Soft Machine - "Moon In June": Classic Or Dud?

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this was my favourite song in high school in Florida c.1980 - the first Soft Machine album I got was Triple Echo so I knew the Top Gear version first (also how I first heard of John Peel). I knew all the lyrics and used to sing it to meself all the time.

then when I went off to College in Ithaca, New York I picked up the first 3 albums. so I heard the Third version: "living is easy here in New York State". bleedin' heck, the song's following me!

Lots of prog fans dislike "Moon in June"

I've heard Wyatt say that Mike Ratledge and Hugh Hopper refused to play on the track so he had to play keyboards and bass on it - which would account for any 'amateurishness' - though they do play on the end rave up organ solo section. I can't really see Hugh Hopper refusing to play on the track, Ratledge is another matter - anyway, they're all on the Top Gear version, which is indeed definitive!