He was previously signed to Decca Records as a solo artist. A regular collaborator of Ian Bairnson,[3] his single "Sail Away", released in 1975, was produced by Alan Parsons and featured all the members of Pilot. He later appeared on Pilot's "Ten Feet Tall" from their final album Two's A Crowd (1977). Later that year "Sail Away" was re-released.[4]