AB 7-5052     Tanzania Jazz Band            Rafiki John/Enyi Wakubwa Wenzangu               Swahili        1968

AB 7-5059     Tanzania Jazz Band            Mpenzi Mwajuma/Ewe Mwanaharusi                 Swahili        1968

AB 7-5066     Nuta Jazz Band                  Mpenzi Nakupenda/Kipenzi Moshi                     Swahili        1969

AB 7-5068     Njohole Jazz Band              A: Nyerere Baba Wa Tanzania                         Swahili        1969

                                                            B: Ubaya Wako Mwana Helena

AB 7-5069     Nuta Jazz Band                  Amina/Bwana Mizi                                          Swahili        1969

AB 7-5074     Jamhuri Jazz Band             Masoka Yako/Mpendo Rizika                            Swahili        1969

AB 7-5074     Jamhuri Jazz Band             Mpenzi Nimesha Fika/Uwa Wako Niwe Wangu    Swahili        1969

(Two reliable sources have the above two 45s listed with the same catalogue number.

SNAFU at the pressing plant or has someone made a slip-up in transcribing the details?)

AB 7-5076     Nuta Jazz Band                  Ninapo Kuona/Gomiyang                                 Swahili/      1969

                                                                                                                                 Kizaramo

AB 7-5080     Njohole Jazz Band              Siku Moja Nitarudi/Nakuona Wataka Mengi       Swahili        1969

PA 7-7036     Ogutu Mila Omondi             Isaac Were/Ougo Ochieng                               Luo             1971

PA 7061        Lunna Jazz Band                Monica/Cele                                                    Luo             1972

AS 1591-2

PA 7191        Machakos Jazz Band            Asanda Wayua/Ndelava Matatu                       Kikamba

PA 7-7196      River Jazz Band                 Bereneda Anzamo/Jairo Angote Okonda            Luhya

AS 4365-6

PA 7202         Phonotex Success              Kikulacho/Mwanzo wa Mapenzi                        Swahili

AS 4363-4

PA 7212        Phonotex Success               Shakwa Nishi/Kalimunda Ketsanga                   Luhya

AS 4638-9

PA 7213        Phonotex Success               Basololi/Birenje                                              Luhya

AS 4651-2

PA 7216        Orch Abeingo Success         Musayire Kho/Salome                                     Luhya

AS 4668-9

PA 7219         Kabras Boys Band              Khwanyola Hasara/Dinah Nanyama                  Luhya

AS 4688-9

PA 7-7220      Okamm Stars Band           Jenifa Dumbe/George Ambuche                        Luhya         1980

PA 7224         Orch Intumba Jazz            Pombe Pts 1 & 2                                              Swahili

AS 4717-8

PA 7226         Maroon Commandos          Liloba Pts 1 & 2                                               Luhya

                     (credited to Laban Ochuka & Maroon Commandos)

PA 7231         Butere Sharpshooters         Paulina Wanje Pts 1 & 2                                  Luhya         1980

PA 7234         Orch Abeingo Success        Iriba Nyanga Pts 1 & 2                                    Luhya         1980

AS 4772-3

PA 7243         Maendeleo Jazz Band         Orogendo Nairobi/Esikuru Nyamondo               Ekegusii      1981

AS 4823-4

PA 7274         Maroon Commandos          Abaluhya Banje Pts 1 & 2

PA 7280         Utawala Ap Band               Mwendwa Mary Pts 1 & 2                                Kikamba

AS 5056-7

Catalogue       Group                                         A side/B side                                                               Language       Year

Number

AFRICAN BEAT

This label appears to have had two very different incarnations: one in the late 1960s and one, as a Polygram subsidiary, in the late 1970s-early 1980s. They may, in fact, be two labels.