Adam Lambert – Take One, Take Two?
With Adam Lambert about to burst on to the pop scene–a new single is due any day now, and his album, For Your Entertainment drops on November 23–it’s no surprise that the usual suspects are still attempting to cash in.
There’s a mysterious new album called Take One by Adam Lambert, posted for pre-order
The label is listed at Coldwater. But, one wonders if the folks behind this mysterious new album are the same producers who tried to package some of Adam’s pre-Idol music back in June.
Remember these guys? After Hi-Fi Recordings made a big splashy announcement, they released an old (and crappy) tune called “Want”. When Adam disavowed the song, his fans refused to buy it. After the single sold poorly, the promised summer release of an album, On With The Show, never materialized.
Could Hi-Fi be back, with a new name and re-packaged material, hoping to confuse the issue by releasing an album close to Adam’s major label debut on November 23? Some of the songs on the Take One are the same or similar to the track list of On With the Show. Hi-Fi claimed they had enough material for two albums, so I’m betting it’s the same peeps.
Exhibit B is J. Scott G. Here’s what I wrote about him back in July. Initially, Mr. G. claimed to have “hit the lottery.” Six months prior to Adam’s Idol stint, Mr. G and Adam worked together on a song called “Live the Life”
Mr G., giddy in the face of Adam’s huge post-AI popularity, could not wait to mix and release the tune. A bit later, his plans changed, after Adam convinced him to sit on the tune for the time being.
But, a couple of days ago, Mr. G. posted a snip of the song on you tube, promising to release it in around a month. Confuzzlement?
Listen to the snip, after the jump. Mr. G’s “Live the Life” is way better than Hi-Fi record’s “Want”. And, I’ll just leave it at that.
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Adam’s fans should not only boycott this album, but go OTT getting the word out DO NOT BUY IT!
If there’s any justice, producers of this knock off will lose their shirts on it.
No, some people will buy this record — “Want” made it into the 100’s on iTunes USA and was up to #305 again about TfM went up the iTunes charts.
ETA: ITA — DO NOT BUY THIS!!! Adam fans desparate for more Adam music should buy the Fozerelli dance mixes because that seems OK with Adam.
I agree with mj. Live the Life is way better than Want and may have a potential. So RCA better hurry and release a single soon if they don’t want this “unauthorized” record company release a single from the so-called Take One album and confuses the general public.
BabeInTotalControlofHerself
That song snippet was incomprehensibly dreadful. Apparently, even Adam’s voice can’t make everything worth hearing.
soverymel’s clarifying post was excellent:
Went to Creepy Scott G’s myspace page (don’t go) just to make sure he wasn’t springing something else. No, he just has this one drekky slice of exploitation pie. Says he also “hosts” a made-up internet event called “The Libra Rising Show”. Which insults people who have Libra Rising everywhere. Adam is the embodiment of Libra Rising. Exploiting collaborations for the benefit of just your two-faced, creepy self, and not the partnership, not so much.
readon, blog silence is exactly what this deserves. And don’t think this goes much anywhere beyond the bubble. Where it will do no harm to Adam. And does get the “do not buy” warnings increased. But in internet irony, without blogs and forums that exist to support AI and/or Adam, neither Creepy Scott G. nor Creepier HiFi would actually have an echo chamber.
Why does Adam not make any money off of this record? I don’t really understand what happened, was he just paid to record some demo’s and now that is what their selling?
Got it in one, gangreen29.
Anyone else have this mental picture of John Hecker as a greasy haired, cigar chomping, unwashed mass of a polyester plaid Sans-A-Belt pants wearing man cranked back in his squeaky chair with his feet up on his dark and dusty film noir office desk, fussing with this “new internet thing” and enjoying his controversy?
I don’t think RCA has to worry about any other albums out in Adam’s name so long as they actually market and advertise For Your Entertainment.
Adam tweets:
@paaattty yeah this “take one” thing is basically “on with the show” re-tooled. Now this is ALL material recorded in ‘05 not written by me.
*the Single SHOULD be out next week…
adamlambert
1. *the Single SHOULD be out next week…
Wow. I figured that there had already been a settlement or some such with this group, assuming it is the same crowd. Interesting.
adamlambert *the Single SHOULD be out next week…
1 minute ago from web
Squeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Adam is chatty this morning. It’s either he’s having hangover from last night or his twitter is hacked again. He changed his twitter profile and background too. suspicious. But if not, yay sing out Next Week!!
Edited, because went and read Adam’s Twitter page. Either he’s still mainlining the Mr. Belvedere, or he dropped his iPhone somewhere while logged into Twitter. And someone else has it now.
This really doesn’t sound like Adam tweet.
I agree, I’ll go for ‘hacked’
It’s a shame about the single announcement though..
more tweeting:
At a resort in Boca Raton. Cant decide on a jet ski rental or a massage… mmmm… Life is tough.
more tweeting:
Im not HACKED… whats w the conspiracy theories guys??
@mmmfelicious hilarious.
Do Idol, the signing record companies and the fans really think the AI contestants come to them pure and unsullied?
If these young people are wanting to make music their career then there are bound to be recordings and video of them.
It amazes me how fans are shocked when these pre-Idol works are packaged and released.
LOL Buderschnookie, exactly!
The boy is chatty today, but I don’t think he’s hacked — based both on what he says and the new background. Either I’ve missed something major along the way or this is a tease for a new Rolling Stone article. I scrolled down to the bottom of the page and you can see “Rolling Stone” (as well as the Matthew Rolston credit.)
Is this old or new?
Ok, sorry, couldn’t edit… SparklesATL, I’m not an AI veteran. Is this worms out of the woodwork phenomenon common with the AI kids?
I don’t know why the assumption is being made that Adam’s account has been hacked again.
It makes sense to me that a tweet that FYE will be his debut album is a way of addressing the Take One issue. It’s a legal issue, so he might not be able to address it directly, (IDK), but can at least remind everyone that FYE is the real album.
And, I was kind of expecting the single this coming week when the songwriters weren’t told anything on Friday. My guess was that they were trying to keep control of the information, and knew that if they told the writers anything, the internet would be buzzing, perhaps with misinformation. One way to control the information is to release it when you want, on your timetable, and under your direction. So, if they get the single out there this week, they can be in control of that information.
And, again, that’s a good way to head off the Take One issue. Here’s the single — focus on that instead!
Of course, those are all just my guesses, and perhaps it’s all clouded by the fact that I WANT the single out NOW!
I’m trying to be good and not even go look at the Take One stuff. But they’d better get that single out there, or I might misbehave.
It is totally common with the AI kids. Photos surface, videos surface, crappy recordings surface; the more popular the contestant is, the more junk surfaces. There’s always someone trying to destroy, embarrass, or make money off of the idols.
It’s like the contestants change, but the story remains the same.
AI is a microcosm of life.
yingyang: Adam did adress the Take One issue in one of his replys today:
@paaattty yeah this ‘take one’ thing is basically ‘on with the show’ re-tooled. Now this is ALL material recorded in ‘05 not written by me. about 1 hour ago from web
Looks like it was just one tweet to Adam.
He also answered another fan and confirmed the 11/24/09 GMA concert.
Does this mean we get to hear the single this week, then it goes on sale next week?
Ok, I am confused. When he says the single should be out next week does he mean this coming next week or the next week after this coming week? I would have been so much happier if he had said the single should be out this coming week. LOL
Seems like the pattern is to release a clip on Friday then the single the following Tuesday. That makes sense and is the schedule that many here have predicted.
11/27/09 – TII TfM premiere (known)
11/27/09 – Single title etc. revealed (guess)
11/30/09 – clip released (guess)
11/2/09 – Adam single release (guess)
That means they can use the press coverage of TII TfM to talk about the single release with some info. That’s what I would do.
I say single released on Tuesday 10/27.
This is the weekend- next week starts tomorrow!
Well anyone following Adam would know the answer to that. It’s been on their schedule for quite a while.
I’m not buying it’s him. In the past he’s always announced it’s a Twitter party. No such thing today.
Q3, that makes sense…..not the response I was hoping for but at least we have tentative dates somewhat backed up by a tweet from Adam. That’s better than what we had before at least.
Actually, a lot of people had that question as his scheduled date was taken down from the GMA site.
buckmorello: I am not releasing anything with Adam Lambert until the beginning of next year as agreed by Adam and I.
6 minutes ago from TweetDeck
OK, peeps, J. Gordon G. is off the hook. I follow him and just got this tweet. buckmorello is his twitter ID by the way.
Q3-I think I got, but those first three 11’s should be 10’s. Yes?
I don’t know how to qoute, but Q3 your dates are confusing, I think you meant October instead of November (10 instead of 11) I notice you did the same on planet fierce. Not a biggie though, just kind of confusing.
moved from headline
Someone in ontd_ai said he/she confirmed with his/her friend who happens to be an assistant producer on Elle that Adam’s going to be on Ellen in the next few weeks, late Nov or early Dec.
YES!!! I meant 10 not 11! Yipes I have November on my mind sorry! I think I really want that album very badly!!
My date predictions are:
10/27 – TTI TfM Premier; lots of press coverage we get the single title, producer and writers — plus maybe a genre description.
10/30 – We get a sample
11/2 – Single TBD is released
Sorry for causing confusion!!
Can I say fianlly!!
I’ll wait for confirmation from an official source but this would be way cool but not surprising!
ohhh cool!!!
According to J. Scott G.’s tweets, while the video posted by MJ uses a clip of him at a yacht party (LOL) from back in May before he talked to Adam and worked out an agreement, it’s not from him and is likely spliced together by an Adam fan (I think the pics used at the end of the video — including custom fanart sigs from IDF, I think — probably should have been the first clue). Here’s what he said …
buckmorello:
I am not releasing anything with Adam Lambert until the beginning of next year as agreed by Adam and I.
about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck
The only project I did with Adam is called “Live The Life.” I know Adam has not mentioned anything to you guys but it will legit.
about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
That video on You Tube is a low-fi snippet of the song I gave the remixers which ended up leaking.
about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
And that little “interview” was on some yacht party in Austin EARLY this summer (May) before Adam and I worked out the release date.
about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
It’s obvious that someone took this interview and spliced it with the song. I have NO INTENTIONS of release until after his album!
7 minutes ago from TweetDeck
Apparently some people have nothing better to do with their time than to cause problems.
5 minutes ago from TweetDeck
moved
scary glamberts are probably tweet ambushing j.scott.g,….
OMG!!! HOTTEST ADAM VID EVERRRRR!
http://adamlambert.faxo.com/video/adam-lambert-fantasies
Ohhh… sexy times!
Good job, but they ended it so jarringly!!
Um, yeah, that video was just funny to me. Casting Adam in a video like that just didn’t “feel” right. And the ending was appropriate I think…it kinda had a “That’s a wrap” ending.
MJ said nothing about it having potential. I think she was being nice…
Saga is GABE RENEE who is a BAD wanna-be everything