Glory Be
Background
"Glory Be" is an instrumental track that collected dust in vaults for 39 years until was released as a bonus track on the 40th Anniversary CD Edition of Green River, the third album of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
John Fogerty was searching for a new studio in winter 1969 after recording the previous album, Bayou Country, at RCA in Los Angeles. Creedence Clearwater tested Wally Heider's Studios in San Francisco by cutting there two instrumentals in winter 1969: "Glory Be" and still unreleased "Briarpatch".
The test tunes marked the beginning of the collaboration between Creedence Clearwater and Russ Gary. Recalled Mr. Gary in 2006: "---CCR booked time for a test recording in Studio C. I was nervous about recording such a big act and was wondering how I would set up the band in the studio to achieve optimal results. On recording day, the roadies began setting up the band’s equipment without discussing it with me. I asked about it and was told, “This is the way we did at RCA.” The band bounded in and we quickly recorded two instrumentals. From then on, that set-up for recording rhythm sections has served me well." (Russ Gary Recollections, Part 2, December 2006.)
Written by John C. Fogerty.
Recorded at Studio C, Wally Heider's Studios, San Francisco, CA, USA, in winter/spring 1969.
Appears on the 40th Anniversary CD Edition of the Green River album.
Released on September 30th, 2008.