ace eventually moved to the united states, and replaced phil harris with jon woodhead in june 1976, releasing their third and final album "no strings" in january 1977. unlike earlier ace lps, this album featured an emphasis on carrack's vocals, and the two singles issued from the album both featured carrack as lead singer. the singles, however, didn't chart and the group disbanded in july 1977, when carrack, comer and byrne all joined frankie miller's backing band.