The move away from big labels and big budgets paradoxically brought a bigger marketing push and healthier sales. Thompson's first two self-funded releases, 2003's "The Old Kit Bag" and 2005's "Front Parlour Ballads", did well in the indie charts on both sides of the Atlantic. In May 2007 Thompson released "Sweet Warrior". The album was licensed to different labels in different territories: Shout! Factory in the US, P-Vine in Japan, Planet Records in Australia, and Proper Records in the UK and Europe. In August of the same year Island released a live Richard and Linda Thompson album, compiled from recordings made during the November 1975 tour to promote the "Pour Down Like Silver" album.