EMINEM Relapse CD Delayed Until 2009

MUSIC NEWS-  The much talked about Eminem new cd release, RELAPSE,  has now been delayed until as late as spring 2009. In October, he announced that he was considering releasing his sixth LP before the end of this year, but we guess not.  Relapse will be his first record out since his greatest hits compilation in 2005, when the 35-year-old then stopped performing to focus on producing.  Eminem has insisted that he can't wait to "get back out there" as he promotes his best-selling autobiography The Way I Am, which arrived in October.   But a source told the New York Post the record could now be put back until next year (09), adding: "There was never a release date set."   Another source says, "Eminem has been through a lot. He is being a perfectionist and is completely obsessive-compulsive about this album. There's a 50-50 chance it will be done by the end of this year - but most likely it'll be the first quarter of next year... It's great."   No comment from Eminem.