Catalogue Group A side/B side Year
Number
AGE 001 Kathuma Family Mucore Ruth/Kanorio
AGE 002 Ambui Brothers Niukarira/Ndiira - Thi
AGE 5 Kahumbu Success Wendo Uyu Waku/Jenetu Ndari
AGE 06 Kungu Brothers Mwendwa Emi/Nindoiga Sorry
AGE 08 Githiga ‘9’ Brothers Cucu Witu/Mahoya Ma Bururi
AGE 09 Githiga 9 Brothers Muito Wa Kayahwe/Wa Wairimu
AGE 7-87 Nyahururu Boys Mark Mwithaga/Mono Eye 1975
AGE 7-89 Henery Kariuki with K.C.B. A: Mwendwa Waringa 1974
B: Uthaka Ni Mwithua
AGE 7-95 Rift Valley Boys A: Ndaciariiruo Ndiiya
B: Koma Thayu Mwendwa/
AGE 7-98 Joseph Gicheha (Rift Valley Boys) Thina Wa Gicheha/Mukokoteni
There’s a writing credit on AGE 06 and AGE 08 for Mukaramani, which suggests these two Kikuyu bands are related. The British Library’s National Sound Archive says AGE 08 was produced by Joseph Kamaru, leader of the City Sound Band, music store owner and a prime mover and shaker in Kikuyu music.
Sofiane of Groovy Record in Paris provided details of AGE 5, 09 and 98 in March 2011, and AGE 001 in March 2012. AGE 7-95 pitched up on the Discogs website in February 2016, while AGE 002 and AGE 7-87 and 7-89 appeared on Fredrik Lavik’s Afro7 website in July 2016. The latter two discs place this as a mid-1970s label, though why the record with an earlier catalogue number has a later date is unknown.
TEEN AGE