This album is possible due to the official box set "Fan Club." Nine of the 12 songs here were first released on that. A couple more - "Ignorance Is Bliss" and "Think about Your Troubles" - came out at the time on a movie soundtrack and tribute album respectively. That just leaves the cover of "I Can Hear the Grass Grow," originally by the Move. That's from a concert bootleg.
In my opinion, Jellyfish was a very impressive band. The vast majority of the songs here are originals (with a few exceptions, such as the last three songs), And yet this album of outtakes is better than the best of what most other bands could do at the time.
The band pretty much fell apart due to music and personal differences in 1994, and there were no reunions. All the songs except the last one are from 1992 or 1993. So there's no more Jellyfish after this era.
There is one bonus track, a cover of "Have You Never Been Mellow," originally done by Olivia Newton-John. It's an interesting, surprisingly rocking version, but unfortunately the sound quality is only good enough for bonus track status.
This album is 39 minutes long.
01 I Don't Believe You (Jellyfish)
02 Ignorance Is Bliss (Jellyfish)
03 I Need Love (Jellyfish)
04 Long Time Ago (Jellyfish)
05 Runnin' for Our Lives (Jellyfish)
06 I Can Hear the Grass Grow (Jellyfish)
07 Family Tree (Jellyfish)
08 Watchin' the Rain (Jellyfish)
09 Worthless Heart (Jellyfish)
10 S.O.S. (Jellyfish)
11 Eleanor Rigby (Jellyfish with Unicorn)
12 Think about Your Troubles (Jellyfish)
Have You Never Been Mellow [Edit] (Jellyfish)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15983990/Jellyfh_1992-1994_IgnornceIsBlss_atse.zip.html
The cover photo of the band was taken in 1993. I don't know any details of where or when exactly.
Jellyfish as the original may never have had a reunion but over the past few years the guys minus one has teamed up and released a KICKASS triple EP!
ReplyDeleteIn 2017, Manning, Smith, and Dover reunited for a new band called the Lickerish Quartet.[63] The musicians had not played together since 1994[64] and are scheduled to release three EPs from early 2020 to mid 2021.[63] Sturmer was not offered to participate in the project. In a 2020 interview, Manning commented that Sturmer remains uninterested "in any kind of post-Jellyfish activity, and that’s fine."[65]
Here is a link to the combined 3 ep's: https://we.tl/t-hhM50ZGr1H