It all comes down to the timing of the album. I have discussed, in length, this album with various people who claim to be "in the know" and have found that there was indeed a full CD ready to go called Testify! that they were shopping around to the record lables. A couple of the songs (CHSIB and BOY come to mind) came along after the original concept of the Testify! album. Therefore, they were recorded after the original lot of songs; which, if memory serves me correctly, were recorded shortly after the Storytellers era. Some of these songs were (and again this is all from memory and not from my notes of conversations I have had) practiced and known about during the infancy of the Storytellers tour. You can see a definate change in personnell from the inital recording sessions and the later recording sessions. Who knows why Kenny and not John. That would be speculation. Just remember, ultimately CHSIB is a Meat Loaf album - whereas a Meat Loaf concert is ultimately Meat Loaf backed by The Neverland Express. The NLE is not necessarily part of the studio production (BOOH 2 is an excellent cast in point).
Hope this helps, and did not confuse even more.
ROCK ON GOOD MUSIC!!!
Dave
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