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  1. Short, Sharp, Shocked

    #michelleshocked #shortsharpshocked #80smusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #altrock #americana Things have gotten a little weird in recent years but there's no denying the genius of her second album -- released on August 15, 1988. The album established her as an early voice in the alt-country and Americana genre. Pete Anderson, who had previously produced Dwight Yoakam, handled those duties on this one and cleanly blended Michelle's penchant for…

    robinbannks.com/2026/08/15/sho

  2. Michelle Shocked, Captain Swing, 1989 on Mercury

    This was Shocked’s third LP and the follow up to the massively successful Short Sharp Shocked which came out in 1988. It’s (deliberately) all over the place in genre but wonderful.

    The “hidden” track is also present on the vinyl – “Russian Roulette” is not listed on the labels but plays after “Must Be Luff.”

    My copy—via the Worcester Record Riot—is a Specialty Records pressing on Mercury labels.

    #1980s #1989 #mercury #michelleShocked #specialtyRecordPressing #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #worcesterMa #worcesterRecordRiot

  3. 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 […]

    #1980s #1986 #BeverlyCoinJewel #BeverlyMA #CookingVinyl #Mercury #MichelleShocked #PeteLawrence #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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  4. Well, this sucks. I felt like listening to some Michelle Shocked, only to discover that none of her music is on Apple Music. 😢

    #Music #AppleMusic #MichelleShocked

  5. @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.