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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 5, 2021 22:21:56 GMT -5
Time to revive this thread because the 'RED (Taylor's Version)' physical CD (explicit and clean versions) have been added to Taylor's online stores today. I wonder when there will be new merch. I'm shocked she didn't release a small collection of stuff with the album cover on it the day that she announced it like she did for 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)'. I like the CD disc photos, I wish that "RED" was printed on the album cover. I don't particularly care for the new direction artists are going for with no name on the front cover. It works for some albums, but it's kind of like song titles being put in lower case... it was interesting when only a few artists didn't capitalize properly, but now that everyone is doing it it's just a bit silly. It's honestly difficult for me to remember not to capitalize folklore and evermore song titles :laughs: (and yes I know that her ring says RED, but I've always liked how bold it was on the original album and I remember her saying how much she had to fight for the font) My feeling or thoughts on this is sort of that I'm not very impressed by the album designs for the re-recorded albums so far. The tour pictures are cool, but it just seems off to me. Like these are supposed to be major albums that are supposed to replace all of her first six albums and they are meant to stand the test of time. And using pictures from a tour and not having very much of a photoshoot at all for the album(s) doesn't seem right to me. It just doesn't seem professional to me in a way. They can't tell me they only took one or two pictures for a photoshoot for a re-recorded album. I don't know why they have only used a few pictures for 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' and probably for 'RED (Taylor's Version)'. I do not like the uncapitalized songs and album names trend, or the album name not being on the front cover. And I wish artists like Taylor would stop following along with what's supposedly popular. |
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Post by MyCastleCrumbledOvernight on Aug 6, 2021 8:13:56 GMT -5
I like the CD disc photos, I wish that "RED" was printed on the album cover. I don't particularly care for the new direction artists are going for with no name on the front cover. It works for some albums, but it's kind of like song titles being put in lower case... it was interesting when only a few artists didn't capitalize properly, but now that everyone is doing it it's just a bit silly. It's honestly difficult for me to remember not to capitalize folklore and evermore song titles :laughs: (and yes I know that her ring says RED, but I've always liked how bold it was on the original album and I remember her saying how much she had to fight for the font) My feeling or thoughts on this is sort of that I'm not very impressed by the album designs for the re-recorded albums so far. The tour pictures are cool, but it just seems off to me. Like these are supposed to be major albums that are supposed to replace all of her first six albums and they are meant to stand the test of time. And using pictures from a tour and not having very much of a photoshoot at all for the album(s) doesn't seem right to me. It just doesn't seem professional to me in a way. They can't tell me they only took one or two pictures for a photoshoot for a re-recorded album. I don't know why they have only used a few pictures for 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' and probably for 'RED (Taylor's Version)'. I do not like the uncapitalized songs and album names trend, or the album name not being on the front cover. And I wish artists like Taylor would stop following along with what's supposedly popular. Yes, like the RED album photo is clearly from the evermore photo shoot… I kind of feel like the ring is photoshopped but I’m not sure. I was kind of hoping the album covers would be recreations, which Fearless kind of is. I supposed RED has a hat but it’s just not the same. It’s a lovely picture, but I just don’t love it as an album cover. When artists don’t put their name or the album names on the cover, it honestly just seems like a playlist image  |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 6, 2021 19:02:59 GMT -5
My feeling or thoughts on this is sort of that I'm not very impressed by the album designs for the re-recorded albums so far. The tour pictures are cool, but it just seems off to me. Like these are supposed to be major albums that are supposed to replace all of her first six albums and they are meant to stand the test of time. And using pictures from a tour and not having very much of a photoshoot at all for the album(s) doesn't seem right to me. It just doesn't seem professional to me in a way. They can't tell me they only took one or two pictures for a photoshoot for a re-recorded album. I don't know why they have only used a few pictures for 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' and probably for 'RED (Taylor's Version)'. I do not like the uncapitalized songs and album names trend, or the album name not being on the front cover. And I wish artists like Taylor would stop following along with what's supposedly popular. Yes, like the RED album photo is clearly from the evermore photo shoot… I kind of feel like the ring is photoshopped but I’m not sure. I was kind of hoping the album covers would be recreations, which Fearless kind of is. I supposed RED has a hat but it’s just not the same. It’s a lovely picture, but I just don’t love it as an album cover. When artists don’t put their name or the album names on the cover, it honestly just seems like a playlist image Did you see the back cover of the 'RED (Taylor's Version)' album? It's horrible. Someone different is clearly doing her packaging or designs, and they are not good at it. Someone like you or me could probably do a better job. They grouped all of the words from the song titles together and it's so hard to read. I was quite disappointed at first about the 'RED (Taylor's Version)' album cover, but I've started to like it more. I did think 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' album cover was pretty though, and it does suit the album because it's like the original cover. I do wish she wore a different hat or something. I hate those hats. I can't remember the name of them, but I would never wear one. Even if she wore the same type of hat as she wore for the 'RED' era and album photoshoot. I think she's trying too hard to make it new and different from the original album. I wish she stuck closer to how they looked more. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 23, 2021 8:13:40 GMT -5
The vinyl record for the album is finally up for pre-order now. It seems like it will ship in time for the album’s release date. Maybe that is why she made the release date for the album so far ahead.
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Post by MyCastleCrumbledOvernight on Aug 23, 2021 8:19:25 GMT -5
it’s black
It’s RED
and it’s black
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 23, 2021 8:46:59 GMT -5
it’s black It’s RED and it’s black -_- There has to be a red colored vinyl record sold through ’Target’ or there will be an absolute riot (not just me, everyone on social media). I’ve said it before but I’m disappointed in the design for this album. The vinyl record and back of it are so ugly if I’m being honest. I’m trying to see the good in it but it’s so plain and unlike Taylor. It’s too bad…Like will she look back on it and see it’s bad and regret it? |
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Post by SydneyPaige on Aug 23, 2021 10:36:31 GMT -5
Taylor’s website won’t ship the vinyl to Canada…yet and I’m not paying twice as much for it from the Canadian store so, I’m gonna wait until she makes them available to ship here (which will probably be in a few days) or maybe wait for the target release and get the red RED. It seems that I was right about her delaying the vinyl announcement so it could be out for release, that’s cool. Even though I’m absolutely dying to having this record, I’m not rushing to order it cause every time I do she makes it more easily available elsewhere and I find I waste my money with unnecessary shipping so maybe I’ll wait till it’s in my local record shop…
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Post by FearlessStarlight on Aug 23, 2021 11:23:57 GMT -5
I hate how they charge for shipping on music items...so like the fearless album I will wait until retailers get them. I am sure Target will also get a red one.
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Post by MyCastleCrumbledOvernight on Aug 23, 2021 12:30:57 GMT -5
I suppose I’ll wait for the Target edition, I hope that they’ll have a buy 2 get 1 sale around because $50 is fairly insane. I had a hard time giving into $40 for Fearless, definitely did not expect it to get higher than that.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 23, 2021 13:55:28 GMT -5
There’s a vinyl record slipmat for the album as official merch on the Australian Online Store and it just got put up on the U.K. Online Store. So hopefully it will go on the U.S. Online Store and Canadian Online Store soon.
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 23, 2021 13:56:29 GMT -5
Taylor’s website won’t ship the vinyl to Canada…yet and I’m not paying twice as much for it from the Canadian store so, I’m gonna wait until she makes them available to ship here (which will probably be in a few days) or maybe wait for the target release and get the red RED. It seems that I was right about her delaying the vinyl announcement so it could be out for release, that’s cool. Even though I’m absolutely dying to having this record, I’m not rushing to order it cause every time I do she makes it more easily available elsewhere and I find I waste my money with unnecessary shipping so maybe I’ll wait till it’s in my local record shop… The black vinyl record(s) was finally put up on the Canadian Online Store (it’s there for me now). $65 CAD…… Sheesh.  You were right about her wanting to push the album’s release back really far so that vinyl records could ship at the same time. It’s just interesting how she is changing her approach to releasing her albums. It’s crazy (confusing) and it’s always different. I would definitely wait, especially for the regular black vinyl record for the album. If you think about it, she would never not let her regular vinyl record for this album be available everywhere. She is re-recording this album to try to replace the original, so she will of course want the new vinyl record to replace the old vinyl record in physical stores. It will be interesting to see them sitting side by side for all of her re-recorded albums, since they will probably never stop selling and pressing the original albums in vinyl record format. If you really want the exclusive vinyl record ’Target’ will probably have for ’RED (Taylor’s Version)’, they may have it available through ’Sunrise Records’ again like they did with ’Evermore’ (the red one). They didn’t do it with ’Folklore’, which is interesting. I wonder if the red ’FEARLESS (Taylor’s Version)’ vinyl record will be available in Canada. That’s one disadvantage to the re-recorded albums. It’s amazing to get around 30 newly recorded songs and some never heard before songs on every re-recorded album, but it makes them quite expensive in vinyl record format. I didn’t expect for there to be four vinyl records for this release! Will it come in a box then maybe like a set? |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 23, 2021 14:02:36 GMT -5
I suppose I’ll wait for the Target edition, I hope that they’ll have a buy 2 get 1 sale around because $50 is fairly insane. I had a hard time giving into $40 for Fearless, definitely did not expect it to get higher than that. I’ve been wondering WHEN the sale would come back…It’s been so long, hasn’t it? I have quite a few things I need to buy from ’Target’ (music items) but I’m going to wait for their ”Buy 2 Get 1 Free” deal…I sure hope they haven’t discontinued it. Because it’s worth it to wait for that deal. I still need to order (from Taylor): - ’FEARLESS (Taylor’s Version)’ ’Target’ Exclusive CD - ’FEARLESS (Taylor’s Version)’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record - ’Evermore’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record And new items today I need to order: - Kacey Musgraves ’Star-Crossed’ ’Target’ Exclusive CD - Kacey Musgraves ’Star-Crossed’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record I usually like to have at least one or two copies of a release, so it’s definitely worth it to wait for the deal (especially for me). Because I could probably get a few CDs free and a few vinyl records free. I would make sure to order them separately (CDs and vinyl records) though because they probably mark the lowest costing item as the free item. So a cheaper CD would automatically always be the free item when you buy it with more expensive vinyl records. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Aug 23, 2021 14:04:27 GMT -5
I hate how they charge for shipping on music items...so like the fearless album I will wait until retailers get them. I am sure Target will also get a red one. If there’s no red vinyl record (probably from ’Target’) for ’RED (Taylor’s Version)’, there will be an absolute riot on social media I’m sure (and I’ll join in on it). |
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Post by MyCastleCrumbledOvernight on Aug 23, 2021 14:30:05 GMT -5
I suppose I’ll wait for the Target edition, I hope that they’ll have a buy 2 get 1 sale around because $50 is fairly insane. I had a hard time giving into $40 for Fearless, definitely did not expect it to get higher than that. I’ve been wondering WHEN the sale would come back…It’s been so long, hasn’t it? I have quite a few things I need to buy from ’Target’ (music items) but I’m going to wait for their ”Buy 2 Get 1 Free” deal…I sure hope they haven’t discontinued it. Because it’s worth it to wait for that deal. I still need to order (from Taylor): - ’FEARLESS (Taylor’s Version)’ ’Target’ Exclusive CD - ’FEARLESS (Taylor’s Version)’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record - ’Evermore’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record And new items today I need to order: - Kacey Musgraves ’Star-Crossed’ ’Target’ Exclusive CD - Kacey Musgraves ’Star-Crossed’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record I usually like to have at least one or two copies of a release, so it’s definitely worth it to wait for the deal (especially for me). Because I could probably get a few CDs free and a few vinyl records free. I would make sure to order them separately (CDs and vinyl records) though because they probably mark the lowest costing item as the free item. So a cheaper CD would automatically always be the free item when you buy it with more expensive vinyl records. same, I'm worried that they are done with that sale. The last time I remember buying anything during one was over a year ago... I have quite a few music products in my cart I've been waiting for the sale to order. |
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Post by Roman on Aug 23, 2021 15:00:01 GMT -5
I’ve been wondering WHEN the sale would come back…It’s been so long, hasn’t it? I have quite a few things I need to buy from ’Target’ (music items) but I’m going to wait for their ”Buy 2 Get 1 Free” deal…I sure hope they haven’t discontinued it. Because it’s worth it to wait for that deal. I still need to order (from Taylor): - ’FEARLESS (Taylor’s Version)’ ’Target’ Exclusive CD - ’FEARLESS (Taylor’s Version)’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record - ’Evermore’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record And new items today I need to order: - Kacey Musgraves ’Star-Crossed’ ’Target’ Exclusive CD - Kacey Musgraves ’Star-Crossed’ ’Target’ Exclusive Vinyl Record I usually like to have at least one or two copies of a release, so it’s definitely worth it to wait for the deal (especially for me). Because I could probably get a few CDs free and a few vinyl records free. I would make sure to order them separately (CDs and vinyl records) though because they probably mark the lowest costing item as the free item. So a cheaper CD would automatically always be the free item when you buy it with more expensive vinyl records. same, I'm worried that they are done with that sale. The last time I remember buying anything during one was over a year ago... I have quite a few music products in my cart I've been waiting for the sale to order. Better wait. Pre-ordering is pretty useless anyway. It’s even a disadvantage. Last few albums it took months after the album release before the vinyl was available. Plus there will be plenty of sales if you wait patiently. Pre-ordering will bind you to full price… |
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