Jellyfish - Fan Club [2002] (4 x CDs) + Bonus

JELLYFISH

Jellyfish - Fan Club [2002] (4 x CDs) + Bonus

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. Fan Club contains demos from the band's 1990 debut Bellybutton and their 1993 sophomore follow-up Spilt Milk. The box set also contains recordings of live performances, rehearsals, compilation track appearances, and interview snippets. 

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. Three pressings (8,000 copies) sold out by the end of the year. 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. (Wikipedia)

The title of Fan Club is entirely accurate -- this, more than most box sets -- is one for the fans. And Jellyfish does have fans: for a band that didn't sell many records, they sure gained a lot of fans, many of them starting their own post-power pop group after hearing 1990's Bellybutton and 1993's Spilt Milk. Those fans spread the gospel and followed solo careers -- Jason Falkner became a cult favorite in his own right -- but they still hungered for more Jellyfish, which they finally received in the summer of 2002 thanks to the power pop specialists at Not Lame, who assembled Fan Club with the assistance of all of the band and their soundman, Shalom Aberle. This is a release that was deliberately targeted at a fan base -- it contains nothing but unreleased material over its four discs, filled with memorabilia and memories from the band, and pressed in a limited number. That may mean that it will hardly play outside the hardcore fans but, then again, it's not intended to, either. And those hardcore fans will delight with this set, as it's filled with demos for songs for both albums (plus unreleased songs), live songs (taken from concerts and television broadcasts), rehearsals, compilation track appearances, and interview snippets tying it all together. It's an archival piece done right -- it is an exhaustive journey through the vaults, lovingly prepared. (AMG review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine)

This box set is awesome!  If you enjoyed the Beach Boys, Queen, or ELO, you'll love this band. Second, their lyrics are fantastic. Think Elvis Costello, Tom Waits or the Beatles (I really relate their sophomore album Spilt Milk to Sgt. Peppers, lyrically and stylistically). Which brings me to the last reason that I'll list here: their style. Jellyfish made their albums exactly as they wanted, not caving in to the grunge popularity of the time, or really the popularity of any one style. Although their debt to some of the forementioned bands is evident, they do have their own sound, which you can hear in full listening to the lush recordings of the two studio albums they left us. For any fan of this extinct yet ahead of their time band. If you aren't a Jellyfish fan yet, listen to the album Spilt Milk, and you will be. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Jellyfish - The Man I Used To Be 4:23

02 Jellyfish - Bedspring Kiss 4:45

03 Jellyfish - Deliver 3:07

04 Jellyfish - Now She Knows She's Wrong 2:15

05 Jellyfish - Queen Of The U.S.A. 5:13

06 Jellyfish - Always Be My Girl 3:36

07 Jellyfish - I Wanna Stay Home 4:10

08 Jellyfish - Let This Dream Never End 3:59

09 Jellyfish - Season Of The Witch 4:22

10 Jellyfish - That Girl's A Man 3:42

11 Jellyfish - Calling Sarah 4:48

12 Jellyfish - All I Want Is Everything 3:12

13 Jellyfish - Bye Bye Bye 3:48

14 Jellyfish - She Still Loves Him 4:27

15 Jellyfish - Baby's Coming Back 2:53

16 Jellyfish - The King Is Half-Undressed 3:40

CD2

01 Jellyfish - MTV Top Of The Hour 0:20

02 Jellyfish - (Much Music, Canada) 0:30

03 Jellyfish - The King Is Half-Undressed [Live] 3:49

04 Jellyfish - Sugar And Spice [Live] 2:14

05 Jellyfish - (91x, San Diego) 0:19

06 Jellyfish - Two All-Beef Patties [Live] 0:15

07 Jellyfish - Mr. Late [Live] 3:38

08 Jellyfish - No Matter What [Live] 2:43

09 Jellyfish - All I Want Is Everything 4:25

10 Jellyfish - (Much Music, Canada) 1:07

11 Jellyfish - Hold Your Head Up/Hello [Live] 5:24

12 Jellyfish - Calling Sarah [Live] 4:06

13 Jellyfish - She Still Loves Him [Live] 4:08

14 Jellyfish - Will You Marry Me [Live] 6:41

15 Jellyfish - Baby Come Back/Baby's Coming Back [Live] 4:25

16 Jellyfish - Now She Knows She's Wrong [Live] 2:50

17 Jellyfish - Let 'em In/That Is Why [Live] 5:12

18 Jellyfish - Jet [Live] 3:18

19 Jellyfish - (Much Music, Canada) 0:37

20 Jellyfish - The King Is Half-Undressed [Live] 3:38

21 Jellyfish - Baby's Coming Back [Live] 2:57

22 Jellyfish - I Wanna Stay Home [Live] 4:05

23 Jellyfish - She Still Loves Him [Live] 3:51

24 Jellyfish - All I Want Is Everything [Live] 4:24

CD3

01 Jellyfish - (World Cafe) 0:40

02 Jellyfish - Spilt Milk [Intro] 0:44

03 Jellyfish - Hush 1:18

04 Jellyfish - Joining A Fan Club 3:45

05 Jellyfish - Sebrina, Paste And Plato 2:10

06 Jellyfish - New Mistake 4:05

07 Jellyfish - Glutton Of Sympathy 4:02

08 Jellyfish - The Ghost At Number One 3:25

09 Jellyfish - All Is Forgiven 4:09

10 Jellyfish - Russian Hill 4:43

11 Jellyfish - He's My Best Friend 3:42

12 Jellyfish - Family Tree 4:00

13 Jellyfish - Spilt Milk [Outro] 1:14

14 Jellyfish - Ignorance Is Bliss 3:55

15 Jellyfish - Worthless Heart 3:06

16 Jellyfish - Watchin' The Rain 4:11

17 Jellyfish - I Need Love 3:09

18 Jellyfish - I Don't Believe You 3:21

19 Jellyfish - Long Time Ago 3:47

20 Jellyfish - Runnin For Our Lives 3:40

21 Jellyfish - Fan Club Message 6:02

CD4

01 Jellyfish - Glutton Of Sympathy (Live Rehearsal) 4:58

02 Jellyfish - Baby's Coming Back (Live On Dutch TV) 3:01

03 Jellyfish - That Is Why (Live On World Cafe) 3:30

04 Jellyfish - The Ghost At Number One (Live On World Cafe) 3:29

05 Jellyfish - Joining A Fan Club (Live On World Cafe) 2:51

06 Jellyfish - Interview: World Cafe - June 25, 1993 1:09

07 Jellyfish - I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Live On Australian Radio) 3:26

08 Jellyfish - New Mistake (Live On Japanese Radio) 4:03

09 Jellyfish - Eleanor Rigby (Live On Japanese TV) 1:35

10 Jellyfish - S.O.S. (Live On Japanese TV) 1:14

11 Jellyfish - S.O.S. (Live At Club Quatro,Japan) 2:08

12 Jellyfish - All Is Forgiven (Live At Universal Amphitheatre) 4:12

13 Jellyfish - Sebrina, Paste And Plato (Live At Universal Amphitheatre) 2:25

14 Jellyfish - Joining A Fan Club (Live At Universal Amphitheatre) 4:35

15 Jellyfish - The Ghost At Number One (Live At Universal Amphitheatre) 3:49

16 Jellyfish - The Man I Used To Be (Live At Universal Amphitheatre) 4:48

17 Jellyfish - Glutton Of Sympathy (Live At Universal Amphitheatre) 4:04

18 Jellyfish - New Mistake (Live At Universal Amphitheatre) 4:43

19 Jellyfish - Think About Your Troubles 11:00

CD5 BONUS

01 Jellyfish - Hush 1:20

02 Jellyfish - Joining A Fan Club 4:10

03 Jellyfish - Sabrina, Paste And Plato 2:26

04 Jellyfish - New Mistake 4:07

05 Jellyfish - Glutton Of Sympathy 3:52

06 Jellyfish - The Ghost At Number One 3:46

07 Jellyfish - Bye Bye Bye 4:06

08 Jellyfish - All Is Forgiven 4:27

09 Jellyfish - Russian Hill 4:50

10 Jellyfish - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 3:25

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