Me on the Corner", their first hit single. He stayed with the group in 1973 when three of the five original members left to form Jack the Lad. He designed the sleeve for Jack the Lad's third album Rough Diamonds, and played harmonica on the record. He also played mandolin on Chris de Burgh's debut album Far Beyond These Castle Walls. Branching out When Lindisfarne disbanded in 1975, Jackson embarked on a solo career with EMI. The contract, signed in October 1975, included a clause that the company would release three singles within the first year. Only one, "Take Some Time", was issued; it sold around 300 copies and no further releases were forthcoming. Jackson and McKay later sued EMI for ruining his solo career, on the grounds that they had failed to promote the record properly or record the promised three singles. EMI's defence was based on their belief that musical material provided by Jackson "was not satisfactory and would have been a commercial failure". The case came to court in March 1985; the judge ruled that according to the contract, Jackson was not obliged to provide his own material. Jackson and McKay were awarded damages and costs against the company to a total of £23,304. Also in 1975, he formed Harcourt's Heroes with singer-guitarist Charlie Harcourt, with whom he had formed a songwriting partnership while both were members of Lindisfarne between 1973 and 1975. However, the original Lindisfarne line-up reunited for sell-out Christmas concerts at Newcastle City Hall in 1976 and repeated this in 1977. In early 1978 they decided to get back together for good, and by that summer their first single "Run For Home" was not only a Top 10 hit in the UK but also gave them their long-awaited breakthrough into the US Top 40, reaching No. 33. The album it was taken from, Back and Fourth, also reached the UK top 25. Apart from the earlier group credited 'B' side "Scotch Mist", Back and Fourth saw Jackson receive his first writing credits for two songs written with Charlie Harcourt, "Warm Feeling" and "King's Cross Blues". The following album "The News", featured their composition "This Has Got To End" while their song "Winning The Game" was featured on "Sleepless Nights". Jackson also recorded a solo album, In The Night, released in 1980, produced by Hugh Murphy, which included material co-written by him and Harcourt, as