After Sandgate split at the end of 1975 Paul began writing songs with Marty Craggs. This was interrupted for a couple of years with time working as a member of Oasis (the original, Newcastle band) whose songwriting team were Stu Burlison and Keith Nichols. Over the following few years armed with a guitar and his old Tandberg mono reel to reel tape recorder he tried to capture his Complete Songs and Unfinished Ideas.