The Aksumites

[Rootikalist]

Greetings All

I'd like to have more infos on that group

I know they are from Jamaica and i know only 2 tunes of them :

Aksumites - Afrika Fede Afrikan (Aksum Records) coptic production

Aksumites (A.McCalla) - Ark of the Covenant (Thebes Sounds) Produced by Aksum of Freedom Sound in 1979

I think the Singer is A. McCalla

Did they made other records? i hear about an LP but i don't know nothing. If we have any other infos please help me!

[Bellyman]

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1 ... ight=23365
credited on the record to Auxumite and writing credits are to A.McCalla

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1 ... ight=18201
this one credited to Joe Auxumite on record as well as writers credits.

I recall the name of A.(=Andrew?) McCalla from somewhere else but right now my memory serves me not too well.

Maybe someone else can go from here to complete the story

[Rootikalist]

Thanks Bellyman

I find out that the Thebes label was from USA and not from Jamaica , so i think they are a New York Group , i was confused when i read : Produced by Aksum of Freedom Sound , but now i think that thebes (ark of the covenant) and Askum (Afrika fede Afrikan) are same or very similar label! Nice to know they deal with wackies , i'll search for these tunes!

[bonga]

Joe Auxumite did some early singles on wackies/city line, just like Mccalla did.....

7" Aires - A Mccalla - born to be loved
http://i29.tinypic.com/eq6ykh.jpg
7" Aires - Mccalla - home by the sea
7" Aires - Mccalla - new sensation

7" City Line - Joe Axumite - no equal rights in babylon.
http://i26.tinypic.com/21e9kly.jpg

[bonga]

and there's also a 12" produced by Munchie Jackson called Cool Running on the Thebes label

[bonga]

that 7" city line was engineered by Douglas Levy ( better known as Prince Douglas ) I wonder what ever happened to him, is he still alive ?

[Rootikalist]

interesting!!! Should be nice to hear a small clip of Cool Running , if it's like Ark of The Covenant...it's surely a great roots tune!


7" City Line - Joe Axumite - no equal rights in babylon.

I know this one but i didn't collegate the group with this singer because i was sure that Aksumites was from Jamaica! Nice tune too!

[Rootikalist]

does anyone have more infos on the following 12''??

Cool Running on Thebes 12''

Seems it was sang by McCalla and Andrew (??) under the name of Korna Stone

Please let me know something if you have any infos,scann or clip of it...it's a long time i'm looking for it but still nothing !

[bancho]

I recently got a 7" where there is written like this:
Rainy Weather - Dudley Evans (Aksumites), recorded for Honey Pot label, produced by Dudley Evans. It is nyabinghi drumming song.
I don't know if this are the same Aksumites or not but if someone have more information on this I would appreciate it a lot!

bless!

[Rootikalist]

yes i've seen this 7'' too

honestly i think it's a different group as aksumites were from NY