Description

The Off the End of the Pier Show & In Difference: The Definitive Edition is a double disc compilation by the British progressive rock duo Marc Catley & Geoff Mann, independently released in September 2023. The compilation features two – largely instrumental – albums recorded by Marc Catley and Geoff Mann and originally released on Plankton Records in 1988 (the cassette-only effort In Difference, later included on the compilation CD, Fine Difference) and 1991 (The Off the End of the Pier Show), respectively. (Disc Two of the compilation, the In Difference disc, also includes all four tracks from Marc Catley’s vinyl EP The Peel Tower Hop, one track of which has never been released on CD before.)

2CD tracklist:

Disc One – The Off the End of the Pier Show

1-01. Over The Edge – 5:01
1-02. The River – i) Blue Water ii) White Water iii) Delta – 14:56
1-03. The Twittering Machine – 7:28
1-04. Terence The Termite Stares Down His Underpants In Growing Amazement – 9:21
1-05. In The Wilderness – 8:39
1-06. Europe After The Rain – 10:38

Disc Two – In Difference

2-01. The Calling – 4:06
2-02. Love Is The Only Way – 5:41
2-03. This Time – 5:29
2-04. Freedom – 7:15
2-05. Closer To You – 5:08
2-06. True Riches – 6:02
2-07. The War Is Won – 5:02
2-08. Growth – 3:59
2-09. All Along The Way – 6:26
2-10. We Are One – 2:40
2-11. Weep For The City – 4:40
2-12. Keep On – 2:11
2-13. Magnify – 3:33
2-14. The War Is Won (live) – 4:02

Note: Comes with a 16-page booklet with all the lyrics and photos. Available at Bandcamp: https://twelfthnightuk.bandcamp.com/album/the-off-the-end-of-the-pier-show-in-difference