The Texas Campfire Tapes

The Texas Campfire Tapes is the first album by american singer and songwriter Michelle Shocked. 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 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"
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"
9. "Necktie"
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" (Paul Simon)
15. "Goodnight,_Irene" (Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax)