Chickasaw Mudd Puppies
8 Track Stomp

Listening notes

Chickasaw Mudd Puppies’ 8 Track Stomp is a 1991 vinyl release on Wing Records, catalog number 843 935-1. Filed under Blues and Electric Blues, it presents thirteen tracks across two sides, with six cuts on Side A and seven on Side B. The album’s track durations are compact, ranging from 1:37 to 3:34.

Side A opens with Cicada (2:39) and follows with Jambalaya (2:13), Night Time (Ain’t Got No Eyes) (1:55), Moving So Fast (3:34), Shannon Love Bisquit (3:28), and Wasp (3:32). Within this sequence, Moving So Fast is the longest entry at 3:34, while Night Time (Ain’t Got No Eyes) is under two minutes. The titles on this side include both straightforward statements and one with a parenthetical phrase, illustrating a variety of naming approaches within a concise format.

Side B contains Bill (2:07), Oh, Yeah (3:02), Cold Blue (3:02), Omaha (Sharpless) (2:10), Superior (1:37), Do You Remember (2:52), and Words & Knives (3:10). Superior is the briefest track on the album at 1:37, and Words & Knives closes the set at just over three minutes. Side B includes additional examples of stylistic titling, from the punctuation in Oh, Yeah to the ampersand in Words & Knives and the parenthetical tag in Omaha (Sharpless).

As a format designation, this release is a vinyl issue associated with Wing Records, identified for cataloging purposes as 843 935-1. The genre placement of Blues and Electric Blues situates the record within a blues-oriented framework. Across both sides, the individual track lengths generally fall between two and three minutes, with only a few selections extending beyond the three-minute mark. The overall structure—thirteen succinct tracks split 6/7 across the two sides—defines the album’s pacing and organization as presented on this 1991 pressing.