July 03, 2015
Deep breaths, Amy Winehouse fans.
According to Rolling Stone, the last remaining fruits of Winehouse's labor -- a collection of demos recorded for her third album -- were destroyed by chairman and CEO of Universal Music U.K. David Joseph. It was, he said, a "moral decision."
"Taking a stem or a vocal is not something that would ever happen on my watch," Joseph told Rolling Stone. "It now can't happen on anyone else's."
A soon-to-release documentary, "Amy," suggests that as many as 14 tracks had been written. A posthumous compilation album containing unreleased Winehouse tracks and demos was previously released by Island Records in December 2011, but it's now pretty clear that a second posthumous LP will never see the light of day.
It was also recently discovered through the documentary that, prior to her passing in 2009, Winehouse had been hoping to collaborate with The Roots drummer and producer QuestLove, along with two other musicians, for a "jazz and hip-hop supergroup."
The documentary about Winehouse's life recently lost the support of Winehouse's family and may yet face a lawsuit. It will hit theaters in New York and Los Angeles this week, and get a national release on July 10. See a clip from the documentary below.
