Editing The Moody Blues (section)

==Hiatus and solo work, 1974–1977==
Hayward and Lodge released a duo album, the successful ''[[Blue Jays (album)|Blue Jays]]'' in 1975, followed by a UK No. 8 charting non-album single, "Blue Guitar", featuring [[10cc]] as the backing band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jonkutner.com/blue-guitar/|title=Blue Guitar (Justin Hayward & John Lodge) |website=Jonkutner.com|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> The album had originally been intended as a Hayward and Pinder collaboration, but after Pinder dropped out, Lodge stepped in, with Tony Clarke producing.

Pinder said he hoped to get the band back together that year. "Having moved to California in 1974, I returned to Britain for a visit in summer 1975. I was trying to get the band to do an album, but the response was so weak I returned to California with my two new Mk5 Mellotrons and began work on my solo album ''[[The Promise (Mike Pinder album)|The Promise]]''."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pinder|first=Mike|date=|title=History of the Mellotron|url=http://www.mikepinder.com/mellotron.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620130649/http://www.mikepinder.com/mellotron.shtml|archive-date=20 June 2007|access-date=|website=mikepinder.com}}</ref> ''The Promise'' was released in 1976.

Edge released two albums as the Graeme Edge Band, with [[Adrian Gurvitz]] on vocals and guitar and his brother Paul Gurvitz on bass, 1975's ''Kick Off Your Muddy Boots'' and 1976's ''Paradise Ballroom''.

Thomas released two solo albums, both written in collaboration with songwriter [[Nicky James]], ''[[From Mighty Oaks (album)|From Mighty Oaks]]'' in 1975 and ''[[Hopes, Wishes and Dreams (album)|Hopes, Wishes and Dreams]]'' in 1976.

Following a successful UK tour as a duo, backed by some of the members of Providence, Hayward and Lodge both released solo albums in 1977, ''[[Songwriter (Justin Hayward album)|Songwriter]]'' (Hayward) and ''[[Natural Avenue (album)|Natural Avenue]]'' (Lodge).

In 1976, Hayward recorded "[[Forever Autumn (song)|Forever Autumn]]" for ''[[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds]]'' at London's Advision Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 October 2017|title=Forever Autumn Justin Hayward UK 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPLB_X3Bok |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/HlPLB_X3Bok| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=|website=Youtube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The album was released in 1978, with the song being released as a single and reaching No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in August that year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Official Charts.com: Forever Autumn|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/forever-autumn/|access-date=|website=Official Charts}}</ref>