Catalogue       Group                                                  A side/B side                                                       Year

Number

LNG 001      Orch Super Bwambe                   Nya Siaya Pts 1 & 2                                 1980

LINGA (S) 2 Orch Shika Shika                        Makopa Pts 1 & 2

LINGA (S) 3 Orch Shika Shika                        Motema Ekobeta Pts 1 & 2

LINGA (S) 4 Orch Shika Shika                        Misere Pts 1 & 2

LINGA 5      Orch Ba Cheri Bondowe               Karisa Pts 1 & 2

LINGA 7      Orch Moja One                            Saad - Krismas - Disco Pts 1 & 2

LINGA 8      Le Presto                                    Maziwa Lala Pts 1 & 2

LINGA 11    Orch Popo-Lipo                           Amad Saad Pts 1 & 2

LINGA 12    Orch Bana Ekanga                      Nziki-Nziki Pts 1 & 2

LINGA 13    Orch Les Kinois                           Ami Abouma Pts 1 & 2

CBS(K) 015 Orch Shika-Shika                        Rosa Rudi Pts 1 & 2

CBS imprint that appears to have specialised in releasing records by Kenya-based Congolese musicians. All of these singles are in Lingala, except for LNG 001 by Orch Super Bwambe, which the label claims is in English and Swahili and LINGA 13 which is in Lingala and Swahili.

It is possible that Orch Popo-Lipo is the better-known Orch Pepelepe, who recorded primarily for ASL

Many thanks to Fabian Altahone of the very fine Africolombia blog for alerting me to the existence of LINGA 8 in May 2012. This also claims to be in Lingala, though the song title is Kiswahili and means, literally, “sleepy milk” or yoghurt.