Marillion Discography - Front Row Club Releases

Front Row Club Releases

The Front Row Club was a subscription-only service by which CDs of raw concert recordings, originally made by the band for their own reference, were released. Members paid for a subscription (initially lasting six releases; later reduced to four releases), and as the shows were released, they were automatically mailed to members. There were also occasional optional releases, which were only mailed on request - these were generally reissues of previously-released material. The only FRC issue which was available to non-subscribers was the Curtain Call box set - this was the only FRC release of material before Steve Hogarth joined the band, and was sold via both Marillion and Fish's online stores, as well as being an optional FRC release.

After the release of FRC-040 in January 2008, the FRC changed to a download-only digital distribution format. This lasted for a further three issues - after FRC-043, the FRC was closed. (Starting with the Happiness On The Road tour, Marillion moved to publishing the majority of their live performances from desk recordings as digital downloads, rendering the FRC redundant.)

Only a limited number of copies were manufactured for each FRC release (believed to be no more than 3,000) and were not re-issued once sold out. Most of the FRC releases are now out of print on CD, but are still available from the band's website as downloads.

Year Catalogue # Recorded Venue City Country Notes
2002 FRC-001 1998-11-09 Ludwigshalle Dieburg Germany
2002 FRC-002 1999-11-18 Academy Manchester England
2002 FRC-003 1995-06-23 Luxor Arnhem Netherlands Supplied with free exclusive FRC t-shirt
2002 FRC-004 1992-05-09 The Borderline London England Optional release - reissue of Racket release Racket 1
2002 FRC-005 1989-12-04 Barrowlands Glasgow Scotland Optional release - reissue of Racket release Racket 3
2002 FRC-006 N/A N/A N/A N/A Optional release - Michael Hunter, River
2002 FRC-007 1991-10-19 Salle de Fetes Beaulieu Lausanne Switzerland
2002 FRC-008 1997-09-06 Le Spectrum Montréal Canada
2002 FRC-009 1996-04-28 Forum London England
2003 FRC-010 1990-12-12 Moles Club Bath England
2003 FRC-011 2000-11-17 Bass Brewery Museum Burton-On-Trent England Optional release - reissue of Fan Club CD WEBFREE3
2003 FRC-012 2000-12-12 Sala Bikini Barcelona Spain
2003 FRC-013 1995-09-29 Ahoy Rotterdam Netherlands
2003 FRC-014 1990-02-22 The Ritz Roseville, MI USA
2004 FRC-015A 1983-10-01 Rundsporthalle Baunatal Germany Optional release - Curtain Call box set of Fish-era shows
2004 FRC-015B 1986-02-03 Hammersmith Odeon London England Optional release - Curtain Call box set of Fish-era shows
2004 FRC-015C 1988-01-26 Palatrussardi Milan Italy Optional release - Curtain Call box set of Fish-era shows
2003 FRC-016 1998-01-10 Ateneu Popular de Nou Barris Barcelona Spain
2003 FRC-017 2001-10-13 013 Tilburg Netherlands
2004 FRC-018 1992-09-02 E-Werk Köln Germany
2004 FRC-019 1998-11-04 Civic Wolverhampton England
2004 FRC-020 1994-05-27 Pumpehuset Copenhagen Denmark Recording from both 27 and 28 May
2004 FRC-021 2001-02-28 Dingwalls London England
2004 FRC-022 1997-05-29 Tivoli Utrecht Netherlands
2004 FRC-023 2004-04-30 Civic Centre Aylesbury England
2005 FRC-024 1998-11-18 Elysée Montmartre Paris France
2005 FRC-025 1999-12-04 Capitol Mannheim Germany
2005 FRC-026 1999-07-25 Zodiac Oxford England
2005 FRC-027 1995-09-17 Corn Exchange Cambridge England
2005 FRC-028 1992-10-05 Olympia São Paulo Brazil
2005 FRC-029 2004-10-08 Theater of the Living Arts Philadelphia, PA USA
2005 FRC-030 1994-03-20 PC69 Bielefeld Germany
2006 FRC-031 1997-09-20 The Rave Milwaukee, WI USA
2006 FRC-032 2002-08-03 Richmond Live Festival Richmond England
2006 FRC-033 1992-09-05 Wembley Arena London England
2006 FRC-034 2005-12-03 Vredenburg Muziekcentrum Utrecht Netherlands
2006 FRC-035 2005-12-05 Forum London England Free bonus issue with FRC-34
2007 FRC-036 1989-10-05 Palais Des Sports Bensancon France
2007 FRC-037 2005-06-12 Bowery Ballroom New York City, NY USA
2007 FRC-038 2007-05-22 Klub Stodola Warsaw Poland
2007 FRC-039 1991-09-16 Royal Court Theatre Liverpool England
2008 FRC-040 2007-12-12 Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands
2008 FRC-041 1995-08-15 The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY USA Download only
2008 FRC-042 2005-09-11 The Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA USA Download only
2008 FRC-043 2007-11-30 The Academy Manchester England Download only

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