"Margin" did benefit from some developments. For the stage, Gabe wrote an entirely new guitar part, and Dave substituted more natural bass lines. Michael notes, however, that the largely verbatim reading was a compromise.

"The strength of 'Margin' lay in its novelty. Here I was, a saxophonist, with neither experience nor aptitude for jazz, handling my instrument more like a French horn, writing with jazz in mind. The others spent time trying to make heads or tails of it. Our decisions were mostly cautious and we lost, I think, the chance for some improvisation. But by using a light hand, we let 'Margin' be what it was — a unique little tune."