AB series

AB 7-5018     Adolph Bayora                    Mimi Sina Raha/Safari ya Tanzania                 Swahili        1965

                    & the African Beat Jazz

AB 7-5020     Adolph Banyora                  Good Time Twist/Niko Pekee

                    & the African Beat Jazz

AB 7-5039     Kilwa Jazz Band                  A: Mpenzi Sema Una Chotaka                         Swahili

                                                             B: Mapenzi Ya Kisasa

AB 7-5040     Nuta Jazz Band                  Azimio La Arusha/Tanzania Ni Inchi Yetu          Swahili        1967

AB 7-5044     Dar Es Salaam Jazz Band    Mpenzi Una Nini/Nakwita Mary

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 Mwizi                                        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/Gomiyangu                                Swahili/      1969

                                                                                                                                 Kizaramo

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

AB 7-5086     Njohole Jazz Band              A: Ubaya Wako Mwana Helena                        Swahili        1969

                                                            B: Nyerere Baba Ya Tanzania

PA series

PA 7-7021     A) Peter Owino Bachar        Oyengo Jerry/Yawuot G.U.B.                           Luo

                    B) Peter Owino Bachar

                    & Odhiambo Ossumba

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 7-7080     Let's Go Group                    Anjel Amria/Difu Mwana Aburu                    

PA 7191        Machakos Jazz Band            Asanda Wayua/Ndelava Matatu                       Kikamba

PA 7-7169     Kiluluma Band                   Vaa Nikwa King'oo No.2/Anna Mwende              Kikamba     1976 AS 3871-2

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 7247         Orch Muema Brothers         Jane Pts 1 & 2                                               Kikamba

PA 7254         History Kumbuka Band       Kwondangung/Grace

PA 7255         Original Kilimambogo         Syindu Sya Mana/Mirembo Yikw'o

                     Brothers

PA 7274         Maroon Commandos          Abaluhya Banje Pts 1 & 2

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

AS 5056-7

PA 7296         Yamu Muthetheni Boys       Kelitu Keu/Mukonyo Private

Catalogue       Group                                         A side/B side                                                               Language       Year

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AFRICAN BEAT

This label appears to have had two very different incarnations: one in the late 1960s as an outlet for Tanzanian releases in Kenya and then, as a Polygram subsidiary, from the early 1970s to the early 1980s as an outlet for a roster of regional bands from within Kenya.

Thanks to Greg Butler for sending in details of PA 7-7021. Although the label reads Peter Owino Bachar, it is a typo and  should be Peter Owino Rachar, who went on to form the Golden Ugenya Band and set up as a producer in his own right with his own Rachar label.

Thanks to Frank Schneider who sent in details and a scan of AB 7-5018, the oldest record found to date (March 2011) on this label. Frank also sent in info and scans of AB 7-5040 and AB 7-5068 and I’ve added the latter to this page. In October 2011 Miles Cleret of Soundway Records provided details of AB 7-5020. It’s obviously by the same artist despite the different spelling of his name.