Catalogue       Group                                                       A side/B side                                                        Year

Number

HP 001         Orch Shika Shika                           Diana Pts 1 & 2

HP 003         Orch Shika Shika                           Jane Pts 1 & 2

HP 005         Orch Shika Shika                           Shika Shika Pts 1 & 2

HP 007         Orch Shika Shika                           Fifi Pts 1 & 2

HP 008         Orch Shika Shika                           Mangenge Pts 1 & 2

HP 009         Orch Shika Shika                           Massa Pts 1 & 2

HP 010         Orch Shika Shika                           Sisili Pts 1 & 2

HP 013         Orch Viva Makale                           Sugar Mummy Pts 1 & 2

HP 014         Orch Shika Shika                           Cherie Lala Pts 1 & 2

HP 015         Orch Shika Shika                           Tina (Marie) Pts 1 & 2

HP 017         Orch Shika Shika                           Monica Acoch Pts 1 & 2

HP 018         Orch Shika Shika                           Tika Na Lela Pts 1 & 2

HP 019         Orch Shika Shika                           Mayatu Pts 1 & 2

HP 020         Orch Shika Shika                           Milando Pts 1 & 2

HP 021         Orch Shika Shika                           Liwa Pts 1 & 2

HP 025        Orch Shika Shika                            Tabu Ni Tabu Tu Pts 1 & 2

HP 103        Orch Mokano                                  Sala Zuwa Pts 1 & 2

Parade 101  Nyeri Honey Boys                           Ndikwenda Kwanangwo/Nowe Wecuka

Produced by Audio Productions of Nairobi, the company behind APL, Sound of Music and other labels, this is the main label for Jimmy Moni Mambo’s Orch Shika Shika of the late 1970s-early 1980s.

To read their history, go to www.muzikifan.com/shika.html which has a detailed account of Congolese bands in Kenya.

The label-hopping Orch Shika Shika also cut records for Bolingo, CBS, City Boom, Editions Jaca, Editions Musique Bénie, Makossa, Safari and Musiciana.

Orch Viva Makale, the only other band I’ve encountered so far to record for the label, also released records on ASL.

Danish collector Flemming Harrev sent in details of HP 25, which open up the possibility of even more Shika-Shika tunes awaiting rediscovery.

In April 2011 two records appeared on Ebay which broaden the label’s scope. Parade 101 is by a Kikuyu band that also recorded for Boxer and Kikuyu Sounds, while HP 103 is by a Congolese band that also recorded for Editions Bakoka.