob Mathes, Stephanie Lewis) -4:39 6. Child of Mine (Chris Eaton, Ralph Van Manen) -4:04 7. Speak for Me (Toby McKeehan, Mark Heimanmann) -4:11 8. Glory (Andy Kravitz, Jim Boggia) -3:28 9. Sweet Surrender (Mark Heimanmann, Wayne Kirkpatrick) -3:39 10. Paper Tiger (Mark Heimanmann, Wayne Kirkpatrick, George Cocchini) -4:11 11. Made My World (Sheri Shaw) -3:24 12. Al Mundo Dios Amó (God So Loved) (Chris Eaton, David Velasquez) -5:07 Gold certified in 1999. Production credits Mark Heimermann -producer (all tracks) Christopher Harris -co-producer (track 12) Accolades Dove Award -Female Vocalist of the Year Radio singles 1998 "God So Loved" -#4 Christian CHR, #1 Christian AC 1998 "Glory" -#4 Christian CHR, #1 Christian AC 1999 "Speak for Me" -#11 Christian CHR, #1 Christian AC 1999 "Show You Love" -#1 Christian CHR, #9 Christian AC Previous release: Heavenly Place (1996) Next release: Llegar a Ti (1999) Watch the music video of "God So Loved" here: