''Ph'lip Side'' is an album by guitarist

Phil Keaggy Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951) 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. H ...

, released in 1980 on

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. 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.

Track listing

All songs written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted. This side (acoustic) # "A Child (In Everyone's Heart)" – 4:01 # "Little Ones" – 4:58 # "Spend My Life With You" – 5:16 # "Just a Moment Away" (Keaggy,

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) – 4:04 # "I Belong to You" – 3:27 That side (electric) # "A Royal Commandment" – 5:46 # "Sunday School" – 4:34 # "Send Out Your Light" (Keaggy, Ted Sandquist) – 3.:28 # "Pulling Down" (Keaggy, Greg X. Volz) – 5:26 Note: The 1980 release use the above track order. The 1982 reissue, and subsequent CD release, removes "Send Out Your Light" and adds "In Your Keep" and shuffles the track order.

Personnel

* Phil Keaggy – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals * Richard Souther – piano,

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, and synthesizers * Leon Gaer – electric synthesized bass *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylu ...

– bass on "Send Out Your Light" *

Paul Leim Paul William Leim (born December 29, 1950) is an American drummer and recording session musician based in Nashville. Biography Leim was born in Port Huron, Michigan and raised in Troup, Texas. He was inspired to take up drumming as a child a ...

– drums * Jim Gordon – drums on "Send Out Your Light" *

Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian–American jazz drummer and percussionist. He has also worked as an educator at University of California, Los Angeles, and Berklee College of ...

– percussion * Dan Collins – background vocals * Greg X. Volz – background vocals *

Jamie Owens-Collins Jamie Owens-Collins (born 1955), born Jamie Sue Owens, is an American Contemporary Christian music composer, singer and songwriter. She is the child of Jimmy and Carol Owens and was born and raised in Oakland, California, where her parents wrote ...

– background vocals *

Mylon LeFevre Mylon Rae LeFevre (October 6, 1944 – September 8, 2023) was an American Christian rock singer known for his work with his band Mylon and Broken Heart. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and traveled around the United States, mi ...

– background vocals on "Send Out Your Light" * Matthew Ward – background vocals on "Send Out Your Light"

Production notes

* Produced by Dan Collins and Phil Keaggy * Engineered by

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* Recorded at Sound Labs,

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, California, Martinsound Studios,

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, California, Sound City Studios,

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, California, Smoketree Studios, Chatsworth, California * Mixed at Sound Labs, Hollywood, California * Mastered at Mastering Labs, Hollywood, California

References

{{Authority control 1980 albums Phil Keaggy albums Albums recorded at Sound City Studios