Fan Club (Jellyfish album)
Fan Club is a box set of demos, rarities and live performances by American power pop band Jellyfish. The box set was released in limited quality by Not Lame Recordings in November 2001.[1] Fan Club contains demos from the band’s 1990 debut Bellybutton and their 1993 sophomore follow-up Spilt Milk.[1][2] The box set also contains recordings of live performances, rehearsals, compilation track appearances, and interview snippets.[1][3]
Fan Club | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Box set by | ||||
Released | August 2002 | |||
Genre | Power pop[1] | |||
Length | 277:24 | |||
Label | Not Lame | |||
Producer | ||||
Jellyfish chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic |
Label owner Bruce Brodeen worked on the project for over 15 months, and to complete it, sought a bank loan that exceeded $100,000 (equivalent to $140,000 in 2019). The remastering alone costed over $10,000. Not Lame amassed over 1,600 advance orders from fans, while another 3,400 advance orders came from distributors.[4] Three pressings (8,000 copies) sold out by the end of the year.[5] The set went out of print within months due to the expiration of the label's rights to the Jellyfish catalog, making it a collector's item.[6]
Track listing
Disc One: The Bellybutton Demos, 1988-'89
- "The Man I Used To Be"
- "Bedspring Kiss"
- "Deliver"
- "Now She Knows She's Wrong"
- "Queen Of The USA"
- "Always Be My Girl"
- "I Wanna Stay Home"
- "Let This Dream Never End"
- "Season Of The Witch"
- "That Girls A Man"
- "Calling Sarah"
- "All I Want Is Everything"
- "Bye Bye Bye"
- "She Still Loves Him"
- "Baby's Coming Back"
- "The King Is Half Undressed"
Disc Two: The Bellybutton Tour (A.K.A. "The Innie Through The Outtie Tour"), 1990-'91
- "MTV Top Of The Hour"
- "(Much Music Canada)"
- "The King Is Half Undressed" (Live At The Roxy)
- "Sugar And Spice" (Live At The Roxy)
- "(91X San Diego)"
- "Two All Beef Patties" (Live At The Roxy)
- "Mr Late" (Live At The Roxy)
- "No Matter What" (Live At The Roxy)
- "All I Want Is Everything" (Live At The Roxy)
- "(Much Music Canada)"
- "Hold Your Head Up Hello" (Live At Bogarts)
- "Calling Sarah" (Live At Bogarts)
- "She Still Loves Him" (Live At Bogarts)
- "Will You Marry Me" (Live At Bogarts)
- "Baby Come Back Babys Coming Back" (Live At Bogarts)
- "Now She Knows Shes Wrong" (Live At Bogarts)
- "Let Em In That Is Why" (Live At Bogarts)
- "Jet" (Live At The Hard Rock)
- "(Much Music Canada)"
- "The King Is Half Undressed" (Live At Wembley)
- "Baby's Coming Back" (Live At Wembley)
- "I Wanna Stay Home" (Live At Wembley)
- "She Still Loves Him" (Live At Wembley)
- "All I Want Is Everything" (Live At Wembley)
Disc Three: The Spilt Milk Demos, 1991-'92
- "(World Cafe)"
- "Spilt Milk Intro"
- "Hush"
- "Joining A Fan Club"
- "Sebrina Paste And Plato"
- "New Mistake"
- "Glutton Of Sympathy"
- "The Ghost At Number One"
- "All Is Forgiven"
- "Russian Hill"
- "Hes My Best Friend"
- "Family Tree"
- "Spilt Milk Outtro"
- "Ignorance Is Bliss"
- "Worthless Heart"
- "Watchin The Rain"
- "I Need Love"
- "I Dont Believe You"
- "Long Time Ago"
- "Runnin For Our Lives"
- "Fan Club Message"
Disc Four: The Spilt Milk Tour, 1993
- "Glutton Of Sympathy" (Live Rehearsal)
- "Baby's Coming Back" (Live on Dutch TV)
- "That Is Why" (Live on World Cafe)
- "The Ghost At Number One" (Live on World Cafe)
- "Joining A Fan Club" (Live on World Cafe)
- "(World Cafe)"
- "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" (Live on Australian Radio)
- "New Mistake" (Live On Japanese Radio)
- "Eleanor Rigby" (Live On Japanese TV)
- "S.O.S." (Live on Japanese TV)
- "S.O.S." (Live at Club Quatro Japan)
- "All Is Forgiven" (Live at Universal Amphitheatre)
- "Sebrina Paste And Plato" (Live at Universal Amphitheatre)
- "Joining A Fan Club" (Live at Universal Amphitheatre)
- "The Ghost At Number One" (Live at Universal Amphitheatre)
- "The Man I Used To Be" (Live at Universal Amphitheatre)
- "Glutton Of Sympathy" (Live at Universal Amphitheatre)
- "New Mistake" (Live at Universal Amphitheatre)
- "Think About Your Troubles"
Personnel
- Andy Sturmer – vocals, drums, keyboards, guitar
- Roger Manning – keyboards, vocals
- Jason Falkner – guitars, bass, vocals
- Chris Manning – bass, vocals
- Eric Dover – guitar, vocals
- Tim Smith – bass, vocals
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (n.d.). "Jellyfish - Fan Club". AllMusic. TiVo Corporation. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- Zaks, Andy (November 2001). "Fan Club (Box Set 2002)". Album Liner Notes. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- Strauss, Neil (December 15, 2018). "The Year in Boxes: Bjork to Dylan to Dischord; JELLYFISH: 'FAN CLUB: FROM THE RARE TO THE UNRELEASED -- AND BACK AGAIN' (Not Lame Recordings, four CD's, $85.98)". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- Orshoshki, Wes (December 29, 2002). "Music, Myths of Cult Faves Jellyfish Feted By 4-CD Boxed Set On Not Lame/EMI". Billboard.
- Dorfman 2016, p. 213.
- Dorfman 2016, pp. 213–214.