Catalogue             Group                                                                 A side/B side                                                      Year

Number

Win 7-11          Joseph Abbasi                                        Dada Wamboi/Gerad Onyango

Win 7-14          Isaya Mwinamo                                      Vijana Wa Majengo/Julia Atieno

Win 7-33          Daudi Kabaka                                        Chadwick Odongo/African Shake Shake

Win 7-41         Jimmy Amugamua Lasco                          Hamba Hamba Twist/Magdalena              1965

Win 7-46          Fred Masagazi                                        Ensimbi Za Kiseera/Eedweru Si Nmere     1966

Quartet of singles from the 1960s. The first three are from the Voice of America collection and are in Swahili. They include a cut by the great Daudi Kabaka, an artist more usually associated with Equator.

The fourth is a 1966 single by Fred Masagazi, one of Uganda’s most famous singers, who also recorded extensively in Nairobi.

There’s a fascinating article from The East African, August 14, 2007, about the disastrous impact of Idi Amin on Uganda’s entertainment industry that also gives an overview of Masagazi’s career. You can find it here:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200708140649.html

Win 7-41 turned up on Ebay in February 2012. Unusually, the label carried a very precise release date: 1 August 1965.