''The Wind and the Wheat'' is the title of a 1987

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album by guitarist

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, released on

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's Colours imprint. The album won the 1988

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for Instrumental Album of the Year. It was remastered and re-issued in 2013.

Track listing

All songs were written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

# "March of the Clouds" – 5:25 # "Paradise Dream" – 5:32 # "The Wind and the Wheat" – 4:32 # "Where Travellers Meet" – 6:32 # "From Shore to Shore" – 3:02

Side two

# "Prayer" – 4:21 # "The Mission" – 4:58 # "The Promise" – 4:30 # "The Reunion" – 6:00 # "I Love You Lord" (Laurie Klein) – 5:28

Personnel

* Phil Keaggy – arrangements, acoustic guitar (1-5, 7-10), electric guitar (1-4, 6, 7, 8, 10), bass (4, 5, 8), electric mini-guitar (5), keyboards (5), percussion (5) * Jeff Lams – keyboards (1, 3, 8), arrangements (1), acoustic piano (4), synthesizer (4, 6) * Harlan Rogers –

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(2), arrangements (2, 6), acoustic piano (6) * Smitty Price – synthesizer (2, 6) * Cheri Anderson – synthesizer (7) * Dave Coy – bass (1, 2, 6), fretless bass (1, 3) *

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– drums (1, 3), percussion (1, 3, 6, 8) *

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– drums (2, 6) * Dave Spurr – drums (8) *

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– percussion (3, 4)

Production notes

* Tom Coomes – executive producer, producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer * Phil Keaggy – producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer * Jeff Lams – producer, audio engineer * Jim Scheffler –

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* Eddie Keaggy – audio engineer * Chris Taylor – audio engineer, mixing engineer * Jim Scheffler – mixing engineer * Bruce Botnick – CD mastering engineer * Digital Magnetics – CD mastering location * Phil Fewsmith – album photography

References

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