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who are able to fund their own record label have also previously charted without a record deal. KOOPA's achievement is to have entered the Top 40 Chart as an unsigned band through sales of downloads alone, there being no physical copy of the single in existence.
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Between 2004 and 2007, the band toured continuously, both locally and nationally. During this period, they released two singles on Mad Cow
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on a UK Tour. The album was mastered by Brian
Gardiner and was released at the beginning of 2009. In August 2008 the band announced that the first single from the forthcoming album would be "Gimmie It Back" which was released on 24 November 2008.
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hit based on download sales only, and the first act to have a charting single without being signed to a record label, both facilitated by then-recent changes to rules for eligibility for the singles chart.
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On 29 October 2007 "The Crash" was released which listed in the midweek chart at No. 12, appearing in the
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On 13 February 2008, again on MySpace, the band announced that their new record company; Pied Piper, had given them the opportunity to record an album in the US, which was to be produced by
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As of June 2009, the band have licensed all vintage material to Cohort/Brilliant records in the UK, are signed to
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