Editing Matching Mole (section)

==Career==
Their first [[Matching Mole (album)|eponymous album]] was released in April 1972, the bulk of which was composed by Wyatt himself, with the exception of "O Caroline" (a Dave Sinclair composition with lyrics by Wyatt about his recent breakup with girlfriend [[Caroline Coon]]) and Phil Miller's "Part of the Dance".<ref name="Larkin"/>  Sinclair soon dropped out of the group and was replaced by New Zealand-born keyboard player and composer [[Dave MacRae]], who had already played a guest role on the first album.<ref name="Larkin"/>  Their second album, ''[[Matching Mole's Little Red Record]]'', produced by [[Robert Fripp]] of [[King Crimson]], was released in November 1972.<ref name="Larkin"/> This album was more of a team effort, with Wyatt concentrating on lyrics and vocal melodies and leaving the composing to his bandmates.{{Cn|date=January 2022}}

Matching Mole disbanded in late September 1972 immediately upon completion of a European tour supporting [[Soft Machine]], with Sinclair and Miller going on to form the more successful [[Hatfield and the North]].<ref name="Larkin"/> A new lineup – consisting of Wyatt, MacCormick, ex-Curved Air keyboardist [[Francis Monkman]] and jazz saxophonist [[Gary Windo]] – was due to record a third album in 1973.  This was cancelled when Wyatt fell from a window in June 1973, and was paralysed from the waist down, and therefore unable to continue drumming.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
| location= London
| page= 251
| id= CN 5585}}</ref>