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How did the band the police  get the recording contract in 1977?
Miles Copeland was immediately struck by the track Roxanne and quickly got the Police a record deal with A&M Records.
how did the band the Police come up with the name band's name?
Stewart Copeland, whose father worked for the CIA, named his band before Gordon Sting Sumner and Andy Summers joined

Question: How much money was the recording contract for?
Self-contained rewrite: How much money was the band the police recording contract for?