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Small Change

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everyone that likes PRISM nows the chance to grab this jem.it came out a few years back in a double cd release with BEAT STREET but it disappeared as fast as it came out.HENRY SMALL was a great vocalist and this version of the band was very tight.great songs RAIN a nice ballad DONT LET HIM KNOW perfect 80S sounding song should have been a hit.another nice thing about this release is the sound quality has never been better.well worth the wait for all PRISM fans.

Had this cassette when I was younger and wore it out,glad to see they finally released it in cd form,wonderful sound,some of the songs are just redone in different forms,not really much change,but the originals still are some of the best.

Before Ron Tabak's passed away (Dec. 1984), Prism took a few months to re invent the group again with the absence of Al Harlow (bass) and the new adition on singer Henry Small on vocals (1981), the result on the sound of this new formula brought the lost of their classic R&B sound and some edge of their Rock side, getting a romantic ballad esque feel "a la" Reo Speedwagon, Peter Cetera's Chicago, Journey or Styx, spreading out a brand new musical vision for a whole new fan generation at the middle of 80's...
This Cd contain 5 bonus tracks: 4 from the original master tapes and 1 track, "N-N-N-No!", from the great SEE FOREVER EYES album. Some good ballads in SMALL CHANGE (1982) are Don't Let Him Know (that received some radio airplay here in Mexico city), Turn On Your Radar, When Will I see You Again, and my personal favorites "Stay" and "Wings Of Your Love"; just tracks like "Heart And Soul" or "In THe Jail House Now" remembers the old classic PRISM sound... Good Luck!

On Prism's 6th studio release, they got a new vocalist in Henry Small for the "Small Change" album, that hit #53 in 1982. Produced by Carter who helped out Bob Welch out during the 70's. The Toronto based band gave us a top 40 hit in "Don't Let Him Know" #39, written by Bryan Adams and James Vallance, always one of my favorites in 1982. "Turn On Your Rader" hit #64, is a soft rock favorite. The mid-tempo rocker "Hole In Paradise" hit #55 mainstream rock, "Heart And Soul" gives the band some rockin' shoes. They give Jimmy Rodgers "In The Jailhouse Now" a good rockin' rendition, some fine guitars by Lindsay Mitchell and Al Harlow. On the Bonus Tracks: "Cadillac Club", is a nice little instrumental rocker, with good keys by Henry Small and guitar by Lindsay Mitchell. The Jim Vallance rocker "N-N-N-No" is also a highlight.

The band would brake up after this release, with Henry Small staying, he put out "Beat Street" in 1983 under the Priam name, it went nowher even though it had some good songs on it.