Sabanoh Sounds was one of three labels brought into being by producer Akie Deen (who was from Sierra Leone) in order to promote West African music in London; the other two were Afrodisc and Rokel (q.v. both). It dates from around 1976-77, and it appears to have been a vehicle for records by the band Sabanoh 75. Its singles were generally numbered in the SB75-100s, though the '75' part could be omitted; some had injection moulded labels (1), others had paper ones. Pressing of the injection-moulded items was by Phonodisc, and according to 'Music Master' distribution of some of the records was through Jama. The colour of the paper labels varied: SB-104 was yellow with red printing. Thanks to Robert Bowes for the scan of the paper label, and to Christophe Simplex for discographical input.
(Ray Templeton: 'African Music on 45 rpm Records in the UK;
www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/african.htm).
(Recordiversity - Vintage African Music; http://members.lycos.co.uk/dubcitizen)
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.