“I want to thank my fans for making me aware
that my former record label is putting out an ‘album’ of live
performances of mine tonight. ... This release is not approved
by me,” Swift told her 131 million Instagram followers.
The album, "Live From Clear Channel Stripped 2008," is a
collection of recordings Swift made for a radio show when she
was 18, the "Fearless" singer said.
She called the release by the Big Machine Label Group "another
case of shameless greed in the time of Coronavirus. So
tasteless, but very transparent."
Big Machine declined to comment on Thursday.
Swift recorded her first six albums with Big Machine before
leaving in 2018 for Universal Music Group. Big Machine owns the
master recordings of her back catalog and under standard
industry practice retains the right to release material that was
recorded when she was with the label.
Swift has publicly feuded for more than a year with Big Machine
and its senior executives over the use of her old songs. The
dispute escalated last November when music executive Scooter
Braun said his family had received death threats because of
Swift's remarks, and appealed for peace.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant)
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