Rock Band PRISM 1978 Promo DJ LIVE TONITE Detroits Royal Oak Theater BLUE vinyl

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Wish I still had a record player  to listen to this!
From my personal collection.  Vinyl looks beautiful. 
Autographed   by the band members  PLUS  a   personal  typed letter  from  AL  HARLOW
I have owned this over  40 years   and  do not have the room  to properly  display  all of  my collectibles  anymore.  IT  NEEDS  A  NEW  HOME!
LIMITED  ED  DJ PROMO     Blue  Vinyl Live Tonite is a live album recorded by Canadian Rock Band Prism in 1978 at Detroit's Royal Oak Music Theater. The album features songs from Prism's first two studio albums "Prism" and "See Forever Eyes". The album was originally released on a special blue vinyl LP as well as black vinyl LP.



Prism was the brainchild of musician-producer Bruce Fairbairn and comprised members from two local Vancouver bands, "Sunshyne" and "Seeds of Time". 
Over the next year, Fairbairn produced the group's debut album. At the time there was no fixed band line-up for the recording and Fairbairn employed various musicians from around the local Vancouver music scene. Tabak, Mitchell and Vallance were relative constants during the sessions: others who participated in the recording sessions included Steve Pugsley, Richard Christie, Peter Bjerring, Dave Calder, Tom and Jack Lavin, David Sinclair, Dave Pickell, John Hall and Graeme Coleman.
As Prism was preparing to record their follow up album, some changes happened to the lineup that would remain fixed for the next three years. Firstly, another former Seeds of Time alumni, Al Harlow, was brought in as bassist to replace Tom Lavin. Then, Vallance quit the band as principal songwriter. Upon rehearsing song demos with the band, Mitchell and Vallance fell into heated disagreements over the style of songwriting. When it became apparent they were at an impasse, Vallance elected to go, leaving two songs for the band, "N-N-N-No!" and "You're Like The Wind" (both credited to Rodney Higgs as songwriter). 
But his departure left a gaping hole in songwriting for the band to fill. Fortunately, Al Harlow supplied two songs, and the remaining members' songs filled out the album. See Forever Eyes was again produced by Fairbairn and employed a number of uncredited studio musicians playing alongside or in place of the credited band members. The album was released in the late spring of 1978 with the title track and Harlow's songs, Flyin' and Take Me Away, released as singles. See Forever Eyes reached platinum status by the next year.
During the summer of 1979, the band returned to the studio to record their third and what would be their most commercially successful album. Mitchell was now the principal songwriter and wrote/co-wrote 4 songs for the album. Although it was his largest contribution yet for a single album, it fell short of what was needed. In an effort to help, Vallance became involved again and brought along his new songwriting partner, Bryan Adams, to contribute to the songwriting effort. Adams, who at the time was an unsigned recording artist, wrote/co-wrote 3 songs. Vallance, meanwhile, co-wrote 1 track as Rodney Higgs, arranged two tracks using his real name, and played drums, bass and guitars on several tracks without credit.