One of the first known CDs of Taylor Swift songs sold at auction over the weekend for $12,505. According Goldin Auctionsthe disc — which features a picture of a tween Swift on it as well as a phone number, email address and website for interested music executives — was burned by the now-megastar when she was an average, pre-fame sixth grader.
“At age 11, Swift traveled to Nashville with her mother to shop for her demo, which contained covers of songs by Dolly Parton and the Dixie Chicks,” reads a description of the content. the last country trio is now known as the Chicks. “All of which brings us to this hidden gem in our auction: an early, self-produced CD signed by Swift herself in black marker.”
The first song on the record is the never-released 'Am I Ready For Love' (written by Celina Berman-Gray), followed by a very early Swift-penned original, 'Can I Go With You', which she co-wrote with Greg. McElrath. Elsewhere, she covers Olivia Newton-John's Grease hit “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” the Chicks' “There's Your Trouble,” and Dolly Parton's “Here You Come Again.”
Swift's Eras tour juggernaut continues its run across Europe this week with a show scheduled for tonight (June 18) at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, followed by a three-concert run at London's Wembley Stadium on the 21- June 23. In addition, the singer's latest album, Department of Tormented Poetsjust spent an eighth week atop the Billboard 200, extending her lead as the solo artist with the most weeks at the top in the chart's history.
See an image of the disc below.
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