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Michelle Shocked - Texas Campfire Takes Audio CD

A fair review of the Michelle Shocked "Texas Campfire Takes" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Michelle Shocked reviews here, or go back to the Michelle Shocked tabs.

Michelle Shocked Band: Michelle Shocked
Title: Texas Campfire Takes
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Release Date: 2003-04-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: 5 A.M. in Amsterdam 2: Secret Admirer 3: Incomplete Image 4: Who Cares? 5: Down on Thomas St 6: Fogtown 7: Steppin' Out 8: Hep Cat 9: Necktie 10: (Don't You Mess Around With) My Little Sister 11: Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg 12: Secret to a Long Life (Is Knowing When It's Time to Go) 13: 5 A.M. in Amsterdam 14: Fogtown 15: 4/4 Troubador 16: Steppin' Out 17: Hold Me Back 18: Fool for Cocaine 19: Down on Thomas St 20: Hardly Gonna Miss Him 21: Hepcat 22: Necktie 23: My Little Sister 24: Patcheye and Meg 25: Secret to a Long Life 26: When I Grow Up 27: Ghost Town 28: Secret Admirer 29: Black Widow 30: Chain Smoker 31: Old Time Feeling 32: Stranded in a Limousine 33: Contest Coming 34: Lagniappe

HORRIBLE QUALITY
One of the songs (#14) "When I Grow Up" wasn't even on the C D. The quality of this CD is horrible. It could be that the C D I bought, and that I returned was a knock-off of the original. All in all there was nothing positive about the performer or the C D. Of course none of this was mentioned by the seller who answered my e mail in an insulting rude manner. This is the FIRST bad experience that I've had with a purchase through AMAZON. .


low level
i highly recommend it, but i will warn that the recording levels on this album are so low, that even with stereo at full blast, some guitar-strumming is hard to hear. this album is really some of the folkiest, piniest music you can find outside of folkways. if you want really down-home at its best, though, you're gonna have to deal with the drawback.


What a disappointment
One often hears the phrase "for fans only"; in this case, I would say, "fans stay away". This CD is a major disappointment for a huge fan. "Takes" contains the original CD, which Michelle much lamented and which seems to have started the rift between her and Mercury Records, and the so-called "real McCoy", apparently taken from the actual tapes but with more material.

The problem with the second CD is the sound quality. I have heard many bootlegs that sound pristine compared to this. I literally had to turn my (100-watt) car CD player all the way up to even barely hear most of it. Many of the lyrics and the between-song dialog are practically unintelligible. This is extremely frustrating, especially knowing all the technology that's available now to fix these sorts of problems. This is 2003. Even if she couldn't get a decent copy of the tapes, they could have been cleaned up much better.

This is a very weak first release for Mighty Sound. Hope the rest are better.


A great look at her early years
This is an interesting set of informal, live performances by this intelligent, unassuming alt-folkie, made at the start of her career, when she was making the rounds of various "women's music" gatherings. Alt-folkie Michelle Shocked was right there when the current "Americana" boom was just getting underway, and I've always thought of her as having a strong, positive influence on its growth. Shocked was particularly cool, though, for opting to emulate Woody Guthrie rather than lesbian folk icons such as Tret Fure or Holly Near, who often tended to be a bit dreary and un-fun. These solo acoustic recording aren't completely electrifying, but they are a nice, unpretentious look at her early work. It's especially charming when you hear some truck whiz by on the freeway while she's crooning out a tune. . . now, that's authenticity!! The new 2-CD edition expands greatly on the original, single-disc set, and has been re-released on Shocked's own Mighty Sound label.


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