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Aware Records "Hotlanta Sound"

LazerLazer 796 Posts
edited August 2005 in Strut Central
Soooooo, JKriss and I hit up a show a few months back and I picked up a 45 on this label. I can't remember for the life of me who the artist is but the song is "Claim Jumpin'", an awesome heavy soul song about jumpin' bail. The label dosen't come up 'round here too often and I was just wondering if y'all had any info on the label, other artists, etc. A google shearch tells me Mike Thevis, a porn/mafia mogal started it, any more info would be great. JKriss, you ad Dale doin' the show? Let her rip!!!P.S. the label with the owl is my next "pro" shirt endevor, will post photos.

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  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    John Davis released 2 LP's on the label (one in 73 and I think one in 75)
    Loleatta Holloway has one from '73
    The Counts released a few LP's on this label (Love Sign, Funk Pump)

    thats all I remember off hand
  • LazerLazer 796 Posts
    Thanks Guzz,

    I knew about the Loletta Holloway and the Counts but that is all.
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    the song is "Claim Jumpin'", an awesome heavy soul song about imitating Johnnie Taylor
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    oh oops, its not John Davis, its John Edwards.

    That davis dude is the one who made the bad disco albums I always pass up
  • LazerLazer 796 Posts
    the song is "Claim Jumpin'", an awesome heavy soul song about imitating Johnnie Taylor

    Hungh...? Am I missing something, fill me in, fill me in (no homo)!
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    "Claim Jumpin'" is by John Edwards, and he has a full LP on the label. I have it, and it is quite good. There is another group that has a 45 on the label that sux, but I can't remember their name, just listening to it at a store and being bummed out, thinking I had found gold.



    King Hannibal has a couple of sick hard funk/gospel 45's ("Truth Shall Make You Free" and "Wake Up") and an LP on the label, although it is a different design, I think it is the same label just earlier and doesn't have the "Hotlanta Sound" credo on it.



    Edit: Guzzo corrected himself while I was typin', and I fixed my "Mighty" Hannibal to "King"
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    Courtesy Agent45 at his great website
    http://64.82.97.82/gasoul/0-f.html

    Aware (Atlanta):
    Started by Mike Thevis. Thevis hired Shurfine's Wendell Parker and started the Aware catalogue at 027, where Shurfine ended. Parker left Aware in 1972.??
    027 King Hannibal - Truth Shall Make You Free / It's What You Do
    028 Judy Green - Face To Face / I Still Love You So
    029 Steppers - Come & Get It / What The Problem Is
    030 Loleatta Holloway - Part Time Lover, Full Time Fool / Only A Fool
    031 Delia Gartrell - Beautiful Day
    032 King Hannibal - Wake Up / Party Line
    033 Loleatta Holloway - Mother Of Shame / Our Love
    034 Deep Velvet - Hanna Mae / Hanna Mae (instrumental)
    035 John Edwards - Stop This Merry-Go-Round / You Were Made For Love
    037 John Edwards - Messing Up A Good Thing / Claim Jumpin'
    038 Counts - Funk / Too Bad
    039 Loleatta Holloway - H-E-L-P Me, My Love
    042 Floyd Smith - Bump
    043 John Edwards - Careful Man / Claim Jumpin'
    045 John Edwards - Vanishing Love / I'll Be Your Puppet
    046 Counts - Funk Pump / Sacrifice
    047 Loleatta Holloway - So Can I / Cry To Me
    048 John Edwards - Exercise My Love / You Were Made For Love
    049 Counts - I'm the Music / At the Fair
    050 Loleatta Holloway - I Know Where You're Coming From / Show Must Go On
    053 Loleatta Holloway - Casanova / Only A Fool
    054 Counts - Magic Ride / Short Cut
    6001 Loleatta Holloway - Mother of Shame

    The first King Hannibal 45 listed on this list is essential raw funk and not hard to find.
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Mighty Hannibal has a couple of sick hard funk/gospel 45's ("Truth Shall Make You Free" and "Wake Up") and an LP on the label, although it is a different design, I think it is the same label just earlier and doesn't have the "Hotlanta Sound" credo on it.



    Oh yeah that Hannibal dude has an LP on that label under the name King Hannibal.



    That anti-herroin song is where its at!
  • LazerLazer 796 Posts
    My t-shirts will have the "Hotlanta Sound" credo on them , thank you very much!!!!
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    The Deep Velvet is the one I remember not being good, but who knows, in 2005 I might like it...
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    the song is "Claim Jumpin'", an awesome heavy soul song about imitating Johnnie Taylor

    Hungh...? Am I missing something, fill me in, fill me in (no homo)!

    Listen to any Johnnie Taylor (specifically "Hijackin' Love") and you'll see what I mean.


















    OT: Simone Peda??os and L.A.N. blow up my turntable
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    From Creative Loafing (Atlanta's free weekly)-

    Mike Thevis -- Oak Park Heights (Minnesota) Correctional Facility, where the nation's former porn king and all-around bad egg is serving life for tax evasion, racketeering, bombing, extortion and, oh yes, some murders, two of which were committed after he broke out of prison to return to Atlanta to snuff the dirty rat who finked him out.

    Thevis' daughter went to my high school and was a wild child. At one time Thevis owned something like 90 percent of all the dirty bookstores and peep shows in the Southeast. After he went to jail his house was sold (and inhabited by briefly) Cher and Greg Allman. Great neighjbors. Never asked them for records though.
  • ovulationistovulationist 290 Posts

    That davis dude is the one who made the bad disco albums I always pass up

    WHAAAAAAATTT!?!?!

    (please check "Up Jumped The Devil")

    Your're sleeping.
  • LazerLazer 796 Posts
    From Creative Loafing (Atlanta's free weekly)-



    Mike Thevis -- Oak Park Heights (Minnesota) Correctional Facility, where the nation's former porn king and all-around bad egg is serving life for tax evasion, racketeering, bombing, extortion and, oh yes, some murders, two of which were committed after he broke out of prison to return to Atlanta to snuff the dirty rat who finked him out.



    Thevis' daughter went to my high school and was a wild child. At one time Thevis owned something like 90 percent of all the dirty bookstores and peep shows in the Southeast. After he went to jail his house was sold (and inhabited by briefly) Cher and Greg Allman. Great neighjbors. Never asked them for records though.





    Sweet, he's in my backyard. Pen pals maybe?



    Wow, they (G&C) had to be SOME neighbors!





    Marco? Blow them up? in a bad way? hungh? I cetainly hope so!



    got plenty o' Johnnie Taylor, I'll go home later and see just what you're talking about.



    Now that I think about it, the reason why I don't know the Johnny Taylor is because all mine are rinked Stax (and a sweet, unrinked Phil LA of SouL) copies from a family buy-out, Uggh.. why are they still around, teasing me? I'm sleeping.



    And this is 666, sooo..

























































































  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    027 King Hannibal - Truth Shall Make You Free / It's What You Do
    The first King Hannibal 45 listed on this list is essential raw funk and not hard to find.

    Believe it!

    I've got that single on both labels, with nearly identical label designs... the LP is and cheap as well...
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