The live project was originally titled Hey, I’m a Believer and was released in very limited numbers on cassette by Dallas himself in 1976. He says it did not sell well but then radio found his signature track “Rise Again” and Greentree Records jumped in and released it the next year with the title simply “Live”. This was also the first album where Dallas used the name Praise for his band. That band was Tim Johnson on keyboards, Tim’s wife LaDonna on vocals, and Randy Adams on bass. Dallas has told the story of this album a few times and he always points out that they had no idea what they were doing. They recorded the whole thing in one take with an 8 track in the Lindale High School auditorium with a crowd of 300 people. Apparently the whole session lasted 45 minutes and that was it. Given that this is the origin album for Rise Again it is in many collections but honestly Dallas was right when he said they had no idea what they were doing. This album is horribly recorded and quite frankly most the arrangements are a disaster and sound unrehearsed. That said it was 1976 and in the CCM genre Dallas still nailed it with one great quality song. This album has been re-released at least 4 times and there are some variations between those release. Our version here is actually a combination of those versions which we think best represents the album. We have moved the spoken track so their respective songs as a 30 second track on a YouTube playlist is just annoying.
Tracklist
1 – Hey! I’m A Believer! – 3:22
2 – Front Seat, Back Seat – 2:51
3 – He Means All To Me – 4:10
4 – Jesus, I’m An Open Book – 4:59
5 – Thank You Jesus – 3:39
6 – If I Had It To Do All Over Again – 2:56
7 – Let My Light Shine – 4:02
8 – Rise Again – 5:35
9 – He Knew Me Then – 3:54
10 – Come Unto Jesus – 4:28
Credits
Art Direction – Bob McConnell
Bass, Vocals – Randy Adams
Engineer [Remix] – Bob Clark
Guitar, Vocals – Dallas Holm
Keyboards, Vocals – Ladonna Johnson, Tim Johnson
Photography By – Bill Deaty
Producer – Phil Johnson
Recorded By – Bob Clark
Companies, etc.
Record Company – John T. Benson Pub. Co.
Mastered At – Masterfonics
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Greentree Records
Copyright © – Greentree Records
Published By – Dimension (3)
Published By – Dunamis Music, Inc.
