[2] Crusade, featuring Mick Taylor on guitar and Keef Hartley on drums,[5] was released later in the year and peaked at number 8.

[2][6] Shortly after the album's release, however, the Bluesbreakers fell apart as several members left, and the group was disbanded.

[2] USA Union was released in the summer, featuring former Canned Heat members Harvey Mandel on guitar and Larry Taylor on bass,[17] which reached a career record number 22 on the US Billboard 200.

[2][6] Mayall continued to restructure his band and release new studio and live material throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with limited commercial success.

In 1982 he returned to using the Bluesbreakers moniker,[18] and in 1993 he registered on the UK Albums Chart for the first time in more than 20 years when Wake Up Call reached number 61.