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| Released | August 2002 | |||
| Genre | Power pop[1] | |||
| Length | 277:24 | |||
| Label | Not Lame | |||
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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 quantity by Not Lame Recordings in August 2002.[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]
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 $170,000 in 2022). The remastering alone cost 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 Baby's 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
 
Works cited
- Dorfman, Craig (2016). Brighter Day A Jellyfish Story. Not Lame. ISBN 978-0979771460.
 
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