Editing Kerry Livgren (section)

=== Solo years: 1989–2000 ===
In 1989, Livgren released his first all-instrumental album, ''One of Several Possible Musiks''. He played all instruments on the album, which combines orchestral, jazz and rock styles. This effort won Livgren his first [[Dove Award]], for Instrumental Album of the Year.

Livgren then released a double-CD retrospective, titled ''Decade'', celebrating 10 years since his first solo recording. It included Livgren's first two albums, ''[[Seeds of Change (album)|Seeds of Change]]'' and ''[[Time Line (AD album)|Time Line]]'', in their entirety, plus tracks from other albums and previously unreleased songs. Enthusiasts of Livgren's music continue to hold this album in high regard, making it very hard to find.

In 1994, after moving back to Topeka, Livgren created GrandyZine production company and Numavox Records. He converted a restored barn on his farm into a state-of-the-art recording and production facility.

In 1995, Livgren released his next solo album, ''When Things Get Electric'', on his new label. In 1996, he released his first soundtrack, for [[Sony]]'s fourth [[Mind's Eye (series)|Mind's Eye]] computer animation feature, titled ''Odyssey into the Mind's Eye''. In 1998, Livgren mostly re-recorded the album ''Prime Mover'' and added five new songs and a new version of "Fair Exchange" from the [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] album ''[[Vinyl Confessions]]'' to the reissue, ''Prime Mover II''. (He reworked and reissued the album again in 2008 as ''Prime Mover (Redux)''.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.numavox.com/pmreduxnotes.htm |title=Kerry Livgren Kansas Numavox Progressive Rock Christian |website=Numavox.com |access-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-date=February 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227183151/http://www.numavox.com/pmreduxnotes.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2000, Livgren released ''Collector's Sedition'', featuring several vocalists, including his nephew, Jake Livgren. At this time, Livgren was writing new songs prolifically and realized that some of them "sounded like Kansas." He called Phil Ehart and offered him the opportunity to hear the songs. This led to a reunion album with Kansas, titled ''[[Somewhere to Elsewhere]]'', which featured the then-touring version of Kansas along with Livgren and Dave Hope, the original bassist. The album was recorded at Livgren's Grandyzine Studio in his converted barn, where he performed on the album as lead guitarist and keyboardist and produced the album. It was the first Kansas album for which Livgren had written all the songs.

Shortly after the release of ''[[Somewhere to Elsewhere]]'', Livgren began work on ''The Best of Kerry Livgren''. Both retrospective and forward-looking, it contains tracks from all his solo releases and some AD tracks. The album also includes two new songs and new recordings of four older songs. Each of these new versions features the original vocalists, including Ham, Gleason and Dio.