The Texas Campfire Tapes is the first album by american singer and songwriter Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked

Michelle Shocked is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter.-History:Shocked received her first international exposure in Europe, particularly Britain, with her debut album The Texas Campfire Tapes .Her first U.S...

. It was originally a bootleg recording made on a Sony Walkman of an impromptu set performed by Shocked around the eponymous campfire and was released without her permission. It was then released by Mercury Records

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

 in 1986. It was reissued in 2003 as a two-CD set by Shocked's own label, Mighty Sound.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Michelle Shocked, except where indicated

1. "5 A.M. in Amsterdam
   Amsterdam
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2. "The Secret Admirer"
3. "The Incomplete Image"
4. "Who Cares?"
5. "Down on Thomas St"
6. "Fogtown"
7. "Steppin' Out"
8. "The Hep Cat
   Cat
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9. "Necktie
   Necktie
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10. "(Don't you mess around with) My Little Sister"
11. "The Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg"
12. "The Secret to a Long Life (is knowing when it's time to go)"
13. "Chain Smoker"
14. "Stranded in a Limousine
    Limousine
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    " (Paul Simon
    Paul Simon
    Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
    
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15. "Goodnight, Irene
    Goodnight, Irene
    "Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1932....
    
    " (Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax
    John Lomax
    John Avery Lomax was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist and folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk songs...
    
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