He wrote "Cookin' (In the Kitchen of Love)" for Starr's "Ringo's Rotogravure" (1976), performing on the track in June in what would be his last recording session until 1980.
V enem mesecu je izpolnil svoje pogodbene obveznosti do založbe EMI/Capito za še en album z izdajo "Shaved Fish", kompilacijo predhodno izdanih pesmi.