Konduko Album Discography
The Konduko label was founded in 1974 and owned by Noel G. Williams, aka King Sporty.
Williams was a Jamaican street deejay, producer, and reggae musician, at one time working with Bob
Marley. Williams is credited with helping to develop the Miami rap/electrobass sound. Williams recorded
on Konduko both as King Sporty and as Noel Williams. In the 1980s, Williams married Betty Wright, one
of the artists who recorded for Henry Stone and T.K. Productions.
The label was distributed by T.K. Productions from 1974-1979, then distributed thereafter independently or after 1987 by Vision Records. The label issued vinyl records, mostly 12" disco singles, well into the late 1980s, and is still in business today as Tashamba Records in Miami. Most of the issues on Konduko are quite pricey today for collectors.
Artists on the label also included Phillip & Lloyd (Phillip James and Lloyd Campbell, who had an album called The Blues Busters [Scepter 5121] in 1976), Charles Rousseau, the Prolifics, Der Mer, the Extra Funk Factory, Harris Mazyck, Fashion Funktion, Ronnie Keaton (with the Ocean Liners), Reanna Coleman, Classy III, the Family Factor, the Youth MC's, J. Griffin, Smoove Matty Matt, Robert Thompson, Connie Case, the Extras, and Chuck Armstrong, who had had a single chart on the R&R label in 1976 ("Give Me All Your Sweet Lovin'" [R&R 15313, #75 R&B]).
While the albums issued under T.K. distribution had a reasonable (if awkward) numbering system, singles and albums issued later had no consistent numbering system, making a complete discography for Konduko problematic. For example, some singles, like the Ronnie Keaton single shown below, were not even numbered at all, while others, such as the King Sporty single pictured below, had numbers such as "X00".
