They sure have looked like cutouts, with the punched out UPC and all.
Most of the cutouts I've seen haven't been at Amoeba anyway.  And as for
promos, aren't they usually stamped on the front cover as being
promos/"not for resale"?

Well, I think that at least *my* curiosity has waned on this issue, but
I appreciate all the feedback and such.

Christopher

> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org 
> [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of ronald and karen sanchez
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:04 PM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: cutout Bleu
> 
> 
> Well as Amoeba is full of promos and such, it might not 
> necessarily be cut outs you are seeing. Last time I was in 
> Cali, I seem to remember seeing loads of promos at Amoeba for 
> albums that hadn't even come out yet!! This is great for the 
> consumer, but not so good for the artist, who paid for these! 
> Weren't they meant to go to media and radio?
> 
> Even up here in the pawn shops it not uncommon to find loads 
> of promos for some album that the label decided not to push. 
> Trace by Died Pretty is so common, it's become a running 
> joke....You can got to the First National Pawn in Glendive 
> and find more than one copy!!!
> 
> RS
> 
> Christopher wrote:
> 
> > ............ I'll reiterate that the cutouts I've been 
> seeing are the 
> > actual current Columbia release and NOT the original Aware 
> release.  
> > Saw another few of them at Amoeba in SF.  To date, I've 
> only found one 
> > cutout of the Aware release, which I did of course rescue.
> >
> > Christopher
> >
> >
> 
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> Director Of A&R
> Career Records
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