RECORDS
Independent American label: Kudu Records was a subsidiary of Creed Taylor's CTI label. Kudu specialised in 'Soul Jazz': a funkier, more danceable kind of music than appeared on its parent label. It found success in the States with records by Grover Washington Jr., but it had fizzled out by the end of 1978 - the year that CTI was declared bankrupt. In Britain, CTI and Kudu debuted as labels in May 1972 under a three-year agreement with Pye. Kudu singles from this period had paper labels and were numbered in the KUS-4000s. There were not many of them, so presumably LPs were the priority. When the agreement with Pye expired Kudu and its parent label moved to Polydor under a licensing agreement, and the paper labels were replaced with injection moulded ones. As part of the agreement it was stipulated that the two labels should have catalogue numbers with alphabetical prefixes, rather than Polydor's usual all-numerical ones. The numbers used were the same as those which were used in the USA, and were thus in a KUDU and KU-900 series, but not everything that was issued over there came out over here. Distributed By Pye and Polydor Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 72 | Phillips Esther | Home Is Where The Hatred Is | KUDU | KUS | 4000 |
| 72 | Washington Grover Jr | Ain'T No Sunshine | KUDU | KUS | 4001 |
| 73 | Phillips Esther | I'Ve Never Found A Man | KUDU | KUS | 4002 |
| 71 | Lonnie Smith | Mama Wailer (USA) | KUDU | KU | 901 |
| 71 | Grover Washington, Jr. | Inner City Blues / Ain't No Sunshine (USA) | KUDU | KU | 902 |
| 72 | Grover Washington, Jr. | Mercy Mercy Me (USA) | KUDU | KU | 903 |
| 72 | Esther Phillips | Home Is Where The Hatred Is / 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone (USA) | KUDU | KU | 904 |
| 72 | Hank Crawford | Brian's Song / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (USA) | KUDU | KU | 905 |
| 72 | Esther Phillips | Baby, I'm For Real (USA) | KUDU | KU | 906 |
| 72 | Johnny Hammond | Rock Steady (USA) | KUDU | KU | 907 |
| 72 | Hank Crawford | Unkle Funky (USA) | KUDU | KU | 908 |
| 72 | Grover Washington, Jr. | No Tears In The End / Body And Soul (Montage) (USA) | KUDU | KU | 909 |
| 72 | Esther Phillips | I've Never Found A Man / Cherry Red (USA) | KUDU | KU | 910 |
| 72 | Hank Crawford | Winter Wonderland (USA) | KUDU | KU | 911 |
| 72 | Grover Washington, Jr. | Where Is The Love (Part I) / Where Is The Love (Part II) (USA) | KUDU | KU | 912 |
| 73 | Eric Gale | Killing Me Softly With His Song / Cleopatra (USA) | KUDU | KU | 913 |
| 73 | Johnny Hammond | Thunder & Lightning (USA) | KUDU | KU | 914 |
| 73 | Esther Phillips | Use Me / Let Me In Your Life (USA) | KUDU | KU | 915 |
| 73 | Grover Washington, Jr. | Masterpiece (USA) | KUDU | KU | 916 |
| 74 | Esther Phillips | Justified / Too Many Roads (USA) | KUDU | KU | 917 |
| 74 | Idris Muhammad | Loran's Dance / Power Of Soul (USA) | KUDU | KU | 918 |
| 74 | Hank Crawford | Wildflower (USA) | KUDU | KU | 919 |
| 74 |
Not Issued |
KUDU | KU | 920 | |
| 74 | Esther Phillips | Such A Night / Can't Trust Your Neighbor With Your Baby (USA) | KUDU | KU | 921 |
| 74 | Esther Phillips | Disposable Society / Doing Our Thing (USA) | KUDU | KU | 922 F |
| 74 | Hank Crawford | Sho Is Funky (USA) | KUDU | KU | 923 F |
| 75 | Washington Grover Jr | Mr Magic | KUDU | KUDU | 924 |
| 75 | Phillips Esther | What A Difference The Day Makes | KUDU | KUDU | 925 |
| 75 | Phil Upchurch / Tennyson Stephens | You Got Style / Ave Maria (USA) | KUDU | KU | 926 F |
| 76 | Carter Ron | Anything Goes | KUDU | KUDU | 927 |
| 76 |
Not Issued |
KUDU | KU | 928 | |
| 76 | Phillips Esther | For All We Know | KUDU | KUDU | 929 |
| 76 | Washington Grover Jr | Knucklehead | KUDU | KUDU | 930 |
| 76 | Crawford Hank | I Hear A Symphony | KUDU | KUDU | 931 |
| 76 |
Not Issued |
KUDU | KU | 932 | |
| 76 | Ron Carter | Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) (USA) | KUDU | KU | 933 F |
| 77 | Matthews David | Shoogie Wanna Boogie | KUDU | KUDU | 934 |
| 77 | Muhammad Idris | Could Heavern Ever Be Like This | KUDU | KUDU | 935 |
| 77 | Esther Phillips | Boy, I Really Tied One On (USA) | KUDU | KU | 936 |
| 77 | Grover Washington Jr | A Secret Place (USA) | KUDU | KU | 937 F |
| 77 | Esther Phillips | All The Way Down (USA) | KUDU | KU | 938 |
| 77 | Idris Muhammad | Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (USA) | KUDU | KU | 939 |
| 77 | Idris Muhammad | Turn This Mutha Out (USA) | KUDU | KU | 940 |
| 77 | Locksmith | Summer Song (USA) | KUDU | KU | 941 |
| 77 | Grover Washington Jr | Summer Song (USA) | KUDU | KU | 942 |
| 78 | Muhammad Idris | Boogie To The Top | KUDU | KUDU | 943 |
| 78 | Crawford Hank | Daytime Friends | KUDU | KUDU | 944 |
