Having trouble recoloring artwork in Illustrator

I don't see any of my layers locked but it seems I am unable to recolor the artwork. I selected all of the layers and when I go to recolor, it only recolors the text layer using the live color option. I did bring this layered file in from photoshop. I admit I am just starting to learn illustrator. I am a photoshop guru. Any suggestions, things I need to check for?
It is a large file. I cannot attach. If somewould would like to download the file to see it , the link is
http://www.mediafire.com/?nynhtzyyq2z

The reason you can only color your text is that it is the only vector art in the document.
So the only way I know how to do this is to use the plug in Phantasm Studio Pro I think it is called.
It is one object at a time does a good job.
Here is a movie about how Phantasm works
http://mysite.verizon.net/wzphoto/Shift.mov
and a screen shot showing the background also recolored

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