Funny how things pop up. I spotted a lone single on the 45Cat website on the Mwenge label and that let me to a batch of recordings by Luo artists in AIT’s master catalogue on the same label.

Miles Cleret, Alan Wheeler and Fredrik Lavik have all recently sent in information of recordings on other labels too.

Fredrik has alerted me to the exist of yet more new labels - Coconut Records, Thum Mor, Les Volcano, Super Funzo and Kiru Brothers Sound - as well as recordings on Ba-Mbute, Wachezaji, Edition Salongo and African Eagles.

Miles, who runs the excellent Soundway record label, tipped me off abut a Kilwa Jazz single on CMS.

Alan pointed out a Nuta Jazz Band single on Philips that I failed to spot when it appeared on Ebay recently. he also sought my advice about a Orch Mokano single on another new label, BIEM. The band are Congolese and also recorded for Hit Parade. The question is, Are they connected to Orch Super Mazembe, who had a hit with a song called Mokano?

If you know anything about the band, lput Alan and myself out of our misery and let us know.