It's Official an Adam Lambert CD to be released this summer

June 20, 10:02 PMMinneapolis Entertainment ExaminerJessica Hollenbach

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If 19 Recordings/RCA thought they were going to release Adam Lambert's debut CD they are going to be sadly mistaken. Hi Fi Recordings and Wilshire Records is scheduled to release a cd of tracks co-written and recorded by Lambert prior to "Idol." The album, entitled "On With The Show," is set for release in the summer, months before Lambert's debut on 19/RCA is expected to drop.

According to Hi Fi company CEO John Hecker, Lambert co-wrote the material that will appear on the album and even made a trip to the Wilshire Records studio in Los Angeles as recently as May 2009 to hear it. "He was in the Wilshire Records studio right before the finale actually, and he was blown away by the material."

That is in contradiction to Lamberts earlier statement today stating "Back in 2005 when I was a struggling artist, I was hired as a studio singer to lend my vocals to tracks written by someone else. I was broke at the time and this was my chance to make a few bucks, so I jumped at the opportunity to record for my first time in a professional studio. The work I did back then in no way reflects the music I am currently in the studio working on. I'm thrilled to be working with some of today's hottest songwriters and producers and can't wait for people to hear what my music really sounds like."

Billboard is reporting that Hi Fi Recordings did not notify 19 Entertainment about its intent to release Lambert's debut album before announcing the news on Friday afternoon. "I bet they know now," Hecker says.

Hi Fi Recordings is the label home of Melinda Doolitle, who finished third on Season 6 of "American Idol" and was a favorite contestant of Simon Cowell. But Hecker says that he's never been in touch with 19 Entertainment about striking a deal with a top "Idol" alum. "It wasn't relevant," he insists. Hecker also signed Canadian pop/rock singer Avril Lavigne, who was on his imprint through Arista.