Stenco

LABEL HISTORY

Maurice Salomon Stein, a French businessman who had established a store for fashion clothes in Brazzaville and with business interests in a hotel and professional photography, founded the Stenco label in 1962. A great admirer of Congolese music he decided to open a bar Le Super Jazz and to establish a recording studio. The initial Stenco recordings were releases by EMI Pathé Marconi in France in the Pathé EG series and dates from 1962. All later recordings were releases on the Stenco label. The Pathé albums in the STX series – in part based on Stenco recordings (the other half was licensed from O.K. Jazz) – were released around 1965. Maurice Salomon Stein left the Congo in 1964 because of ill health. But it would appear as if the recording studio was in operation for another couple of years. The last discs on the Stenco label were released in 1966.

Special thanks to Jean-Jacques Stein for background information.

Discographical note
The Stenco catalogue numbers do not follow a normal numerical progression. E.g. Bantous N° 3 and Cercul Jazz N° 3 have an identical number, B 3103 and CJ 3103 respectively. Only the prefix in front of the number differs. Consequently, the re-created catalogue for releases on the Stenco label has been arranged by orchestra in the following order: Les Bantous – Cercul Jazz – Los Batchichas – Negro Band – Fiesta Negro – Afro-Succès.

GALLERY

StencoPathéEG758-300dpi

Stenco Pathé EG758

StencoPathéEG708-300dpi

Stenco PatheEG 798

StencoPathéEG839-300dpi

Stenco Pathe EG 839

STX183-400pdi

Stenco – O.K. Jazz – Pathé STX 183

STX196-400dpi

Stenco – O.K. Jazz – Pathé STX 196

StencoB3102_300dpi

Stenco B 3102

StencoB3105-300dpi

Stenco B 3105

StencoBAT4101-300dpi

Stenco B 4101

StencoNB4092-300dpi

Stenco NB 4092

StencoNB4099-300dpi

Stenco NB 4099

StencoBAT4091-300dpi

Stenco BAT 4091

StencoBAT4096-300dpi

Stenco BAT 4096

StencoCJ3103-300dpi

Stenco CJ 3103

StencoCJ4105-300dpi

Stenco CJ 4105

StencoCJ4105-label-sideA-300dpi

Stenco CJ 4105 label

StencoCJ4106-300dpi

Stenco CJ 4106

Stenco25-4100-365dpi

Stenco 25-4100

StencoB25421-365dpi

Stenco B 25421

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