Michelle Shocked, The Texas Campfire Tapes, 1986 on Mercury / Cooking Vinyl

This was the debut album for Michelle Shocked, purportedly recorded by Cooking Vinyl founder Pete Lawrence on a Sony Walkman at an unplanned performance at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. Shocked herself has called it a “bootleg” and says it was released without her permission:

My music career began as the Bootleg Poster Child. It’s such a quaint word, bootleg, conjuring images of […]

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Today's random #Discogs choice Michelle Shocked and Short Sharp Shocked 1988. Alt Country was quite big in the 80s and I liked it. This album is particularly good. Some great songwriting, Anchorage especially. My favourite track, however, was (Making The Run To) Gladewater.
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Well, this sucks. I felt like listening to some Michelle Shocked, only to discover that none of her music is on Apple Music. 😢

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@Otterhouse Hahaha, ik ben van de generatie die dit luisterde. Ik zie er nog steeds heel veel moois en goeds tussen staan. #Yello, #TheFall, Voodoo Ray van #AGuyCalledGerald, #Wire, I’ll House You van #JungleBrothers, #SExpress, Gigantic van #Pixies, #NenehCherry, Beat Dis van #BombTheBass, Teardrops van #WomackAndWomack, Fast Car van #TracyChapman, #PublicEnemy, #EricBAndRakim, Anchorage van #MichelleShocked, #DinosaurJr, #Prince, #NickCave, ik zie vooral klassiekers - en trendsetters.