From 1971 Barry was working consistently, doing tours with Robin and also stints with the Albion Band which included recording the legendary 'Morris On' album. In 1972 he went off to work solo and recorded an album for Polydor entitled 'Barry Dransfield'. It was voted rarest folk album in an article in Record Hunter magazine, which speculated that a mint copy would currently change hands for over £400! In 1975 he rejoined brother Robin and ex-Longdancer Brian Harrison to form the band Dransfield, which signed to Transatlantic Records. The resulting album, 'The Fiddler's Dream', a concept album mostly written by Barry, was ahead of its time and sold disappointingly, and the band split shortly thereafter. The album was re-released on CD to great critical acclaim by Castle, who now own the Transatlantic catalogue. 'The Fiddler's Dream' was followed in 1977 by another album from Barry and Robin entitled 'Popular To Contrary Belief', released on Free Reed who later went on to compile and release Up To Now, a 39 track double CD which includes 11 new and un-issued tracks.