blackdiamond wrote:
hi all                           I know this is an old topic....but has john fogerty still got these tracks somewhere in his studio ?... we know he told asylum to destroy the original masters in the 80s....he was quoted as saying he might re- write or re-do these songs someday...which tells me he still has them.....how would he re-do them....?????......he must know that as fans its a topic that will not go away.


steve from England.image

I doubt there are any complete masters left of Hoodoo.  Russ Gary said he and John destroyed the master tapes right after the decision not to put the album out.  He said he cut the tape up with a razor and trashed it.  The Asylum tapes were destroyed later at John's request.  It is from the Asylum tapes the bootleg comes from.  Russ Gary recently stated the only master tapes surviving from Hoodoo are for the two singles released.  I asked about the possibility of John having a cassette of Hoodoo that he might have used to listen to the mix in his car, but Russ said John never took tapes home with him.  

If John were to redo Hoodoo he'd have to start from scratch.

Such a shame.