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Catalogue       Group                                              A side/B side                                                           Year

Number

KRG 7-421    Makueni Brothers Band          Paulina/Celina                                            1975


KRG 7-500    Kamaru Celina Band              Ndiwa Mumwe/Ndukanatire                         1976


KGA 7-503    Kanjunge Boys                      Kirabu Gia Karara/Reke Ngutare                  1976


KGA 7-504    Kanjunge Boys                      Nowe Ndathura/Kanini Gachumu                 1976


KGA 7-505    Mandaraka Boys Band            Kai Utari Tha/Nindonire Ungi                      1976


KGA 7-506    Mandaraka Boys Band            Mwendwa Susy/Conoka                             1976


KGA 513       Lulus Band                            Cucu Witu/Ngwendeire Guita


KGA 515       Gatunyu Boys Band               Sex Machine/Tiga Kundega                         1977


KGA 516       Captain's Band                      Mwendwa Wa Ngoro/Muratina Ti Njuki         1976


KGA 518       Kanjung'e Boys Band             Rejina Mwendwa/Ti Kuguruka                     1977


KGA 519       Dagoretti Boys Band              Dear Sarah/Campaingn Ya Wendo               1977


KGA 527       Karura Brothers Band            Ndekera (Mwanake)/Wanduire Watchman    1978


KGA 528       Rift Valley Brothers                Kawangane/Karugano                                1978


KGA 529       Banana Hill Band                   Mwakira Niki/Muiritu Mwega                       1978





The first of these singles is in Kikamba, all the rest are in Kikuyu. Kamaru Celina Band also recorded for Joseph Kamaru’s KMS label; Daniel Kamau’s Lulus Band for KDK, DK Undugu Sound, Kundi, Sibuor and Sokota, James Mbugua’s Karura Brothers Band for Kihumbu Harmonic Sound and their own label, Karura Brothers. The others are the sole recordings I’ve found so far by the Kanjunge Boys, the Mandaraka Boys, the Gatunyu Boys Band and the Dagoretti Boys Band. The latter were presumably trying for the word “campaign” on their B-side but the label is misspelt.

With copyright assigned to EIT, this is presumably an AIT label.

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