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in 1989.

Track listing

All songs written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

# "Pilgrim's Flight" – 2:22 # "Agora (The Marketplace)" – 3:26 # "The Castle's Call" – 0:47 # "Wedding in the Country Manor" – 3:20 # "Suite of Reflections" – 5:45 # "Golden Halls" – 5:13 # "Mouthpiece" – 1:18 # "Follow Me Up" – 4:05 # "Jungle Pleasures" – 0:55 # "Deep Calls Unto Deep" – 3:52 # "Medley: Evensong / Twighlight / Forever Joy" – 7:05 # "The High and Exalted One" – 1:48 # "Epilogue /

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" (bonus track on 1989 reissue) – 8:56

Personnel

*Phil Keaggy: classic, electric, and

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guitars, bass, ARP bass synthesizer, drums and percussion, voices *Bernadette Keaggy: voices *Tom Baker: bass on "Agora (The Marketplace)" *Nick Kircher: recorders and oboe on "Deep Calls Unto Deep" *Philip Kimbrough: recorders on "Medley" *Peter Pfiefer: percussion on "Epilogue" *Jim Issacs: oboe on "Epilogue" *Tom Fryer: keyboards on "Agora", "Suite", "Golden Halls", and "The High and Exalted One" *Susan Kircher: flute on "The Castle's Call", and "Wedding in the Country Manor"

Production notes

*Produced and arranged by Phil Keaggy *Engineered by Mal Davis and Garry Hedden *Recorded June–August 1978 at Hedden West Studio,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Master and the Musician, The 1978 albums Instrumental albums Phil Keaggy albums