Effectively, the second part (a long part, almost all) of East To West.

Versions:

• written in 1980, one or two live recordings from 1980 exist

This song began its life as Power And Illusion, and at one or two live performances, the chorus sounds like Power Is Illusion. The lyrics changed somewhat, and the song became Art And Illusion.
Standard Twelfth Night policy was that the singer writes the lyrics. This song is the only occurance in the band's history of the singer recording lyrics that were written by someone else.

Versions:

• recorded live 1983-11 at Geoff's farewell gigs, released on Geoff Mann - Recorded Delivery
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• recorded 1984 with Andy Sears on vocals, released on Art And Illusion
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A medley of Keep The Aspidistra Flying and Entropy, as performed live after both songs were dropped off the live set in their full length.

Versions:

• recorded live 1983-11 at Geoff's farewell gigs, released on Geoff Mann - Recorded Delivery

Short for Keep The Aspidistra Flying.

Previous name of the long piece of music that eventually evolved into Entropy.

For the history of the song C.R.A.B., we have to go back to the very first recordings of the band. On the Skan demo, there is a song called Four And Three. At some point, Four And Three was extended with a piece and was re-named to Entropy. This second, new part is now known as C.R.A.B. Later, they stuck this new second part of Entropy after the first part of Keep The Aspidistra Flying, renaming that track to Aspidentropy.
So, Four And Three plus C.R.A.B. equals Entropy; part one of Keep The Aspidistra Flying plus C.R.A.B. equals Aspidentropy.
The title of this piece is an acronym of the instrumentalists in the band: Clive, Rick, Andy, Brian.

Versions:

• recorded 1984, released on Art And Illusion

The studio version of this track was recorded for the CBS Demo, together with Fact And Fiction and Deep In The Heartland.

Versions:

• written 1983, recorded for the CBS Demos, released on Collectors Item (Cyclops CD)
• recorded 1983-11, released on Live And Let Live, British Steel, Collectors Item (2LP)

This song was first played on June 7, 1983 (G-212), at the Tramshed in London - Woolwich. According to Andy Waller, "Geoff was particularly worried that he would sing 'held myself in self abuse' rather than 'self esteem'". It was also played at Geoff's farewell gigs in November 1983, and as the whole gigs were recorded, these versions were, too.
In a newsletter, the band declared "We wanted to hold certain tracks, such as The Collector, back for the next album, as we feel that it could really benefit from studio treatment..." Andy Sears sang this songs a few times, too. They played it for the last time in June 1984, although a little bit was played in January 1985, when they did an Oldies Medley.
The band said in 1984, "The long piece that we wrote with Geoff, The Collector, is also unlikely to appear in its previous form as we all feel we'd like to totally rewrite it in the future." From a later newsletters: "The Collector, for example, is a problem piece as we all agree that we wouldn't want to keep it excactly as the original version was. We feel unhappy about certain sections of the music etc., whilst admiring most of Geoff's original lyrics. So we could 'nick' the best bits of music and use them for another piece or pieces or we could leave the whole track alone and perhaps one day re-do it as part of a concept album with both Geoff and Andy being involved... who knows?"
In 1988 the band finally recorded it, and fortunately in about the same version as it was intended.

Comments:

• Clive Mitten: One man's battle against greed, lust, and other such wonderful things.
• Jerry: This is my favourite TN track. It has so many good moments, making me forget everything around me every time I hear it. That's why I named this website after the track.
• Mark Hughes: The initial live performances of this song feature slightly different lyrics to the finished version that appears on Collectors Item. One change that always sticks out, mainly because of the tragic death of Geoff, were the original lines "did Jesus have a gravestone? if he didn't need one then nor do I". Geoff has no gravestone.

Versions:

• written mid 1983, played live several times in 1983 (audience recordings exist)
• played live a few times mid 1984 with Andy singing (audience recordings exist)
• recorded 1988, released on Collectors Item

This song was written in 1981, shortly after Geoff had joined the band. The version on the Smiling At Grief re-issue is probably taken from a rehearsal session, which would make it the only recorded version of this song.

Comments:

• Mark Hughes: Starts with keyboard 'noises' which leads into a straight ahead rock number, again led by the bass with the guitar (when not soloing) mimicking the vocal line. Had a fair bit of potential and would have fitted in nicely with the Smiling At Grief material.

Versions:

• released on Smiling At Grief (CD)

This song has always been instrumental. It began its life as a song called After Office Hours, and was renamed to East To West. It probably has had other titles as well.

Versions:

• recorded 1981-01, released on Live At The Target

Brian explained in interview: "the suggestion actually was to do a cover... Eleanor Rigby was suggested, partly because the original has very little music in it, in terms of the instrumentation and so we just worked on that and we found it good fun and it created a fair amount of interest for us in fact lead to us getting our deal with the studio. So whilst ultimately it hasn't proved to be that successful it did in fact lead to Fact And Fiction."

Versions:

• recorded 1982, released on Eleanor Rigby / East Of Eden and Fact And Fiction (Cyclops CD)

At Geoff's farewell gigs, Clive claimed this song was "especially written by us, on Monday, for Geoffrey". Some people think this is a lie, and think an instrumental piece introducing This City is what this is. I compared the two pieces, and don't hear a lot of similarities.


Versions:

• written 1983-11, recorded 1983-11, released on Live And Let Live

Entropy consists of Four And Three plus a new second part. That second part was later recorded separately as C.R.A.B. The third part of Entropy was recorded separately as World Without End. See also Aspidentropy.

Versions:

• written in 1979; developed further over the years

This is an early version of East To West.

Versions:

• written in 1980

One of the earliest tracks written by the band. Extended with a second part, it became known as Entropy.

Versions:

• written in 1979, recorded 1979-03, released on Skan

A guy called Freddie Hepburn was kind enough to lend the band a set of bass pedals. The title of this song used to be (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn).

Versions:

• recorded 1979-11, released on The First Tape Album

The full-length version (13 mins) was released on Skan, with "scales and depressing chords". Already at Clive's first gig, the band also played a shorter version, mainly the rhythm section, when the audience demanded an encore. The end part of the original version was later tagged to Sequences, when the boys go "over the top".

Versions:

• version 1: recorded 1979-03, released on Skan
• version 2: released on The First Tape Album
• version 3: recorded Summer 1980, released on The Cunning Man / Fur Helene Part 1
• version 4: recorded 1981-01, released on Live At The Target

Written with Martyn Watson.

Versions:

• written in 1987

Probably one of the first songs written after Geoff joined, in 1981, together with Convenient Blindness.

Versions:

• recorded in 1981, released on Smiling At Grief (CD)

This is the first song on the Virgin album.

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• recorded in 1986, released on Twelfth Night (a.k.a. The Virgin Album)

The only recording featuring Ian Lloyd-Jones on vocals. (Did he also write the lyrics?)

Versions:

• written and recorded in ????

A-typical for TN, but this song became the band's anthem. Written by Geoff after Brian made a remark on the negative side of his lyrics. Played live a lot, also with Andy Sears singing. It was the last song ever played live by the band (with Geoff guesting on vocals) in 1987.

Versions:

• recorded in 1982, released on Fact And Fiction
• recorded in 1983-11, released on Live And Let Live
• recorded in 1988-05, released on Collectors Item

A poem by Geoff, used as an introduction to East To West a couple of times. There is at least one live recording of that, and it is possible that that's the only recording. On the Smiling At Grief CD you hear the very beginning of East To West fading out after the poem.

Versions:

• released on Smiling At Grief (CD)

This is a special version of Keep The Aspidistra Flying, as it is introduced by Geoff saying "painting by numbers? no, not exactly!" twice during the intro of the song, after which the heavy part of Aspidistra starts. This version, as released on the Smiling At Grief CD, also repeats the last lines from Three Dancers. I don't know where and when that version was recorded. But basically it is just Keep The Aspidistra Flying.

This song was written by the line-up of Rick Battersby, Brian Devoil, Andy Revell, and Martyn Watson. It was recorded as a demo, and it was played during the very last gig, in 1987, supporting Geoff Mann at the Marquee.

Versions:

• written in 1987

This song is named after a painting by Geoff. It is pictured on the front cover of Collector's Item. The CD booklet, however, does not mention this.

Versions:

• version 1: recorded 1982, released on Fact And Fiction
• version 2: recorded 1983-11, released on Live And Let Live

This is one of the many titles under which the song Entropy was played.

Demoed and recorded live in concert during the Corner Of The World tour.

Versions:

• written in 1985.

Another alter-ego of Entropy.

One of the songs written with Martyn Watson.

Versions:

• written in 1987

One of the classics, of the same unique TN style as Creepshow.
The title Te Dium, literally to god with a typo, is a pun on tedious.

Versions:

• version 1: recorded in 1982, released on Fact And Fiction and Collectors Item
[lyrics]
• version 2: recorded 1983-11, released on Live And Let Live; same lyrics as version 1
[lyrics]