In the mid-20th century, Louisville gospel music was occasionally recorded when members of the local gospel community pressed 45rpm records and LPs, and released them through grassroots record labels such as Sensational Sounds, Grace, Blessed, and D.J.S. Over the years, a substantial body of work was produced, but those recordings are in danger of being lost forever. The Louisville Story Program has worked with dozens of people in the Louisville gospel music community to locate, digitize, and preserve hundreds of these recordings and to develop a book that documents and honors the legacies of the people and communities that produced them.

The book ‘I’m Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville’ launched in 2024 as a box set featuring 83 lovingly restored recordings, a 208-page book documenting Louisville rich Black gospel music legacy plus a double LP & digital archive.

KERTIS produced this accompanying video to help share the story of the effort and launch the book.