Catalogue       Group                                          A side/B side                                                        Year

Number

BABU 001    Orch Les Baboka                  Musa Pts 1 & 2

BABU 003    Orch Les Baboka                  Libala Makambo Pts 1 & 2

BABU 004    Orch Les Baboka                  Muana Mobali Pts 1 & 2

BABU 005    Liwanza Komecha                Ayoma Pts 1 & 2

BABU 006   Lifenya Lorri                         Juliana Pts 1 & 2

                  & Liwanza Komecha

BABU 008   Liwanza Komecha                 Liongela Pts 1 & 2

BABU 012    Bana Ngeng'e                      Kolokota Pts 1 & 2

BABU 013    Orch Fuata Yeye                  Sitaki Fujo Pts 1 & 2

An Audio Productions of Nairobi label like APL and Audio Productions, though initially specialising in Lingala singles. BABU 013, which surfaced on Ebay in September 2010, appears to be a departure from the pattern.

Can’t say much about Orch Les Baboka, except they appear to have been led by Bela Belos as he gets songwriting credit on all three of their singles here.

Bana Ngeng’e, led by Fataki Lokassa, were one of the first Congolese bands to make an impact on the Kenyan scene. Other singles by the band can be found on Bana Moja and Universal Sounds.

Ayoma Pts 1 & 2, BANU 005, shares the same title as a 1976 song by Orch Special Liwanza on Editions Ba-Ba, EB 9, and may well be the same song.