The Texas Campfire Tapes

about this album

The Texas Campfire Tapes is the first album by American singer and songwriter Michelle Shocked. The album was "recorded" on a Sony Walkman during an impromptu set performed by Shocked around a campfire at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas; the recording was made by Pete Lawrence, founder of the Cooking Vinyl label, on his first visit to the USA. It was then released by Cooking Vinyl in 1986 and Shocked moved over to Europe to support and promote the album, which was subsequently released by Mercury Records. The album reached the top spot on the British independent record chart. It was remastered and reissued in 2003 as a two-CD set called Texas Campfire Takes by Shocked's own label, Mighty Sound. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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