Catalogue Group A side/B side Language
Number
PEA series
PEA 19 Orch Lunna-Kidi Furaha Kwetu Kenya/Dada Pili Swahili
PEA 26 Le Mellow Succes Safari Mbali/Baina Baina Swahili
PEA 30 Les Foudres Naboi Bombanda/Duma-Koko Lingala
PEA 34 Franco & TPOK Jazz Mercelina/Mado Lingala
PEA 63 Verckys & Son Ensemble Anna/Mosika Zonga Lingala
PEA 68 Orch Alberthos Mbongo/Marie-Mado
PEA 69 Orch African Kings Bon Anniversaire/Papa Bernard Bongo
PEA 77 Verckys and His Veve Band Photo Temoin/Eh! Motema Lingala
PEA 78 Verckys and His Veve Band Traficant/Sanza Ezili Te Lingala
PEA 79 TPOK Jazz Na Bali/Salongo na Zaire Lingala
PEA 80 Todi National 72 A: Rahel Ruth Adega No 2 Luo
B: Jemina Akinyi
PEA 81 Todi National 72 Patrick Gundo/Dalawa Ramba Luo
PEA 82 Todi National 72 A: Ibrahim Malomba Luo
B: Duond Jo Todi National
PEA 83 Vipers Jazz Uganda Garments/Amin Dada
PEA 84 The Loi Toki-Tok Leta Ngoma/Jennie Swahili
PEA 86 The Loi-Toki-Tok Ware Wa/Tabu Namashaka
PEA 87 Vipers Jazz Georgette/Mboka Etumba
PEA 88 Loi-Toki-Tok Amalia/Lakusema Mimi Sina
PEA 89 Santa Loi-Toki-Tok Jasta A: Wakati Nilikuwa Na Baba Swahili
B: Siwezi Kulala
PEA 91 The Band Musi O Tunya N'gombe Shalaya/Smoke
PEA 92 Somo-Somo Polele/Pole-Pole-Confiance Lingala
PEA 100 Les Ngembo Nakufa/Chou-Chou Lingala
PEA 101 Les Ngembo Bolingo B-B/Mobali Ya Bunya Lingala
PEA 107 Franco & OK Jazz Laissez-Moi Voir Franco/Zaire Lingala
PEA 108 Les Bantous De La Capitale Isabelle Mwana Ya Kin/Macaro Lingala
PEA 112 Franco & OK Jazz Azda Pts 1 & 2 Lingala
PEA 115 Franco & OK Jazz Bano Brekete/Zando Ya Tipotipo Lingala
PEA 116 Geraldino Pino Born to be Free/Right in the Center
and His Heart Beat
PEA 118 OK Jazz Lukika/Sukola Motema Olinga Lingala
PEA 120 Franco & OK Jazz Ye No 1/Ye No 2 Lingala
PEA 121 Fela Ransome Kuti Lady Pts 1 & 2 English
& His Africa 70
PEA 123 Orch Mando Negro Lelo Ya Yo Lobi Na Ngai/Nana Louise Base
PEA 131 Orch Mando Negro Biographie/Azina
PEA 142 Rebels Manicero /Mwasi Ya Boko
PEA 143 Ifanza B.B./Djo
PEA 145 Orch TPOK Jazz Libala Ya Bondongo/Malata Lingala
PEA 148 La Creche Dyala Uganda/Nzambe Batela Idi Amin
PEA 149 Djilba et La Creche Dyala Omanga/Kuratex
PEA 150 Zaiko Langa Langa Mbeya Mbeya Pts 1 & 2
PEA 152 Defoma Kintueni Sukisa Kabu-Kabu/Makubu-Sana Kikongo
PEA 164 La Creche Dyala Abarugira Pts 1 & 2 Lingala
PEA 166 Orch Sinza Ma Louise/Zala Serieuse Maggy Lingala
PEA 168 Orch Sinza She's Got A Snake In Her Mind/Badetti
PEA 173 Orch Bakuba Mayopi Mambuene Pts 1 & 2 Lingala
PEA 178 Lita Bembo & Les Stukas Male Okendeke/Mayimba
PEA 182 Zaiko Langa Langa Mwana Wabi Pts 1 & 2 Lingala
PEA 183 Dijiba et La Creche President Kenyatta/Kavira
PEA 184 Dijiba et La Creche Nalembi Ba Temion Pts 1 & 2
PEA 185 Djiliba et La Creche Mbanda Nayeyi/Sapra Studios
PEA 187 Djiliba et La Creche Nzale/Habialimana
PEA 188 Dijiba et La Creche Kuraze Ya Mpasi Pts 1 & 2 Lingala
PEA 190 The Hi-Fives Betty/Kastoshe
PEA 192 The Hi-Fives Azalaki Mwasi Ya Libala/Makosa
PEA 193 The Hi-Fives Njane Pts 1 & 2
PEA 194 The Hi-Fives Suzue Susannah/Bird Cage
PEA 195 Voice of Africa Bomba Bomba/Bolingo Ya Anna Lingala
PEA 196 Voice of Africa Sukuma Wiki/Mtoto Wa Mama Lingala/Swahili
PEA 197 Voice of Africa Amouleo/Mobutu Tata
PEA 199 Voice of Africa Mokili/Tobina Lingala
PEA 200 Voice of Africa Angola Uhuru/Africa Uhuru Lingala
PEA 205 Franco & OK Jazz Ce Ce Ce Ce/Kontuna Bangote Lingala
PEA 206 Voice of Africa Hapara/Aburu Ya Waza Lingala
PEA 207 Voice of Africa Matatu/Maria
PEA 208 Voice of Africa Mikero/Antolaso
PEA 209 Les Machi Ekoko/Mayuna Lingala
PEA 210 Les Machi Mobembo/Souci Ya Mwana
PEA 211 Orch Singa Mwambe Liwanza/Defense Ya Pemba
PEA 212 Orch Singa Mwambe Lisolo/Liwa Ya Moto
PEA 213 Groupe Kine-Rama Mwasi Oponi Mobali/Madjeku
PEA 214 Groupe Kine-Rama Nonyokoli/Mandola
PEA 215 Orch Bana Moja Munsi/Manz
PEA 217 Mundemba & His Underground Café Con Leche/Nirvana Lingala
PEA 221 Les Pazo Lassani Pts 1 & 2
PEA 222 Voice of Africa Kenyatta Na Mobutu/Makuru Bambe
PEA 223 Voice of Africa L'Amour/Kumoriko
PEA 224 Voice of Africa Alima/Medico Analia Swahili/Lingala
PEA 225 Rossisendi and His Group A: Confessin' Love (I Swear Baby) English/Kinyarwanda
B: Confessin' Love (Nina Kuomba)
PEA 226 Rossisendi and His Group Sometimes Love is Funny/Ururabo English/Kinyarwanda
PEA 227 Rossisendi and His Group Urukundo Ngufitiye/Usa Na Bike Kinyarwanda
PEA 228 Jimmy Mawi Black Dialogue/Let Me Keep Away from You
PEA 229 Jimmy Mawi I Want Get Up/Black Star Blues
PEA 235 Orch Bakuba-Mayopi Zunguluke Pts 1 & 2 Lingala
PEA 238 Matumbi Tazama Mlima Kenya/Udaku
PEA 241 The Hi-Fives Ma Mbondo Wadia Nkulula/Shaidi Ni Ola
PEA 246 Zaiko Langa Langa Ando Pts 1 & 2
PEA 250 Orch Bana Afrika Annie/Mbanda Akufi
PEA 254 Trio Tumba Dix Commandments/Pasi Ya Bolingo Lingala
PEA 255 Orch Bana Matonge Maze Pts 1 & 2
PEA 275 Auguila Gaston Demaye Soul Soukous/Lelo Ngai Ma Bini Lingala
PEA 276 Fela Ransome Kuti Black Man's Cry Pts 1 & 2
& His Afro 70 Band
PATHE series
PATHE 100 Orch Boma Liwanza Siza Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 101 Orch Boma Liwanza Bambanda Ya Batchi Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 102 Orch Boma Liwanza Zawadi Ya Mwaka Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 103 Orch Boma Liwanza Easter Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 104 Orch Boma Liwanza Sofia Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 105 Orch Boma Liwanza Wema Pyame Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 105 Orch Boma Liwanza Bolingo Happy Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 106 Boma Liwanza Fauzia Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 107 Boma Liwanza Brother Man Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 108 Take Take De Medico Maria Niyoteza Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 109 Take Take De Medico Keke Lionde Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 110 Take-Take de Medico Medico Bwala Pts 1 & 2 Lingala/Kiswahili
PATHE 114 Les Kinois Biwewe Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 115 Orch S.B.B. Sicape Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 116 Orch S.B.B. Yanga/Boybanda Makasi
PATHE 117 Orch S.B.B. Dito/Djenguema
PATHE 123 Niki Niki Zena Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 124 Niki Niki Kambelembele Pts 1 & 2
PATHE 125 Les Kinois Sawa Pts 1 & 2
Other releases
OP 1007 Papa Noel Lili Mambeta/Club 113 Lingala
OP 1019 Rochereau & African Fiesta Rendez-Vous Chez Labas/L'Age et L'Amour French/Lingala
G 20026 Orch Bantou Makambo Mibale/Damba
G 20065 Orch Negro Band Sapato/Journal Dipanda
PF 11.561 Orch OK Jazz Omona Wapi/Nakoluka Ye Banzela
2C 006. 15.007
Le Negro Band a Paris Toyota Mpo Na Josephine/Para Gozar Belen
EMI’s archive in Hayes, West London, contains no catalogues from its East African subsidiary, of which Pathe was the most visible label. This is a shame as some documentary evidence might have offered a clue as to the thinking behind its eclectic releases from the early 1970s to early 1980s, ranging from Luo bands such as Juma Toto’s Todi National 72 to familiar Congolese acts such as Verckys; Nigerian legend Fela Ransome Kuti to the forgotten Les Foudres. And who exactly were La Creche Dyala and Voice of Africa? Both had multiple releases but I can find no information about either.
Flemming Harrev sent in the scans of the dark blue variant on the logo as well as the red one of PATHE 110, a PO Kanindo production dating from 1976. This bears a close resemblance to the label found on discs released by the French Pathe-Marconi label. As Flemming notes, “EMI in France released a great number of 45 singles and several compilation albums with Kenyan bands in the 1970s. Playa Sound, a different company in France, released around 10 compilation albums with Kenyan bands in the 1980s.”
I haven’t included the French releases in this discography so far (February 2010) but am beginning to think I should.
Just to make life a little more complicated, it should be noted that Medico Bwala, the featured artist on PATHE 110, was also the chief songwriter of Voice of Africa who feature often in the PEA prefix listings. Since the record also features in AIT’s master catalogue, I have added other PATHE prefix recordings to this discography from that source.
September 2011: among numerous additions to this discography found in the University of Mainz’s African Music Archive, PEA 69 was catalogued as a birthday greeting for President Albert B Bongo of Gabon and dated as being from 1972, which helps to put some kind of timeframe on this label.
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