E. A. Records

Kenyan manufacturer / record pressing plant in Nairobi. Pressed for labels like Polydor (and in earlier days also for EMI and CBS).
Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania.
Record pressings for Philips, Phonogram, Polydor, PolyGram and related labels can be identified by "561" in the runouts.

Brief history:
1948: Founded as Jambo by East African Sound Studios Ltd., also operating a recording studio.
1952: Renaming to East African Records Ltd. and opening of a record pressing plant (shellac) in Nairobi.
1963: The label and recording studio are transferred to label Equator Sound, while E. A. Records, now a record pressing plant only, is sold to Phonogram (PolyGram).
1976: Only record pressing plant in East Africa.