Foxy R&B: Richard Stamz Chicago Blues / Various Foxy R&B: Richard Stamz Chicago Blues / Various CD

Richard Stamz was a colorful Chicago R&B and soul DJ who operated throughout the '50s and '60s. He took over the Cobra/Artistic/Abco studio around 1960; this also included the ownership of the active Paso label which he continued to run alongside his own Foxy operation. Recordings from this period include tracks from Harold Burrage, Lee Williams, Robert & the Rockin' Ravens and many others. US musicologists Richard Shurman and Patrick Roberts, who has written a book on Stamz life, provide fascinating musical and entertaining sociological facts about the recordings and the man. Richard Stamz daughter Phyllis has given the compilers and writers access to the family's memorabilia and the package is well illustrated to provide a taster of Chicago musical life at the start of the '60s. Ace.

1. Say You Love Me - Harold Burrage 2. Hello Baby - Lee (Shot) Williams 3. Goin' Home - Mary Johnson 4. Way Out, Baby - Flora D 5. Please Love Me - Harold Burrage 6. Garlen's Mambo? - Ze-Majestics 7. Romeo Joe PT 1 - Robert ; the Rockin' Ravens 8. The Buzzard - Freddy Robinson 9. Lost Love - Mary Johnson 10. I'm Trying - Lee (Shot) Williams 11. A Fool for Hiding My Love from You - Harold Burrage 12. The Hawk - Freddy Robinson 13. Gittin' Along (Green Onions) - Willie Williams W/ Howlin' Wolf Band 14. You Ought to Love Me - Harold Burrage 15. I'm Gonna Put You to Work - Tony Gideon 16. These Tears / Those Tears - Mary Johnson 17. Going Back Home - Willie Williams W/ Howlin' Wolf Band 18. Pretty Little Liddy - Harold Burrage 19. What's the Matter with You Sam - the Ideals 20. Christmas Day - Detroit Junior 21. South Park Shuffle - Willie Williams W/ Howlin' Wolf Band 22. Just One More Time - Loretta Branch (Trio) 23. You Gonna Cry - Flora D 24. I Was Wrong - Harold Burrage 25. A Fool for Hiding My Love from You - Harold Burrage