John Fogerty Legacy Album

  Thank you for your suggestion. I played it today from Tidal HD and listened to the entire album. Personally I found it dull and lifeless. Yes it is clean and Fogerty’s voice is not bad considering his age. But it just lacks that raw energy that flows from the original recordings. It’s unfortunate that he was ripped off by the record labels and I’m glad he could recapture some of his power. But it’s a success for him and just too bland for me. I’ll share a story that a friend told me some years back. I was with my friend visiting his terminal aunt in the East Bay Area. I waited outside in the front yard during the visit. When my buddy came out he pointed to the house next door. It was a house converted to a children’s daycare. He said back in the day there was a startup band that practiced in that house. He said she would feed one of the guys and some of the others often as they lacked food. She said one day years later “ Little Johnny “ rang her doorbell and handed her a Gold Record. Little Johnny was John Fogerty and he came by to thank her for those times of kindness when he was in need of a meal. Happy Listening, Mike B. 

@johnto - the money is in the publishing, and John doesn't have to share that with anybody else as he's the one who wrote all those songs.

You deal with when you remember with what you heard when you were young listening via your car radio et al.  I remember us laughing at the Bad Moon Rising sounding like "there's a bathroom on the right'.  Unfortunately there's little chance of you forgetting something like that.  Now, with the Acoustic Sounds 45 rpm reissues, so very well done, one hears what's on the original tapes. I think the thing most disappointing to me was the fact that Fogerty's voice was recorded so much to the background. This is strange, as the voice and lyrics were foremost in my memory.  Maybe the originals were equalized for mono or whatever to minimize all of this. Never mind, this is great music. It is not, and will never be, great sound.  I haven't heard the Legacy recording, so I can't compare these two items.  Actually, three items: the originals, the 45 rpm remasters, and the rerecording.  Anyway you look at it, though, Green River and other tracks are classic. Unretire your old boom box. Let Fogerty do what he needs to.