Kusan wannan lokacin, Stevens yana da jerin sabbin waƙoƙi waɗanda ke nuna sabon hangen nesan abin da yake so ya kawo wa duniya tare da kiɗan sa. An sayar da aikinsa na baya a gida a Burtaniya, amma har yanzu Stevens ba a san shi ba a cikin jama'a a ƙetaren Atlantic. Don gyara wannan, bayan sanya hannu tare da Island Records a 1970, an shirya yarjejeniyar rarraba Amurka tare da Jerry Moss na A&M Records a Arewacin Amurka. Stevens ya fara aiki a kan Mona Bone Jakon, kundin kundin kiɗa na dutsen jama'a. Tambaya: Menene Stevens ya yi bayan sanya hannu kan sabon yarjejeniyar?
An shirya yarjejeniyar rarraba Amurka tare da Jerry Moss na A&M Records a Arewacin Amurka