Taylor Swift's vinyl records are available for purchase from Amazon and Walmart, and more. Amazon currently has her self-titled debut as well as Reputation, as well as Speak Now's original version for sale on vinyl in stores. Walmart has Red, Fearless, and 1989's original version on sale. The album prices range from $24 to all the way up to $98, depending on the album, the version of the vinyl, and the store.
Target's store of vinyls has been sold out, but they have the CD format of the singer's early albums still available. All stores, including the singer's official webstore also have stocks of the singer's remastered Taylor's Version album - Fearless (Taylor's Version), Red (Taylor's Version), Speak Now (Taylor's Version), and 1989 (Taylor's Version) vinyls and CDs available, as of the writing of this article.
The sale of Taylor Swift's early albums has been prompted by the news of the singer reclaiming the masters of her early catalog and associated material from Shamrock Capitol for an undisclosed amount. The singer revealed the purchase of the rights to her catalog in an Instagram post, where she posed with the albums that she had just reclaimed the rights to:
"You belong with me. Letter on my site :)," the caption read.
Taylor Swift's letter regarding her catalog's master buyback
Taylor Swift posted a long letter to her fans regarding the matter of the catalog masters and the singer's purchase of them back from Shamrock Capitol. The singer revealed how she felt about finally owning the rights to all her music, stating:
"I'm trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but my mind right now is just a slideshow. A flashback sequence of all the times I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell you this news. All the times I was thiiiiiiiiiiiis close, reaching out for it, only for it to fall through."
The singer continued:
"I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away. But that's all in the past now. I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out this is really happening."
Taylor Swift revealed that the sale includes every single song and related things, making her the full owner of her entire catalog:
"I really get to say these words: All of the music I've ever made...belongs to me. And all of my music videos. All the concert films. The unreleased songs. The memories. The magic. The madness. Every single era. My entire life's work."
Taylor Swift went on to say that the purchase of her rights back from Shamrock Capitol is the fullfilment of her greatest dream, and that this was the opportunity fulfillment she had always wanted. She also thanked Shamrock Capitol for offering her the rights to her masters back.
Taylor Swift also had an update for her fans regarding Reputation: Taylor's Version, revealing that the remake of the original Reputation album into its Taylor's Version one is still in its early stages of recording:
"I know. I know. What about Rep TV? Full transparency: I haven't even recorded a quarter of it. The Reputation album was so specific to that time in my life and I kept hitting a stopping point when I tried to remake it."
She went on to state that she has completed the recording of her self-titled debut album and that both the debut and Reputation's Taylor Version may still happen, albeit from a point of celebration. Taylor Swift ended the letter on the note that she was grateful for the debate that her struggle to own her own masters has ignited in the music industry, and thanked everyone at the end of her letter.