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My record collection
[218] Luna - Indian Summer / Ride Into The Sun
This is the 7” single of Luna’s cover of Indian Summer that was only released in this format on Australian indie Summershine in 1993.

The single comes in a generic card Summershine sleeve that has a sticker added proudly, but plainly, declaring what it is.
Another single that I can’t remember how I came by. I suspect I bought it on eBay but can’t find any evidence. It feels like it has been in my collection a while though.
Every time I listen to this version of Indian Summer it transports me back to seeing Luna back in the early 90s. Oddly, since it’s a cover, it is the song that has the greatest emotional impact on me. They played it the very first time I saw them back in 1992, and they played it at pretty much every other show I was at… I’d always say that a Luna show doesn’t feel finished until Indian Summer and I still believe that… even if they’re not ending with it these days.
Ride Into The Sun was recorded without the coda that they started adding to their live performances a few years later. I must admit that I prefer it without that extra bit.
- Catalogue Number: AHFOW 11/007
- Artist: Luna
- Title: Indian Summer / Ride Into The Sun
- Packaging: Generic Summershine sleeve
- Format: 7”
Previously in my record collection: