Taylor Swift Buys Her Masters From Shamrock Capital, Reclaiming the Rights to Her First 6 Albums NYT | Top Stories By: Marc Tracy 31 May 2025 at 00:03 The master recordings to the pop superstar’s earliest work were sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, and acquired a year later by the investing firm Shamrock Capital. © Jennifer Gauthier/ReutersOn Friday, Taylor Swift said that her record-breaking Eras Tour helped make her acquisition of the rights to her first six albums possible.