During work on the Moody Blues album that was to follow Seventh Sojourn, bandmates Lodge, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas and Graeme Edge summoned Hayward and producer Tony Clarke out of a recording session to call off the project.

The tension-fraught recording of Seventh Sojourn and subsequent world tour had left the band exhausted and relationships frayed.

[4] The album was recorded, between June and December 1974, at Threshold Westlake Audio Studios in West Hampstead, London.

[4] On 10 March 1975 Blue Jays made its debut in the form of a staged playback of the album at Carnegie Hall.

A recording of the 12 December show at Lancaster University, featuring Trapeze members Mel Galley (guitar) and Dave Holland (drums), is included in the 2013 Timeless Flight box set.