Editing The Action (section)

=== 1969–1971: Mighty Baby ===
{{Main|Mighty Baby}}
By January 1969, upon signing to Head Records (a fledgling independent label run by their former roadie John Curd), the Action were finally and permanently re-christened [[Mighty Baby]] – under the name in which they released two albums: ''Mighty Baby'' (1969) and ''A Jug Of Love'' (1971). In 1971, the band featured and played on former band member Reg King's solo album. Mighty Baby were practicing Muslims and disbanded at the end of the year, in 1971.<ref name="Larkin" /><ref name="MOJO 343" />

In the years immediately following the band's breakup at the end of 1971, Martin Stone was a founding member of [[Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers]], Alan King was a founding member of [[Ace (band)|Ace]] and had a US hit with "[[How Long (Ace song)|How Long]]" in 1975. Roger Powell, Mike Evans and Ian Whiteman formed the Habibiyya.<ref name="MOJO 343" />

{{Blockquote|text=In Mighty Baby we were analysing life, who we were.  In The Action we weren't, we were just being the life.|author=Roger Powell|source=Mark Raison (2012)}}