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SKN

Kikuyu label

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SOA

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Sokota

A label that seems to have spread its net wide and attracted both well-known Luo and Kikuyu bands such as Peter Rachar Owino’s Golden Ugenya Boys and Francis Ruguiti’s Banana Hill Band as well as obscure bands like Kaka Jazz and Milambo Jazz.

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Soni Sounds

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Soul Brother

South African label!

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Sound of Music

Produced by Audio Productions of Nairobi, the company behind APL, Hit Parade and other labels.

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Sounds Express

James Mbugua connected label, few releases.

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Sounds so Sweet

Three releases on this label, and mostly TAITA related.

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Sparkle

Looks like a fan made label for Phil Ochs who released one single in Kenya.

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Special Baruti

A City Sounds label dedicated to recordings of Special Baruti - the name means Special Explosive in Kiswahili - a band that hailed from the far west of Tanzania according to the Wanamuziki Tanzania blog and also recorded for the Sounds So Sweet and Shemeji labels.

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STC

Tanzania label

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Stranger of the 70s

A.P. Chandarana's output label of Tanzania music, he had a portable record studio he used to record the artists. His base was in Kericho.

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Studio Sawa Sound

Most likely an affiliate label of Sawa Sawa Sound.

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Sululu

Initially a Phonogram and later a Polygram distributed label, mostly Kikuyu bands.

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Sulwe

Melodica distributed label given over almost entirely to two Luo band leaders: George Ramogi with CK Jazz and Continental Revolution and Leonard Omedo with Metric Jazz.

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Sun Eclipse

One-off self-produced record by Kikuyu musician Peter Gaithuma and his band. Having 1973 so prominent on the label seems a bit odd as the title translates as 'The Cry of JM' and the song appears to be about the death of JM Kariuki, a Kenyan socialist politician who was assassinated in 1975.

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Sunday

A rigorous label focusing on Kikuyu bands and choirs. Produced at legendary Chandarana studios Kericho.

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Super Black

South African label

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Super Matatu

A.I.T. subsidiary label from early 80s

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Super Musiki du Zaire

AIT label, evidently for Congolese bands operating in East Africa.

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Suzumi

Small Kenyan label that released a series of four known 7" singles sometime during the late 60s or early 70s. It was a label run by Melodica music store Nairobi. Two releases were by Geraldo Pino and the other two by Wings. The music was Afrobeat with touches of psychedelia, all releases making prominent use of the Hammond B3 organ. There is a surfacing rumor that all these 45s are bootlegs.

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Tam Tam

Label with South African artists.

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Tanzania Film Company

TFC owned one of the few recording studios in Tanzania and put out records on its own label and also on Sindimba, Kwetu and Uhuru Stars.

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Tcheza

Congo label with many releases.

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Teen Age

Kikuyu label

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The Sounds of Tanzania

Appears to be a Japanese label.

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Thika Uhuruko Choir

Kikuyu Gospel label

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Tsavo

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Tube

Evidently a Diploma-distributed label for Shem Tube, a Luhya muscian

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Turbo

Another one off label

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Twist

Linked through the figure of David Amunga to Mwangaza, one of the first African-owned labels after Kenya’s independence. Like Mwangaza, it is a 1960s label, but then picking a name after a dance craze rather gave that way.

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Uhuru Stars

Julius Nyerere’s socialist vision for Tanzania during his term as president from 1963-1984 meant that record labels were few and far between. Kwetu, Sindimba, TFC and Uhuru Stars are all products of one firm, the Tanzania Film Company, which specialised in producing documentaries for government bodies and had its own recording studio. Alex Perullo, in his book Live from Dar Es Salaam: Popular Music and Tanzania’s Music Economy (Indiana University Press, 2011), states that Uhuru Stars was the first TFC label, followed shortly afterwards by Sindimba. AIT pressed and distributed the Kenyan version of the label with the same catalogue numbers.

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UMOJA

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Umoja Mwana Shambe

Label with Lingala output in Kenya

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Upendo

AP Chandarana label for Luhya output

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USG

Ugandian label

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Utukufu

Utukufu means ‘glory’ or ‘majesty’ in Kiswahili.

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Victory

Looks like a private one off from Kikuyu musician CDM Kiratu who produced records on several labels.

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VMS

Self-named label from Victoria Music Stores, the company that was also behind numerous other labels, including Lake Victoria.

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Waanyikaa

AIT Records label operating from early to mid 1980s and featuring tracks primarily by Les Wanyika offshoots produced by Felix G Njaakumu.

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Wageso

A label for productions by AC Kochomo, whose name is also attached to a raft of other labels including Awendo Rakido, Editions Tobina, Kidhir Sudi, Kung Fu and Oyaore Ondiek.

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