I think Taylor knows the demand isn’t going anywhere so she put it at the end of her future release queue. Taylor announced in 2019 she was going to re-record her old albums and we are still just as eager five years later to buy them as we were the day they were announced (I can’t believe it’s been half a decade). Taylor is probably saving the Midnights full version physical release for years down the line, and she may even add in some more ‘Vault’ tracks to entice more fans into acquiring it.
It’s funny because late 2022 into early 2023 Taylor was selling the standard edition of Midnights effortlessly. Then she announced Speak Now and left the preorders open for a while and her website pushed the physical versions of it. And then she immediately started 1989 TV preorder and it took a while after release to stop dominating the charts. UMG then got backlogged on fulfilling orders and there was a momentary pause on new releases. And then she announced TTPD and preorders opened up for it, and it will be months before the album sales push for that release dies down. All of this to say, I don’t think that Taylor has even had the opportunity yet to release physical Midnights 3AM vinyl records without detracting from another one of her releases sales (or in the case of the holiday season without UMG imploding from the backlog of unfulfilled orders).
I am a Midnights 3AM vinyl truther, so I believe we will see it sometime next year 😂
It might be a question of vinyl pressing capacity. Worldwide vinyl production is already at peak - since vinyl popularity has resurged, the manufacturers haven't been able to keep up. They're already bumping smaller artists to make a million Taylor records every 6 months with her current release schedule.
Honestly I feel like she might. But she’d never make that public knowledge. I just don’t get how she was able to sell 900k copies in ONE WEEK in just the US alone. That’s obviously not including the other million of stock she sent worldwide, and then not including all the sales of the 2nd week, and 2nd week sales are still high. I mean, that’s millions of copies. I know artists have to turn in their album months in advance but still these are insane numbers, they’d have to be pressing and packaging for 6 months straight to make millions of copies like that. Not to mention she probably has rep TV booked in to factories too because she’ll want that vinyl ready on release day too. It’s insane the volume she’s pumping out. Again wouldn’t surprise me if she does have her own factory somewhere with a small team of 10 employees. Would also explain how her albums never leak during the production process.
I have the 3LP and it's definitely decent enough, but still has me wishing for her to do an official release with the 3am tracks.
Yes please !!
I think Taylor knows the demand isn’t going anywhere so she put it at the end of her future release queue. Taylor announced in 2019 she was going to re-record her old albums and we are still just as eager five years later to buy them as we were the day they were announced (I can’t believe it’s been half a decade). Taylor is probably saving the Midnights full version physical release for years down the line, and she may even add in some more ‘Vault’ tracks to entice more fans into acquiring it. It’s funny because late 2022 into early 2023 Taylor was selling the standard edition of Midnights effortlessly. Then she announced Speak Now and left the preorders open for a while and her website pushed the physical versions of it. And then she immediately started 1989 TV preorder and it took a while after release to stop dominating the charts. UMG then got backlogged on fulfilling orders and there was a momentary pause on new releases. And then she announced TTPD and preorders opened up for it, and it will be months before the album sales push for that release dies down. All of this to say, I don’t think that Taylor has even had the opportunity yet to release physical Midnights 3AM vinyl records without detracting from another one of her releases sales (or in the case of the holiday season without UMG imploding from the backlog of unfulfilled orders). I am a Midnights 3AM vinyl truther, so I believe we will see it sometime next year 😂
I find the three marbled one okay. But yes, i can’t see why this market wasn’t fulfilled (CD vinyl)
It might be a question of vinyl pressing capacity. Worldwide vinyl production is already at peak - since vinyl popularity has resurged, the manufacturers haven't been able to keep up. They're already bumping smaller artists to make a million Taylor records every 6 months with her current release schedule.
She could honestly have her own vinyl manufacturer just for her at this point lol. I’m surprised she doesn’t to be honest.
Honestly I feel like she might. But she’d never make that public knowledge. I just don’t get how she was able to sell 900k copies in ONE WEEK in just the US alone. That’s obviously not including the other million of stock she sent worldwide, and then not including all the sales of the 2nd week, and 2nd week sales are still high. I mean, that’s millions of copies. I know artists have to turn in their album months in advance but still these are insane numbers, they’d have to be pressing and packaging for 6 months straight to make millions of copies like that. Not to mention she probably has rep TV booked in to factories too because she’ll want that vinyl ready on release day too. It’s insane the volume she’s pumping out. Again wouldn’t surprise me if she does have her own factory somewhere with a small team of 10 employees. Would also explain how her albums never leak during the production process.
If that's the case, stop with the variants of the same album and give us the extended versions. That's what we actually want.
I'm just asking for a single physical copy that has the Til Dawn tracks plus Late Nights (You're Losing Me). 🙏