Editing Tim Hart (section)

==Fragmentation==
Hart took this opportunity to release a solo album, ''Tim Hart'', in 1979.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Steeleye Span members Maddy Prior, [[Rick Kemp]], and [[Nigel Pegrum]] contributed vocals, bass, drums, and percussion.<ref>''Tim Hart'', Chrysalis Records Limited, London, UK 1979.</ref> [[Bob Johnson (musician)|Bob Johnson]] and [[Peter Knight (folk musician)|Peter Knight]] recorded a narrative project in 1977, ''[[The King of Elfland's Daughter (album)|The King of Elfland's Daughter]]''. Prior produced two solo albums in 1978, ''Woman in the Wings'' and ''Changing Winds'', that included her own compositions. Hart appeared on one more Steeleye Span record, ''[[Sails of Silver]]'', before resigning in 1982. His last gig was at the [[Theatre Royal, Norwich]].

In 1981, Hart released two albums of [[nursery rhyme]]s originally written for his own children on the [[Music for Pleasure (record label)|Music for Pleasure]] label. He used most of Steeleye Span, and other musicians who had small children and could take the project seriously. In a bold move, he became a record producer for a [[musical ensemble#Rock and pop bands|rock band]], [[The Monochrome Set]]. Their album ''Eligible Bachelors'' was a whimsical cynical view of relations between the sexes.

Hart's health seriously declined, and in 1988 he emigrated to [[La Gomera]], a small island in the [[Canary Islands]]. Abandoning music altogether, he became a full-time writer and photographer, married again, built himself a house on the side of a mountain, and restored his health. As there was no guidebook to La Gomera available in English, Hart wrote, and took most of the photographs for, ''La Gomera: A Guide to the Unspoiled Canary Island'' (2004).