- 2 - JC Brouchard Felt : Ballad Of The Fan Translated from the French by Pol Dodu Vivonzeureux - 3 - Felt : Ballad Of The Fan © 2011 JC Brouchard ISBN : 978-2-9536575-3-1 This book is published simultaneously by Vivonzeureux in its original French version, titled Felt : La Ballade Du Fan (ISBN : 978-2-9536575-2-4). Cover photos : Front : Photo by Daniel Laine, published in Actuel magazine in may 1984 (Rock anglais : ils sortent du vide et du bidon. Actuel, n° 55, mai 1984, p. 91.) Back : Photo by JC Brouchard. Felt in concert at MJC Claudel in Reims, June 21st 1986. Vivonzeureux http://vivonzeureux.fr –
[email protected] - 4 - FOREWORD, by Alan McGee Purveyors Of Taste : A Creation Compilation Offered by Creation in London in 1986 Ref : CRE LP 010 – Released by Creation in England in 1986 Media : 12" 33 rpm -- 7 tracks Sleeve & labels by Shanghai Packaging Company - 5 - - 6 - THE OPTIMIST AND THE POET Ballad Of The Band Offered by Creation Records by mail in May 1986 Ref : CRE 027 T – Released by Creation in England in 1986 Media : 12" 45 rpm Tracks : Ballad Of The Band -- I Didn't Mean To Hurt You -/- Candles In A Church -- Ferdinand Magellan - 7 - Felt is what is called a cult band. Not in the sense of a band who has released one or two obscure records and then has been rediscovered years later (Felt released ten albums in the Eighties, which had a certain critical and popular success, placing them sometimes at the top of the charts, even if it was only the independent labels charts).