Thanks Brian for answering my questions!

And yes, I think I will buy Redhead again. Bleu certainly deserves any sales
he can get.

And for those who are not sure if they will re-buy Redhead, go here
http://www.sxsw.com/music/showcases/pages/5588.html to have a listen to one
of the two new songs on the album (That's When I Crash). I found it while
doing some searching for anything related to Bleu.

Patrick Beckers

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Curtis" <brioohs@sbcglobal.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Bleu's Redhead


> Patrick,
>
> I think the answer boils down to one word:  SONY.  To my understanding,
> Redhead had only been available in its original format via the Web (thru
> Aware) and at Bleu's shows.  I think it was their way to gauge the
potential
> of his sales - Sony had issued the song "Somebody Else" last year as part
of
> the SPIDERMAN soundtrack CD (even though the song was nowhere found in the
> movie), and before committing Redhead to a full regular street release,
they
> literally seemed to be test-marketing the music.  I doubt it's a record
> company versus artist drama, more like a comedy of errors.  Of course we'd
> have to ask Bleu himself to get the real story.
>
> As far as the two songs, according to Gary Glauber they kick ass.  I know
> I'm buying it again.  And it appears to be priced at a "try this new
artist"
> pricepoint, so it certainly won't be too painful to buy again.  Hell, I'm
> all for helping him get sales - it's not often that a major does foist
> something worth listening to at an unsuspecting public.  I will do my part
> to help keep Bleu on Sony.
>
> Brioohs
>
> on 6/14/03 11:00 AM, audities-owner@smoe.org at audities-owner@smoe.org
> wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 20:33:38 +0200
> > From: "Patrick Beckers" <patriczik@wanadoo.nl>
> > To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
> > Subject: Bleu's Redhead
> > Message-ID: <003601c331da$4e72e510$ea2b33d5@CM241545a>
> >
> > Today, I read all the e-mails on this list about the re-release of
Bleu's
> > Redhead.
> > Because of mention of Bleu on this list in the past and because of some
> > people that made cd-r's for SOTT 16 which included some Bleu tracks, I
have
> > bought his two solo records and have become a huge fan of this guy. But,
can
> > somebody on this list answer the question why Redhead, first released on
> > Aware Records, is now being re-released? Again some kind of
recordcompany
> > versus artist drama? And is it worth it to buy Redhead again, just for
the
> > sake of those two new tracks?
> >
> > Patrick Beckers
>
>