Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008
Live album by Taylor Swift
Released	April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24)
Recorded	June 8, 2008
Length	27:55
Label	Big Machine Apollo A-1 LLC
Producer	Scott Borchetta Evan Harrison Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift chronology
Lover (2019) Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008 (2020) Folklore (2020)

Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008 is the secondlive album by the American singer-songwriterTaylor Swift. It was released on April 24, 2020, byBig Machine Records, without Swift's approval. The album was recorded in 2008 but was not released until afterthe masters to her older music had changed ownership in the 2019 acquisition of Big Machine by American media proprietorScooter Braun.^[1] Swift denouncedLive from Clear Channel on hersocial media accounts, calling it "shameless greed in thetime of coronavirus," and asked fans not to buy or stream the album. Earning only 33 units in its first week in the United States, the live album was unsuccessful and did not enter any domestic charts.^[2] In 2025, Swift purchased the rights to the master recordings of her entire catalog, which included this album.^[3]

This release is not approved by me. It looks to me likeScooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital,Alex Soros and theSoros family and theCarlyle Group have seen the latestbalance sheets and realized that paying $330million wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money. In my opinion … Just another case of shameless greed in thetime of coronavirus. So tasteless, but very transparent.

The album was recorded shortly after the beginning of Swift's professional career, while she was promoting her second studio album,Fearless (2008). The album consists of songs from her first twostudio albums and her secondEP,Beautiful Eyes (2008). It was released on streaming platforms without any prior announcement on April 24, 2020.^[5] According to Swift, the recording was made during a 2008Clear Channel affiliates' Internet-only performance when she was 18 years old. In a social media post, Swift stated that she did not authorize the release,^[6] calling it "just another case of shameless greed in thetime of coronavirus. So tasteless, but very transparent."^[4] Swift's statement also mentioned Braun's financial backers: 23 Capital,The Carlyle Group, andAlexander Soros and theSoros family, the last of which drew allegations inThe Jerusalem Post that she was "reproducingantisemitic conspiracy theories" by associating Soros and Braun, who are bothJewish, with "greed and profiting off the pandemic".^[7] Big Machine Records initially listed the record with a 2017 release date, but it was later adjusted to 2008 to reflect the fact that the recordings were available on Clear Channel websites in 2008.^[8]

Music critic Quinn Moreland fromPitchfork wrote thatLive from Clear Channel is predictable, failing to match the standards of Swift's past work, and dubbed it a "cheapbootleg" and "a shameless cash-grab". Moreland commented that the unapproved release resembled "eerily similar" instances when fake or leaked music appears onstreaming services without the concerned artists' authorization—releases where "scammers hold the reins and the real creator never sees a dime".^[9]

Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008 sold 33 copies in the United States, and theYouTube audio videos of its eight tracks accumulated 6,000 views in its first three days.^{[10][unreliable source?]} The commercial failure was attributed to Swift's denouncement of the album on hersocial media; the album did not enter anyBillboard charts.^[2]

• Taylor Swift – vocals,production, acoustic guitar (tracks: 2, 4), electric guitar (track 7)
• Scott Borchetta – production, executive production
• Ben Clark – banjo (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8)
• Chris Costello – recording supervision (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Caitlin Evanson – fiddle, backing vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Evan Harrison – production, executive production
• Amos Heller – bass guitar (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Mike Meadows – banjo (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8)
• Grant Mickelson – acoustic guitar (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8), bass guitar (track 6)
• Jonathan Russell –mastering (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Paul Sidoti – acoustic guitar (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7), electric guitar (track 8); backing vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Al Wilson – drums (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)

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