Hoodoo

Hoodoo is John Fogerty's third solo album, recorded in 1976 but never released. After the John Fogerty solo album, Fogerty wasted no time proceeding to record more material for a new album to be followed with a tour. In April 1976 he released a new single, You got the Magic/Evil Thing which barely made it to the charts and did not sell a great deal. After the complete failure of the single, John had offered Asylum Records his material for the album, however, shortly before shipment, the decision was made to withdraw the album. Fogerty and Joe Smith, the head of the label, together decided the album was not up to the high John Fogerty standard. Shortly afterwards, Fogerty entered into a nine year period away from the music industry. He has confirmed in numerous interviews that he had the master tapes destroyed, although bootleg copies of varying quality have leaked.