**Midnights Vinyl Variants: Every Color, Lavender and the Rarest** > Every Midnights vinyl variant: the four clock colors, Target's Lavender, the signed editions and Tokyo Dome copies, and which one is rarest. Source: https://vinylai.app/guides/midnights-vinyl-variants/ · updated: 2026-10-12 [Home](https://vinylai.app/) › [Guides](https://vinylai.app/guides/) › Midnights Vinyl Variants: The Four Colors, Lavender and the Rarer Editions Explained ![Midnights Vinyl Variants: The Four Colors, Lavender and the Rarer Editions Explained](https://vinylai.app/images/articles/midnights-vinyl-variants/featured.png) Collecting # Midnights Vinyl Variants: The Four Colors, Lavender and the Rarer Editions Explained Taylor Swift's *Midnights* (21 October 2022) came on vinyl in **four main colors** whose back covers fit together into a clock: Moonstone Blue (the standard), Jade Green, Blood Moon and Mahogany. Target added a fifth, the **Lavender Edition**, later repressed as "Love Potion Purple". All four clock colors were also sold with a hand-signed photo, and the signed **Blood Moon** is the scarcest official Midnights LP by the number of collectors who own one. The 3am, Late Night and Til Dawn editions were never released on official vinyl. By VinylAI Editorial Updated October 12, 2026 ## Key Takeaways - Midnights has four clock-color editions (Moonstone Blue, Jade Green, Blood Moon, Mahogany), the Target Lavender Edition, and signed versions of all four clock colors. - The signed Blood Moon is the rarest official Midnights LP on Discogs, with 2,962 owners on 12 October 2026, against 41,794 for the original Moonstone Blue pressing. - Jade Green, Blood Moon and Mahogany went on sale on 1 September 2022 as a seven-day webstore pre-sale; the signed editions were a 48-hour preorder that closed at midnight on 15 October 2022. - No 3am, Late Night or Til Dawn edition was released on official vinyl; every "3am" LP listed on Discogs is flagged as an unofficial release. ## How many versions of Midnights vinyl are there? Counting color and jacket combinations of the 13-track LP, there are **five editions** (the four clock colors and Lavender), **four signed versions** of the clock colors, and a handful of represses and regional copies. The table lists them all, with the catalog number and the number of Discogs users who own a copy, checked on 12 October 2026. That owner count is not a pressing figure (no store or label published one) but it is the best public measure of how many copies are in circulation. | Edition | Vinyl | Sold through | How limited, and when | Catalog no. | Discogs owners | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Moonstone Blue Edition (standard)** | Moonstone Blue Marbled | Official webstore and all retail | Released 21 Oct 2022; repressed in Canada in 2023 | `2445789825` | [54,811](https://www.discogs.com/release/24894176) | | **Jade Green Edition** | Jade Green Marbled | Official webstore | Pre-sale for seven days from 1 Sep 2022 (Variety) | `2445790050` | [48,578](https://www.discogs.com/release/24890252) | | **Blood Moon Edition** | Blood Moon Marbled (orange) | Official webstore | Same seven-day pre-sale from 1 Sep 2022 | `2445790067` | [28,328](https://www.discogs.com/release/24894053) | | **Mahogany Edition** | Mahogany Brown Marbled | Official webstore | Same seven-day pre-sale from 1 Sep 2022 | `2445790074` | [29,962](https://www.discogs.com/release/24893972) | | **Lavender Edition** | Lavender Marbled | Target (US); in the UK and EU via the official UK/DE webstores, retail and Urban Outfitters | Announced 13 Sep 2022 as a Target exclusive (uDiscover); released 21 Oct 2022 | `2445790081` | [31,291](https://www.discogs.com/release/24896126) | | **Lavender represses** | Lavender Marbled / "Love Potion Purple Marbled" | Target, then the official webstore, later US indie stores | Canada pressing in Target from mid-Mar 2023; webstore for 48 hours on 22 May 2023 as "Love Potion Purple"; Germany pressing Dec 2023 (Discogs notes) | `2445790081` | [15,919](https://www.discogs.com/release/26664161) | | **Moonstone Blue, hand-signed photo** | Moonstone Blue Marbled | Official webstore | 48-hour preorder to midnight, 15 Oct 2022 (Discogs notes) | `2445789825 / 602445832583` | [8,392](https://www.discogs.com/release/24896708) | | **Jade Green, hand-signed photo** | Jade Green Marbled | Official webstore | Same 48-hour window | `602445832613` | [6,143](https://www.discogs.com/release/24926879) | | **Mahogany, hand-signed photo** | Mahogany Marbled | Official webstore | Same 48-hour window | `2445790074 / 602445832637` | [6,533](https://www.discogs.com/release/24916634) | | **Blood Moon, hand-signed photo** | Blood Moon Marbled | Official webstore | Same 48-hour window | `2445790067 / 602445832620` | [2,962](https://www.discogs.com/release/24920297) | | **Japanese obi editions** | All four clock colors | Eras Tour merchandise stands, Tokyo Dome only | Feb 2024 (Discogs notes) | `4457-8982, 457-9005, 457-9006, 457-9007` | [954](https://www.discogs.com/release/29799763) | | **China edition** | Moonstone Blue translucent, numbered | China | Aug 2023, with a PVC bag and a printed letter to Chinese fans | `GE1870L` | [286](https://www.discogs.com/release/28311769) | Sources: the Discogs release page of each row (linked from the owner count); [Variety, 01.09.2022 — three more covers (Jade Green, Blood Moon, Mahogany) as a seven-day webstore pre-sale](https://au.variety.com/2022/music/news/taylor-swift-midnights-more-album-covers-vinyl-color-variants-5526/); [uDiscover Music, 13.09.2022 — Lavender Edition, Target exclusive](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/taylor-swift-lavender-edition-midnights). Discogs owners = how many Discogs users log a copy, checked 12 October 2026: a measure of how many copies are in collectors' hands, not a pressing quantity. No store or label published copy counts for these editions. Every Midnights LP is the same 13-track album, with an eight-page booklet, a printed inner sleeve and a gatefold photograph. The editions differ in front and back cover photographs, the photos on the sleeve and gatefold, and the color of the disc. Nothing on the record itself is different, which is why the variants are a collecting question rather than a listening one. ## The four colors of the main run and the clock On 1 September 2022 Swift revealed three more covers for *Midnights*, and Variety reported that the Jade Green, Blood Moon and Mahogany editions would be available for **seven days as a webstore pre-sale**, on vinyl and CD. The original cover became the **Moonstone Blue Edition**, the one sold everywhere. Each of the four has a different photograph on the front and the back, and the four back covers line up into a clock face, which Swift showed in a video at the time. - **Moonstone Blue Marbled**: the standard; repressed in Canada in 2023. - **Jade Green Marbled**: the most widely owned of the three extra colors, with 48,578 Discogs owners. - **Blood Moon Marbled**: orange; 28,328 owners, the fewest of the four. - **Mahogany Brown Marbled**: 29,962 owners. Discogs users note that it looks more like a dark yellow than brown. Despite the seven-day window, the three extra colors are not scarce in absolute terms: each has tens of thousands of owners. They are scarce only compared with what came later in Swift's catalog, where some variants were sold for 24 hours. For the comparison across albums, see our [guide to every Taylor Swift vinyl variant](https://vinylai.app/guides/taylor-swift-vinyl-collection/). ## The Lavender Edition and "Love Potion Purple" On 13 September 2022 Target announced the **Lavender Edition** as its US exclusive, on a marble of pastel lavender and white vinyl (uDiscover Music). In the UK and Europe the same edition was sold through Swift's UK and German webstores, high-street retail and Urban Outfitters. The Lavender LP has its own gatefold photograph but the standard 13 tracks; the bonus tracks of the Lavender campaign were on the CD. Lavender is the most repressed variant. A Canadian pressing appeared in Target stores in mid-March 2023. On 22 May 2023 the webstore sold it for 48 hours under a new name, **"Love Potion Purple Marbled"**, and that pressing later reached US independent stores. A third pressing, made in Germany, appeared in Target in December 2023. All three share catalog number 2445790081, so a "Love Potion Purple" listing is the same edition as Lavender, not a separate color. The first pressing, made in France in 2022, is the one listed separately on Discogs as the original. ## Signed editions, Tokyo Dome copies and other rare Midnights vinyl Each clock color was also sold with a **hand-signed 11-by-11-inch photo insert**, a different photograph for each color. Discogs notes that these were a webstore exclusive, available as a 48-hour preorder that closed at midnight on 15 October 2022. The signed copies carry their own barcodes, separate from the unsigned ones, which is the quickest way to tell a genuine signed copy from an unsigned one with a loose print added. Two regional editions are rarer still, though they are standard discs with extra packaging: - **Japanese obi editions**: all four clock colors with a Japanese obi strip, sold only at the Eras Tour merchandise stands at the Tokyo Dome in February 2024. Between 146 and 346 Discogs owners each. - **China edition**: Moonstone Blue translucent, numbered, with a PVC bag and a printed letter to Chinese fans, August 2023. The other "editions" you will see named are not vinyl. The **3am Edition** added seven songs digitally; the **Late Night Edition** was a CD sold at the Eras Tour shows in East Rutherford; the **Til Dawn Edition** of May 2023 was digital. LPs titled "Midnights (3am Edition)" exist on Discogs, but every one of them is flagged as an unofficial release. Our [Taylor Swift fake-or-real checklist](https://vinylai.app/guides/taylor-swift-vinyl-fake-or-real/) covers how to spot them. ## Which Midnights vinyl is the rarest? By owners on Discogs (12 October 2026), the order from scarcest to most common among official LPs is: - **Signed Blood Moon: 2,962.** The rarest standard-market Midnights LP. - Signed Jade Green: 6,143; signed Mahogany: 6,533; signed Moonstone Blue: 8,392. - Lavender represses (Canada and Germany): 15,919 combined. - Blood Moon: 28,328; Mahogany: 29,962; Lavender first pressing (US and Europe): 31,291. - Jade Green: 48,578; Moonstone Blue: 54,811 across the original and the 2023 repress. So the answer to "which Midnights vinyl is most rare" is the **signed Blood Moon** among copies sold to the general public, and the **Tokyo Dome obi editions** if you count regional packaging. Among unsigned colors, Blood Moon edges Mahogany. If you want the full background on how signed and limited records are valued, our [limited edition vinyl guide](https://vinylai.app/guides/limited-edition-vinyl-guide/) covers it. ## How to tell the Midnights variants apart The cover photograph names the edition, so most identification is immediate. When it is not, work through these: - **Catalog number on the spine.** Moonstone Blue 2445789825, Jade Green 2445790050, Blood Moon 2445790067, Mahogany 2445790074, Lavender 2445790081. - **Barcode.** Signed copies have their own, for example 602445832583 for the signed Moonstone Blue and 602445832637 for the signed Mahogany. - **Shrink stickers.** The 2022 pressings carry "Made in France" or "Made in Czech Republic" stickers; the Canadian represses say "MADE IN CANADA" and the German Lavender says "Made in Germany". Do not rely on the runout to tell colors apart. Every Midnights pressing we checked on Discogs, in all five colors, carries **2445789825**, the Moonstone Blue number, with RKS and STERLING: the same Sterling Sound cut was used for every color. The runout proves a copy is an official pressing; it does not tell you which edition it is. Our [runout guide](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-runout-matrix-numbers-decoded/) explains the rest of the dead-wax code. ## Buying Midnights vinyl second-hand: what to check Midnights is one of the most traded modern LPs, which means plenty of choice and plenty of mislabeled listings. Four checks catch most problems: - **Edition versus pressing.** A "Lavender" listing can be the 2022 French first pressing, the 2023 Canadian repress or the late-2023 German one. All share catalog number 2445790081; ask for a photo of the shrink sticker ("Made in France", "MADE IN CANADA" or "Made in Germany") if the first pressing matters to you. - **Signed or not.** A genuine signed copy has the signed 11-by-11-inch photo insert and the signed edition's own barcode on the shrink. A loose signed photo with an unsigned copy is not the signed edition. - **Clock colors.** The four back covers form a clock only if all four are the clock editions; Lavender is not part of it. Check the back cover photo, not just the disc color. - **"3am" records.** There is no official 3am Edition vinyl, so any such LP is unofficial. Grade the disc and jacket before agreeing a price; colored marbled vinyl shows surface marks differently from black, and photos taken against a window can hide them. The [vinyl grading guide](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-grading-guide/) explains the standard grades, and our [guide to sealed records](https://vinylai.app/guides/sealed-vinyl-records-value/) covers what a sealed copy proves and what it does not. ## What Midnights vinyl variants are worth We are not publishing price figures on this page. eBay hides completed sales behind a login, so we could not take a dated sample, and we do not reuse Discogs marketplace prices. The supply data above is enough to rank what should hold value: - **Most likely to hold value:** the signed editions, above all the signed Blood Moon, because the signature cannot be reprinted and the 48-hour window closed in October 2022. - **Middle:** the original 2022 pressings of Blood Moon, Mahogany and Jade Green. They were never officially repressed as far as Discogs shows, but each has tens of thousands of owners. - **Close to retail:** Moonstone Blue and Lavender, which have both been repressed, and Lavender three times. A color that is still being pressed under a new name cannot become scarce. Condition matters as much as edition. Grade any copy with the [vinyl grading guide](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-grading-guide/) before buying, and compare completed sales, not asking prices. VinylAI can identify the edition from a photo of the cover or the barcode and match it to its Discogs entry; it cannot see the disc color through sealed shrink, so on a sealed copy the barcode sticker is what settles it. For the general picture of why one album ships in so many colors, read [vinyl variants explained](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-variants-explained/), and for the albums before Midnights, the [folklore vinyl variants](https://vinylai.app/guides/folklore-vinyl-variants/). ## Related guides - [Olivia Rodrigo Vinyl Variants: Every Edition of the New Album, GUTS and SOUR](https://vinylai.app/guides/olivia-rodrigo-vinyl-variants/) - [Vinyl Variants Explained: Why Albums Come in 20 Colors and Which Ones Keep Their Value](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-variants-explained/) - [Evermore Vinyl Variants: Every Green and Red Pressing, and Which Is Rarest](https://vinylai.app/guides/evermore-vinyl-variants/) - [Folklore Vinyl Variants: All Eight Covers and Colors Explained (and Which Are Rare)](https://vinylai.app/guides/folklore-vinyl-variants/) - [The Life of a Showgirl Vinyl Variants: All Versions, Which Are Limited, What They're Worth](https://vinylai.app/guides/life-of-a-showgirl-vinyl-variants/) - [The Best Christmas Albums on Vinyl (and Which Pressing to Actually Buy)](https://vinylai.app/guides/best-christmas-albums-on-vinyl/) Find vinyl for sale on VinylAI Market - [Browse Rock vinyl for sale →](https://vinylai.app/market/genre/rock/) - [Browse Pop vinyl for sale →](https://vinylai.app/market/genre/pop/) - [Browse Hip Hop vinyl for sale →](https://vinylai.app/market/genre/hip-hop/) Table of Contents - How many versions of Midnights vinyl are there? - The four colors of the main run and the clock - The Lavender Edition and "Love Potion Purple" - Signed editions, Tokyo Dome copies and other rare Midnights vinyl - Which Midnights vinyl is the rarest? - How to tell the Midnights variants apart - Buying Midnights vinyl second-hand: what to check - What Midnights vinyl variants are worth Related Articles - [Olivia Rodrigo Vinyl Variants: Every Edition of the New Album, GUTS and SOUR](https://vinylai.app/guides/olivia-rodrigo-vinyl-variants/) - [Vinyl Variants Explained: Why Albums Come in 20 Colors and Which Ones Keep Their Value](https://vinylai.app/guides/vinyl-variants-explained/) - [Evermore Vinyl Variants: Every Green and Red Pressing, and Which Is Rarest](https://vinylai.app/guides/evermore-vinyl-variants/) - [Folklore Vinyl Variants: All Eight Covers and Colors Explained (and Which Are Rare)](https://vinylai.app/guides/folklore-vinyl-variants/) - [The Life of a Showgirl Vinyl Variants: All Versions, Which Are Limited, What They're Worth](https://vinylai.app/guides/life-of-a-showgirl-vinyl-variants/) - [The Best Christmas Albums on Vinyl (and Which Pressing to Actually Buy)](https://vinylai.app/guides/best-christmas-albums-on-vinyl/) Vinyl Marketplace - [Rock vinyl for sale](https://vinylai.app/market/genre/rock/) - [Pop vinyl for sale](https://vinylai.app/market/genre/pop/) - [Hip Hop vinyl for sale](https://vinylai.app/market/genre/hip-hop/) Download VinylAI Scan barcodes, find stores, track your collection. [Get the App](https://vinylai.app/download/) Free on iOS and Android ## FAQ: midnights vinyl variants How many versions of Midnights vinyl are there? Five editions of the 13-track LP: Moonstone Blue (standard), Jade Green, Blood Moon, Mahogany and Target's Lavender. All four clock colors were also sold with a hand-signed photo, Lavender was repressed as "Love Potion Purple", and there are Japanese Tokyo Dome and Chinese regional editions. The 3am, Late Night and Til Dawn editions have no official vinyl. Which Midnights vinyl is most rare? The signed Blood Moon edition, with 2,962 Discogs owners on 12 October 2026. Among unsigned copies, Blood Moon is also the least owned of the four clock colors, at 28,328, just below Mahogany. The Tokyo Dome obi editions are rarer still, but they are standard discs with a Japanese obi strip sold only at the Eras Tour stands. What is the difference between the different Midnights albums? On vinyl, only the cover photographs, the photos inside and the disc color; every LP has the same 13 tracks. The 3am Edition added seven songs digitally, the Late Night Edition was a CD sold at the Eras Tour in East Rutherford, and the Til Dawn Edition was digital. None of those three was released on official vinyl. Is Midnights Lavender vinyl a Target exclusive? In the US, yes: Target announced the Lavender Edition as its exclusive on 13 September 2022. In the UK and Europe it was sold through Swift's UK and German webstores, retail and Urban Outfitters. It was later repressed and sold on the webstore for 48 hours on 22 May 2023 as "Love Potion Purple Marbled". Do the Midnights vinyl covers make a clock? Yes. The four clock-color editions, Moonstone Blue, Jade Green, Blood Moon and Mahogany, each have a different back cover photo, and placed together the four back covers form a clock face. Lavender is outside the set, which is one reason collectors aiming for the clock usually buy only the four. Is there an official Midnights 3am Edition vinyl? No. The 3am Edition was released digitally, and every LP titled "Midnights (3am Edition)" on Discogs is flagged as an unofficial release. If a seller offers a 3am vinyl as official, treat it as a bootleg and check it against our Taylor Swift fake-or-real guide before paying. ## Get the VinylAI App Scan barcodes, find stores, track your collection, and connect with vinyl lovers worldwide. [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6755653864?pt=127157325&ct=vinylaiseo_cta&mt=8&utm_source=vinylai_website&utm_medium=cta_section&utm_campaign=organic) [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vastflow.vinylai&utm_source=vinylai_website&utm_medium=cta_section&utm_campaign=organic) Free on iOS & Android. No account required. Table of Contents - How many versions of Midnights vinyl are there? - The four colors of the main run and the clock - The Lavender Edition and "Love Potion Purple" - Signed editions, Tokyo Dome copies and other rare Midnights vinyl - Which Midnights vinyl is the rarest? - How to tell the Midnights variants apart - Buying Midnights vinyl second-hand: what to check - What Midnights vinyl variants are worth --- HTML version: https://vinylai.app/guides/midnights-vinyl-variants/ Structured data for this site: https://vinylai.app/api/v1/openapi.json · https://vinylai.app/llms.txt Free to quote and reuse with a link back to the source URL above (CC BY 4.0).