Regardless of your affinity for TayTay, a bit of interesting activity took place today. Taylor has vowed to re-record all 6 of her original albums, the masters of which are owned by her hated nemisis (with links to Kanye) Scooter Braun.

After failing to buy out the catalog 2 seperate times, she is now recording and releasing the re-recordings. So when you search Spotify for one of her earlier albums, two matches will come up, the original and "Taylor's Version." She keeps all the revenue from the latter.

The first release is Love Story, and the reviews are positive. Taylor didn't change the arrangement at all, the only difference is the improved fidelity of a modern mix, and the maturity of her voice coming thru in the vocals.

Even if your not a fan of my girl Taylor, comparing the two releases is interesting... and it will be fun to see if her strategy pays off.

Bob Roberts

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Hello bob.roberts!

** On Saturday 13.02.21 - 02:49, bob.roberts wrote to All:

Regardless of your affinity for TayTay, a bit of interesting
activity took place today. Taylor has vowed to re-record all
6 of her original albums, the masters of which are owned by
her hated nemisis (with links to Kanye) Scooter Braun.

I heard about that debacle a few months ago. What a shameful
ordeal for her.

After failing to buy out the catalog 2 seperate times, she is
now recording and releasing the re-recordings. So when you
search Spotify for one of her earlier albums, two matches will
come up, the original and "Taylor's Version." She keeps all
the revenue from the latter.

"Taylor's Version" tag ..very cool. :)

The first release is Love Story, and the reviews are positive.
Taylor didn't change the arrangement at all, the only
difference is the improved fidelity of a modern mix, and the
maturity of her voice coming thru in the vocals.

I listened to 50% of each one. Yes... very similar.

Not a fan per se. The voice doesn't really impress me. She does
sound like a more childlike, boastful and louder Suzanne Vega
though:

https://open.spotify.com/track/5yMXAaSvxo12QkYU75Ixv0

Do you know if Swift retained the same musicians from the first
recordings?

Even if your not a fan of my girl Taylor, comparing the two
releases is interesting... and it will be fun to see if her
strategy pays off.

She will do fine. Since present fans will be busy streaming and
listening to both versions for camparison, she will be earning
royalties from both. Some younger new fans may prefer the
younger girlie voice, and old fans may prefer the slightly more
mature sound.

The only other thing that might come back to haunt her is if the
original catalog goes through a re-mastering process and the new
owner tries to undercut Taylor's Versions.

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Re: Re: Taylor Swift first Re-recording released
By: Ogg to Bob Roberts on Mon Feb 15 2021 08:09 pm

The first release is Love Story, and the reviews are positive.
Taylor didn't change the arrangement at all, the only
difference is the improved fidelity of a modern mix, and the
maturity of her voice coming thru in the vocals.

I listened to 50% of each one. Yes... very similar.

Not a fan per se. The voice doesn't really impress me. She does
sound like a more childlike, boastful and louder Suzanne Vega
though:

It's pretty clear that in the re-release she's matching her vocal style from the original recording, but her maturity still shines thru. Not everyone likes her early Pop-Country style.

You might enjoy the two acoustic folk albums she released over the past few months. She and Aaron Dessner (from The National) worked on them over Quarintine. The albums are "folklore" and "evermore". Nothing like her pop releases and good for a cold snowy day.

Do you know if Swift retained the same musicians from the first recordings?

My understanding is that for the re-recordings she is playing with her Touring band.

She will do fine. Since present fans will be busy streaming and
listening to both versions for camparison, she will be earning
royalties from both. Some younger new fans may prefer the
younger girlie voice, and old fans may prefer the slightly more
mature sound.

She'll do fine yes. But I think it entire situation highlights the many ways that Record Labels have designed in order to screw artists out of their music. The good news is that there are so many more ways to self-release these days and actually get play and attention. Obviously she's wealthy and popular so has an advantage in all respects. Plus her highlighting the situation with her fans gets her even more attention and play.

The only other thing that might come back to haunt her is if the
original catalog goes through a re-mastering process and the new
owner tries to undercut Taylor's Versions.

Thats an interesting idea, I wonder if the licenses owned by the third parties allow them to remaster and re-release. My guess is no, because it seems like they would have already done that. If it is allowed, it seems a Mutually Assured Destruction scenario where both parties keep releasing new versions to cloud the catalog on streaming services.

I'd actually be very interested in a Boxset of the re-recordings once they are complete. In a nice binder with artwork and probably a high price tag. :-)

Bob Roberts

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** On Tuesday 16.02.21 - 11:42, bob.roberts wrote to Ogg:

It's pretty clear that in the re-release she's matching her
vocal style from the original recording, but her maturity
still shines thru. Not everyone likes her early Pop-Country
style.

Yeah.. sounds too whiney. I don't like the real-time story-
telling of her lyrics either.

You might enjoy the two acoustic folk albums she released over
the past few months. She and Aaron Dessner (from The
National) worked on them over Quarintine. The albums are
"folklore" and "evermore". Nothing like her pop releases and
good for a cold snowy day.

That sounds pretty good. Will consider an audition.

She will do fine. Since present fans will be busy streaming and
listening to both versions for camparison,...

She'll do fine yes. But I think it entire situation
highlights the many ways that Record Labels have designed in
order to screw artists out of their music. The good news is
that there are so many more ways to self-release these days
and actually get play and attention. Obviously she's wealthy
and popular so has an advantage in all respects. Plus her
highlighting the situation with her fans gets her even more
attention and play.

I went down a little rabbit hole of paino-related videos that
very quickly led me to Rick Beato's stuff. One of the first
one's I watched was "Almost Famous - Why Record Labels Suck-
6oWsgTAXc8U.mp4". It was an example how a big label can ruin
everything.
If you like Taylor S, you may like the lead singer in "I Nine -
Seven Days Of Lonely" There is a similarity.
Another vid entitled "How KATY PERRY 'Was Inspired By' I Mean
COPIED This Song" intrigued me. He's quite a versatile fellow,
operating mixing boards, plays guitar, piano, etc.. I'm going
to check that channel for sure.

I'd actually be very interested in a Boxset of the re-
recordings once they are complete. In a nice binder with
artwork and probably a high price tag. :-)

Someone made a joke about those kinds of collections, that it
was peculiar that a fan of a particular band or artist who
already has all the material in various separate original CDs or
LPs from over the years, would buy the "complete" set re-issues
decades later.
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Re: Re: Taylor Swift first Re-recording released
By: Ogg to Bob Roberts on Sat Feb 20 2021 08:24 pm

I went down a little rabbit hole of paino-related videos that
very quickly led me to Rick Beato's stuff. One of the first
one's I watched was "Almost Famous - Why Record Labels Suck- 6oWsgTAXc8U.mp4". It was an example how a big label can ruin
everything.

Cool, I'll check it out.

Bob Roberts

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I'd actually be very interested in a Boxset of the re-recordings once they are complete. In a nice binder with artwork and probably a high price tag. :-)

I went down a little rabbit hole of paino-related videos that
very quickly led me to Rick Beato's stuff. One of the first
one's https://get-mobdro.com/home/