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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Studio | Reflection Studios, Charlotte, N.C. [1] | |||
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| Length | 24:36 | |||
| Label | Fishco | |||
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Kootchypop is a 1993 EP by Hootie & the Blowfish released independently. Several of the EP's songs became hits when they were re-recorded for their later major-label albums. In addition, the tracks were eventually remastered and included as a bonus on the deluxe 25th anniversary edition of Cracked Rear View .
The band self-funded the EP for $8,000 (equivalent to $10,069in 2021) [2] and it caught the attention of Tim Sommer, A&R at Atlantic Records, who encouraged the label to sign the band. [3] By 1996, they had sold over 50,000 copies of the album. [4] In covering the band's career, Ira Robbins and Jason C. Reeher of Trouser Press called the EP "a thoroughly professional effort which is 95 percent of the way toward the sound that made the band millionaires". [5]
In 1998, the band's self-released recordings were the center of a lawsuit between Fishco, Inc.—the corporate entity they formed to represent the band—and California-based Haim Mizrahi, who attempted to sell the master recordings. [6]
All songs written by Hootie & the Blowfish.
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