''Farewell'' is the second live album released by Christian rock band Petra. It was released in 2005. A

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of the concert was released in 2006. This is the band's second live album, and it was recorded during the band's ''Farewell'' tour in

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on October 4, 2005. The concert features guest appearances by two former members of the band: singer

Greg X. Volz Gregory Xavier Volz (born January 12, 1950) is a Christian rock singer. He is most noted for being the lead singer of Petra from 1979 to 1985. He has continued to sing, sporadically, for different iterations of Petra such as Classic Petra (201 ...

and keyboardist

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Track listing

# "All About Who You Know" – 3:22 # "Dance" – 4:32 # "Amazing Grace" – 4:29 # "Test of Time" – 3:22 # "Creed" – 3:14 # "Right Place" – 3:57 # "Rock Medley" – 10:05 #*"Sight Unseen" #*"It Is Finished" #*"Think Twice" #*"I Am On The Rock" #*"Midnight Oil" #*"Mine Field" #*"This Means War!" #*"It Is Finished (Reprise)" # "Jekyll & Hyde" – 3:48 # "Acoustic Set" (featuring

) – 10:04 #*"Rose Coloured Stained Glass Windows" (1) #*"Road To Zion" (1) #*"More Power To Ya" (1) #*"For Annie" (1) #*"No Doubt" (2) #*"The Coloring Song" (1) #*"Love" (2) # "Grave Robber" (featuring

) – 4:20 # "Keyboard Solo" (featuring

) – 1:33 # "Beyond Belief" – 4:30 # "Guitar Solo" (featuring

Bob Hartman Robert "Bob" Hartman (born December 26, 1949) is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took ...

) – 1:24 # "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" – 4:36 (1): Lead vocals by Greg X. Volz (2): Lead vocals by John Schlitt

DVD version

The DVD version of the concert includes the same track listing as the CD. As for the special features, it includes an interview with

John Schlitt John William Schlitt (born February 3, 1950) is an American singer, who was the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra (band), Petra from 1986 until the band's retirement in early 2006. Prior to joining Petra in 1986, Schlitt was the lead voc ...

and

. The interview includes clips of another interview with band founder

. There are also fan interviews as they arrive the concert, and an interview to producer

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. Another special feature is the band's rehearsal before the concert.

Missing Material

There were three songs that didn't make it into the album or

. They were "Judas' Kiss", "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" and "C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N". The first two were cut to save space, while the latter wasn't intended to be in the CD. "Just something for fun we threw in" as Hartman said. During one of the takes of Hartman's guitar solo, he broke a string. While he was fixing it, Paul Simmons delivered an impromptu drum solo which was also cut from the album and DVD. As the president of

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said "That was really spontaneous, if you remember... We did not get a clean run at it." The live recordings of "Judas' Kiss" and "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" eventually appeared on Bob Hartman and John Schlitt's album, performing as II Guys from Petra, ''Vertical Expressions''.

Personnel

Petra

- vocals *

- guitars * Greg Bailey - bass guitar,

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* Paul Simmons - drums, percussion Guest musicians *

- vocals *

- keyboards Production * Petra - producer * Wes Campbell,

and Rob Poznanski - Executive Producers *

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for Lake Dog Music Group LLC - Project Coordinator

Notes

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