Kootchypop

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.

Kootchypop
A line drawing of fish in a classroom
EP by
Hootie & the Blowfish
Released1993 (1993)
Recorded1993
StudioReflection Studios, Charlotte, N.C.[1]
Genre
Length24:36
LabelFishco
Producer
  • Hootie & the Blowfish
  • Mark Williams
Hootie & the Blowfish chronology
Time
(1991)		 Kootchypop
(1993)		 Cracked Rear View
(1994)

Recording and release

The band self-funded the EP for $8,000 (equivalent to $10,874 in 2022)[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]

Track listing

All songs written by Hootie & the Blowfish.

  1. "The Old Man and Me" – 4:26 (Re-recorded for Fairweather Johnson)
  2. "Hold My Hand" – 5:05 (Re-recorded for Cracked Rear View)
  3. "If You're Going My Way" – 3:26
  4. "Sorry's Not Enough" – 4:03
  5. "Only Wanna Be with You" – 3:37 (Re-recorded for Cracked Rear View)
  6. "Hold My Hand" (edit) – 3:59

Personnel

Hootie & the Blowfish

Additional personnel

  • Jim Brock – congas on "Sorry's Not Enough"
  • Don Dixon – harmony arrangements on "If You're Going My Way"
  • Mana Hewitt – art, layout
  • Suzy McGrane – photography
  • Mark Williams – production, engineering, mixing, recording, mastering

References
  1. Kootchypop (CD liner). Hootie & the Blowfish. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Farley, Christopher John; Thigpen, David E. (April 29, 1996). "Can 13 Million Hootie Fans Really Be Wrong?". Time. Vol. 147, no. 18. p. 74. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  3. Locey, Bill (March 2, 1995). "Band Reaches Record Success: Hootie & the Blowfish, Started at College, Has Shown a Lot of Musical and Business Savvy. It Plays in Santa Barbara Tonight". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  4. Kot, Greg (April 21, 1996). "A Tough Act to Follow". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  5. Robbins, Ira; Reeher, Jason C. "Hootie & the Blowfish". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  6. Morris, Chris (February 10, 1998). "Hootie & Co. Sue Calif. Man". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 6. p. 12. ISSN 0006-2510.
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