I'm So Glad
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"I'm So Glad" is a song originally recorded by Skip James
in the early 1930s. The song is derived from a 1927 song by Art Sizemore and George A. Little entitled "So Tired". It was recorded by Cream
on their first album, Fresh Cream
, then later put on their last studio album Goodbye as a live performance.
in 1968 for their debut album Shades of Deep Purple
. The Skip James-song itself starts after a medley consisting of excerpts from the instrumental arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's classical Scheherezade
. This medley named "Prelude: Happiness", stretches the song over the seven-minute mark.
The band decided to record the song after vocalist Rod Evans and drummer Ian Paice had recommended it. Evans and Paice had previously, (around the mid-sixties), played in a band together, called The Maze. The Maze had also recorded "I'm So Glad", which Evans and Paice both thought had potential for a song that Deep Purple could succeed commercially with.
Deep Purple supported Cream on their Farewell Tour in October 1968 where Cream's Goodbye version was recorded, and recorded their own live album, entitled Inglewood - Live in California
on the same night. This album is the only live-recording by Deep Purple's earliest line-up, Mark 1, released on an album, besides very rare bootlegs. The album was shelved by the label in 1968, but it was finally released in 2002, after 34 years away from public.
Skip James
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter, born in Bentonia, Mississippi, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
in the early 1930s. The song is derived from a 1927 song by Art Sizemore and George A. Little entitled "So Tired". It was recorded by Cream
Cream (band)
Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker...
on their first album, Fresh Cream
Fresh Cream
Fresh Cream is the debut studio album by British supergroup Cream. It was the first LP release of producer Robert Stigwood's new "Independent" Reaction Records label, released in the United Kingdom as both a mono and stereo version on 9 December 1966, the same time as the single release of "I Feel...
, then later put on their last studio album Goodbye as a live performance.
Deep Purple version
"I'm So Glad" was also recorded by Deep PurpleDeep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
in 1968 for their debut album Shades of Deep Purple
Shades of Deep Purple
Shades of Deep Purple is the debut album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1968 on Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Tetragrammaton in the United States....
. The Skip James-song itself starts after a medley consisting of excerpts from the instrumental arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's classical Scheherezade
Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Sheherazade , Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Based on One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights, this orchestral work combines two features common to Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colourful...
. This medley named "Prelude: Happiness", stretches the song over the seven-minute mark.
The band decided to record the song after vocalist Rod Evans and drummer Ian Paice had recommended it. Evans and Paice had previously, (around the mid-sixties), played in a band together, called The Maze. The Maze had also recorded "I'm So Glad", which Evans and Paice both thought had potential for a song that Deep Purple could succeed commercially with.
Deep Purple supported Cream on their Farewell Tour in October 1968 where Cream's Goodbye version was recorded, and recorded their own live album, entitled Inglewood - Live in California
Inglewood - Live in California
Inglewood: Live in California is a live album by Deep Purple. It was recorded in Los Angeles on October 18, 1968, as the supporting band for Cream, at their Farewell Tour...
on the same night. This album is the only live-recording by Deep Purple's earliest line-up, Mark 1, released on an album, besides very rare bootlegs. The album was shelved by the label in 1968, but it was finally released in 2002, after 34 years away from public.