 Island Records, following a 1975 "NME" article written by Nick Kent, stated they had no plans of repackaging Drake's albums, but in 1979 Rob Partridge joined Island Records as press officer and commissioned the release of the "Fruit Tree" box set.The release compiled the three studio albums, the four tracks recorded with Wood in 1974, and an extensive biography written by the American journalist Arthur Lubow.Although sales were poor, Island Records did not delete the albums from its catalogue.