GAGAFRONTROW: Red and Blue: Real and Fake

Over the years, several counterfeit copies of the Red and Blue (and Words) CDs have been offered for sale at outrageous prices on eBay. This problem was mostly taking place in August 2010, in September 2010, and again in November 2010 and December 2010 when an eBay seller he name of norwegianlady1744 cheated fans out of hundreds of dollars per copy! Since then, counterfeit versions have still been offered for sale sporadically, such as in June 2015, in July 2015, and in July 2018. In the interest of protecting the fans, here is some useful information on the original release and the counterfeit copies of the EP.

ORIGINAL RELEASE

The Red and Blue EP first leaked on the internet on March 10, 2009 from the copy acquired by Eddie Q at The Bitter End on March 9, 2006. The artwork from the pictures posted then was later confirmed by the canceled Bob Leone auction.

The physical copy that leaked in 2009 is now in the gagafrontrow collection! See updated post.

THE FAKES!

There are various versions of counterfeits that have popped up over the years.

1) There is a rather easily detected counterfeit available. This CD mentions Interscope on the cover, which is absurd because Lady Gaga was not signed to Interscope at the time of the demo, which was self-released.

2) Another counterfeit is a bit harder to detect, but it contains several mistakes. Most strikingly, it misspells the name of the producer.

3) The following counterfeit (sold by norwegianlady1744) is still harder to detect, but it has various mistakes, especially in the spacing of the letters and the font.

4) Another counterfeit can be detected by the artwork, the picture of which is too dark so that Gaga's face and hair cannot be properly seen, and the back cover which is too dark blue. The disc itself is very close to the original, but the spacing of the copyright line is off and the font of the title is slightly taller.

It is safe to assume that an authentic copy of the demo EP will not easily be sold publicly at this time. The auction by Bob Leone, a former Gaga manager, got canceled, and eBay has also seen copies of Red and Blue taken off the site, though not always the counterfeits.