 After the failure to release "On the Coast", EMI dropped their interest in Nicely.With no equipment and no money to finance further recordings, and disillusioned with his experience of working with a major record label, Nicely retreated from the music business and faded into obscurity, spending the following two decades working on his songs away from the spotlight.His only appearance on record during the rest of the 1980s was contributing backing vocals to three tracks on the 1987 album "A Cabinet of Curiosities" by English singer-songwriter Paul Roland.