Catalogue Group A side/B side Year
Number
HH 7-001 Kajulu Boys Band P. Oricho Mbom/Mary Ogola Nyar Puola
HH 003 Kajulu Boys Band Otengo Ja Usari/L Atieno Nyar Seme
HH 08 Ecko Jazz Band Kassim Amisi/Selina Atieno
AS 1406-07
HH 013 Kajulu Boys Band Omolo Adesi/P Owiti Ja Buoye
AS 1474-75
HH 014 Kajulu Boys Band Achieng' Nyar Mama/M Auma Nyar Chiga
AS 1476-77
HH 7-015 Gem Lucky Friends Band Dick A. Mbogo/William Jo Makongany
HH 7-022 Gem Lucky Friends Band Gilbert Onyango/Dorry Komesha
HH 7-032 Kajuju Boys Band Wuodhwa Mag Gita/Jogita Penjore Ni Ogoro
HH 7-033 Kajulu Boys Band Onyango Oriema/Mama Mary
AS 1715-16
HH 034 Kajulu Boys Band Pod Idongo/Ogwang'Kamin Awere
AS 1717-18
HH 039 Kajulu Boys Band Mary Owada/Omolo Oweya Kod Paro
AS 1757-58
HH 7-040 Kajuju Boys Band Odhiambo Wuod Alego/Joma Dhi Kisumo Otongolo
HI-HIT
Evidently started by Orange Records of Nairobi as a sister label to Sunset, the two sharing almost identical label designs and both being dedicated to releases in Dholuo.
Phonogram appears to have taken on distribution of Hi-Hit at some stage and many of its releases carry a subsidiary AS catalogue number suggesting a link with Associated Sound (ASL) in Nairobi. If that’s the case, then it would date these singles to 1972-73.
Many of these singles are in the British Library’s National Sound Archive.
Both Ecko Jazz Band and Kajulu Boys also recorded for Atudo.