The Moon's a Harsh Mistress

First of all, my apologies for being so late in coming to this conversation; Jimmy Webb drew inspiration for the title from a Sci-Fi novel of the same name “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” by Robert A. Heinlein. The song has been recorded by many artists, yet it has never achieved any notoriety on any of the music charts. Here is a list of artist whom has covered the song. Missing from this list is a minor English folk singer by the name of Aj Webber who recorded the song on her solo 1975 album of the same name. This writer has listened to the recording, and I am being polite here, Ms. Webber cannot carry a tune in a bucket in my humble opinion. Maybe that is why it was not included in the Wikipedia listing:

• Joe Cocker on his album I Can Stand a Little Rain (1974) • Glen Campbell on his album Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974) • Judy Collins on her album Judith (1975) • Jeannie Lewis on her album Tears of Steel & the Clowning Calaveras (1975) • Jimmy Webb on his album El Mirage (1977) • Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz on the album Fairytales (1982) • Linda Ronstadt on her album Get Closer (1982) • Joan Baez on her album Recently (1987) • Jimmy Webb on his album Ten Easy Pieces (1996) • Christine Andreas on her album Love is Good (1997) • Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden on their Jazz album Beyond The Missouri Sky (1997) • Sheila Jordan on her album Jazz Child (1999) • Kassie DePaiva on her album Naked (2000) • Tom Wopat on his album In the Still of the Night (2000) • Grażyna Auguścik on her album The River (2001) • Jimmy LaFave on his album Texoma (2001) • The Walker Brothers on their compilation album If You Could Hear Me Now (2001) • Michael Feinstein on his album Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003) • Karrin Allyson on her album Wild for You (2004) • Tone Damli on her album Bliss (2005) • Renee Fleming on her album Haunted Heart (2005) • Larry Norman on his live album Live at the Elsinore (2005) • Doug Parkinson on his album Somewhere After Midnight (2005) • Albert Lee on his album Road Runner (2006) • Aleksandra & the Belgian Sweets on their album Island Girl (2008) • Maureen McGovern on her album A Long and Winding Road (2008) • Andrew W.K. on NPR Music's "Tiny Desk Concerts" series (2009) • Lisa Kelly of Celtic Woman on their album Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart (2010) • Rumer on a 2010 iTunes EP including the hit Slow (2010) • Nick Haywood Quartet on their album 1234 (2011) • Nils Landgren on his album The Moon, the Stars, and You (2011) • Josh Groban on his album All That Echoes (2013) • John Hollenbeck on his album Songs I Like a Lot (2013) • Sam Tsui during Shelton High 's pre-recorded live segment on New Year's Eve with Kurt Hugo Schneider (2013)

In closing, and this is again my humble opinion subject to change, the best renditions to date are Linda Ronstadt (vocal) and the late jazz bassist Charley Haden and Pat Metheny’s version for instrumental; simply inspiring.
George