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Hi eveybody!

This weekend was a very lucky weekend for me.I found and bought the original 12" from 1983: Sugar Minott & lover D -'Hi Hello'

Does anybody know how many where made? The sleeve says that there where only 2 distribution
points, one in London ( dean street ) and the other one in the Bronx ( white plains rd. )so it can't be that much.

I found some info through google: the most succesfull wackies production was a 7" called 'wack rap' which was sold 6000 times.

Judging by how hard they are to track down, and the high prices some of them fetch, I am guessing that the 6000 mark probably is a 'high score' for Wackies releases. But i really don't know for sure.

I have that Hi Hello 12 inch, originally bought by a close friend of mine direct from the London address a long time ago...

Cannibal:
On what label is this 12 inch?
You have the Wackies or Kings & Lion label ?

Hi Ron!

It's released on the wackies label:
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1664 ... uretw7.jpg

a few weeks ago somebody told me that there where quite a lot pressed ( though I've only seen it once on ebay )
And that they regular show up as old shop stock.

I have the more recent press on the (blue) wackies label...does the original 12" have the Hasim Bakir versions on the flip too? This repress is in beautiful condition. Great Job Wackies! aDam
http://www.bomreggae.gemm.com

yes, that Hasm Bakr version is on the flip.

I got 2 songs 12" 956-A Hi Hello
956-b Sax special.
On Blue/silver label i think UK /Jetstarpressing.
(On the label is print track 3 dub special)

Lion

12" (Wackie's, #W956)
- Hi Hello (Sugar Minnott & Lover D Wackies Rhythm Force)
- Saxman Special / Dub Special (Jerry Johnson / Hasan Bakr Wackies Rhythm Force)


12" (Kings & Lions, #KLS111-005)
- Hi Hello How Are You (Sugar Minott)
- Border Line (Micheal Palmer) [not Wackie Releated]

3e tracks is not on my 12" =Hasan Bakr.
2 track 12" .

Lion