Fan Club (Jellyfish album)

Fan Club
Box set by
Jellyfish
ReleasedAugust 2002
GenrePower pop[1]
Length277:24
LabelNot Lame
Producer
Jellyfish chronology
Spilt Milk
(1993) 		Fan Club
(2002) 		Best!
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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 2023). 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]

  1. ^ a b c d e Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (n.d.). "Jellyfish - Fan Club". AllMusic. TiVo Corporation. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Zaks, Andy (November 2001). "Fan Club (Box Set 2002)". Album Liner Notes. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Orshoshki, Wes (December 29, 2002). "Music, Myths of Cult Faves Jellyfish Feted By 4-CD Boxed Set On Not Lame/EMI". Billboard.
  5. ^ Dorfman 2016, p. 213.
  6. ^ Dorfman 2016, pp. 213–214.