Mississippi Sheiks - Sittin' On Top Of The World: The Collection 1930-35 (2026)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Winter Time Blues
02. Alberta Blues
03. Sitting On Top Of The World
04. Lonely One In This Town
05. Driving That Thing
06. Stop And Listen Blues
07. Back To Mississippi
08. Cracking Them Things
09. Bootlegger's Blues
10. Loose Like That
11. Yodeling Fiddling Blues
12. Jail Bird Love Song
13. River Bottom Blues
14. Baby Keeps Stealing Lovin' On Me
15. Times Done Got Hard
16. Unhappy Blues
17. Still I'm Traveling On
18. Church Bell Blues
19. Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down
20. She Ain't No Good
21. Your Good Man Caught The Train
22. Ramrod Blues
23. Things About Comin' My Way

CD2
01. Please Baby
02. Lazy Lazy River
03. Bed Spring Poker
04. Tell Me What The Cats Fight About
05. She's A Bad Girl
06. Jake Leg Blues
07. Grinding Old Fool
08. The World Is Going Wrong
09. I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You
10. Please Don't Wake It Up
11. Kind Treatment
12. He Calls That Religion
13. Shooting High Dice
14. New Shake That Thing
15. Isn't A Pain To Me
16. Don't Wake It Up
17. Go Way Woman
18. I'll Be Long Gone
19. Please Baby (Version 2)
20. She's Crazy Bout Her Lovin'
21. Tell Me To Do Right
22. Kitty Cat Blues
CD3
01. Show Me What You Got
02. Shake Hands And Tell Me Goodbye
03. We Are Both Feeling Good Right Now
04. Too Long
05. When You're Sick With The Blues
06. Lonesome Grave Took My Baby Away
07. Pop Skull Blues
08. Sweet Maggie
09. Sales Tax
10. It's Done Got Wet
11. My Pencil Won't Write No More
12. I Am The Devil
13. Good Morning Blues
14. Blues On My Mind
15. You'll Work Down To Me Someday
16. She's Got Something Crazy
17. Baby Please Make A Change
18. Somebody's Got To Help Me
19. I Can't Go Wrong
20. It's Back Firing Now
21. Fingerin' With Your Fingers
22. Lean To One Woman
23. She's Going To Her Lonesome Grave
24. Dead Wagon Blues

The Mississippi Sheiks were a country blues guitar and fiddle group of the early 1930s, variously comprising a trio or quartet, whose music ranged across various styles, incorporating popular material of the day as well as original compositions. The core of the group was the Chatmon family (sometimes spelt Chatman) from the Mississippi Delta, of whom the best known was Armenter Chatmon, who was also known as Bo Carter. The line-up also included Lonnie and Sam Chatmon, plus Walter Vinson, also known as Walter Jacobs. Making a living touring the southern states, they recorded for Okeh, Columbia, Paramount and Bluebird labels through the first half the decade, and became extremely influential and well-known, not least through their landmark hit Sitting On Top Of The World, which became a timeless standard, performed and recorded by dozens of artists over the years. This 69-track 3-CD collection comprises most of their career recordings, and includes other classics like Stop And Listen Blues and Things About Comin' My Way. It's atmospheric and evocative music, designed to entertain, and the collection is a substantial showcase for their distinctive brand of blues.