Taylor Swift confirmed late last week that she had purchased the master recordings of her first six studio albums, giving her control of all of her music after a dispute with her former record label, (Big Machine).
Swift’s masters had been sold in 2019 and the singer said she was not given the opportunity to buy them at the time. She re-recorded four of the albums with the subtitle “Taylor’s Version.”
On Friday, Swift said she had purchased the original recordings from current owner Shamrock Capital but no details of the price in securing the masters were disclosed.
The six albums include:
Taylor Swift (2006)
Fearless (2008)
Speak Now (2010)
Red (2012)
1989 (2014)
Reputation (2017)
“I’ve been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out this is really happening,” she said in a statement on her website. “I really get to say these words: All of the music I’ve ever made … now belongs … to me.”
Reputation, Taylor’s version?
Due to recovering her master tapes, the singer-songwriter admitted that she has not finished re-recording “Reputation” and actually doesn’t plan to release a full “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” album.
She explained that “Reputation” was very specific to a certain time in her life, and she found it difficult to recreate. However, she did mention that there will be a time for the unreleased “Vault tracks” from that era.
So, while a full “Reputation (Taylor’s Version)” album with re-recorded versions of all original tracks is not expected, fans may still get to hear unreleased “Vault tracks” from the “Reputation” era in the future.
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