• Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (2nd Set)

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (2nd Set)

    Union City Blue (Blondie) Picture This (Blondie) In The Flesh (Blondie) (I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear (Blondie) Atomic (Blondie) Dreaming (Blondie) I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) Venue re-opened for private party after main show Alex Taylor (Motorcycle Boy) appeared on vocals ‘Motorcycle Ride’ cassette given away free at this show

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (1st Set)

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (1st Set)

    Seagull Silver Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Furthest Sense Close My Eyes Ride Mind Fuck

  • Motorcycle Ride (Cassette & 7″)

    Motorcycle Ride (Cassette & 7″)

    Union City Blue Atomic ‘Xmas 89’ Given away free at 22/12/89 private party at the Jericho Tavern, Oxford, where Ride played a set of (mainly) Blondie covers with Alex Taylor of Motorcycle Boy. Alex also appears on the songs on this cassette. Re-issued in 1993 as a semi-official bootleg 7″ by Fierce Records  

  • Subterranea, London, UK

    Subterranea, London, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Galaxie 500 At least part of the show was recorded by BBC Snub TV – ‘Drive Blind’ was broadcast on TV, and released on the ‘Snub TV Vol 2′ video compilation

  • Ride EP Test Pressing

    Ride EP Test Pressing

    12″ Promo – CRE 72T Chelsea Girl Drive Blind All I Can See Close My Eyes Mayking Records white labels stamped 12th and 21st Dec 1989, presumably the pressing dates. accompanied by a Creation Records press release Ride EP details here

  • Camden Falcon, London, UK

    Camden Falcon, London, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supported by My Jealous God

  • Tomorrow Never Knows #1

    Tomorrow Never Knows #1

  • December 1989 Recording Session

    December 1989 Recording Session

    Union City Blue Atomic Session at EMI Publishing Studios, Charing Cross Road, London Session also featured Alex Taylor (Motorcycle Boy) on vocals. Released on ‘Motorcycle Ride‘ cassette at private party 22/12/89 – later on 7″ by Fierce Records

  • Syndrome, London, UK

    Syndrome, London, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck

  • Joiners Arms, Southampton, UK

    Joiners Arms, Southampton, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Telescopes

  • ULU, London, UK

    ULU, London, UK

    Seagull Silver Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Chelsea Girl Close My Eyes Ride Mind Fuck Supported byTeenage Fanclub Headlined by Pastels and Pale Saints  

  • Gig (Interview)

    Gig (Interview)

  • Town & Country Club, London, UK

    Town & Country Club, London, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting The Soup Dragons, Trudy & Prime Movers

  • Zap Club, Brighton, UK

    Zap Club, Brighton, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Soup Dragons

  • Polytechnic, Leicester, UK

    Polytechnic, Leicester, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Soup Dragons

  • Hummingbird, Birmingham, UK

    Hummingbird, Birmingham, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Soup Dragons

  • Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK

    Polytechnic, Sheffield, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Soup Dragons Ride met Creation Records’ Alan McGee for the first time after this show  

  • Polytechnic, Oxford, UK

    Polytechnic, Oxford, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Friends of the Earth benefit Supported by Biros

  • 29/10/89 Demo

    29/10/89 Demo

    Seagull Another Stupid Day (Perfect Time) Dreams Burn Down Silver Furthest Sense Hit Me Like A Train Like A Daydream Smile Distributed on cassette Probably recorded at Liquidator Studios, London

  • The YMCA, Chelmsford, UK

    The YMCA, Chelmsford, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supported by local bands

  • The Square, Harlow, UK

    The Square, Harlow, UK

    Seagull Chelsea Girl Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Drive Blind Perfect Time Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) New band night Supported by Restless Native & Is It Any Wonder

  • Dingwalls, London, UK

    Dingwalls, London, UK

    Seagull Like A Daydream Silver Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Perfect Time Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Dreams Burn Down Smile Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Dave Kusworth’s Bounty Hunters

  • Co-Op Hall, Oxford, UK

    Co-Op Hall, Oxford, UK

    Seagull Like A Daydream Silver Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Perfect Time Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Dreams Burn Down Smile Ride Mind Fuck Supported by Carter USM & Bell Jar cassette image courtesy Paul Scarrott

  • Electric Broom Cupboard, Sherborne, UK

    Electric Broom Cupboard, Sherborne, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Smile Perfect Time Silver Intro-154 Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Carter USM

  • Camden Falcon, London, UK

    Camden Falcon, London, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Smile Perfect Time Silver Intro-154 Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Popguns

  • Camden Falcon, London, UK

    Camden Falcon, London, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Smile Perfect Time Silver Intro-154 Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Dave Howard Singers

  • South Parks, Oxford, UK

    South Parks, Oxford, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Smile Perfect Time Silver Intro-154 Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck ‘Fun In The Parks’ Supporting Cropdusters & Heptones

  • White Horse, Hampstead, UK

    White Horse, Hampstead, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Smile Perfect Time Silver Intro-154 Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supporting Blow Up

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Smile Perfect Time Silver Intro-154 Close My Eyes Furthest Sense Ride Mind Fuck Supported by Colour Mary

  • Nags Head, High Wycombe, UK

    Nags Head, High Wycombe, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting Wild Poppies  

  • July 1989 Recording Session

    July 1989 Recording Session

    Chelsea Girl All I Can See Close My Eyes Recording session at Union Studios, Oxford – recorded by Calvin & Alan Recordings were remixed at Arkantide Studios in London by Cally and Ben (from WEA) on 12/9/89 and these remixes appeared on ‘Ride EP‘ in January 1990. The original mixes comprised the tape that was […]

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (2nd set)

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (2nd set)

    Lucky Star (Madonna) Burning Up (Madonna) I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) Material Girl (Madonna) True Blue (Madonna) Like A Virgin (Madonna) Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground & Nico) Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles)

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (1st Set)

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK (1st Set)

    Jam Furthest Sense Chelsea Girl All I Can See Perfect Time Drive Blind Smile Intro-154 Close My Eyes I’m Fine Thanks Ride Mind Fuck I Can See For Miles (The Who) Supported by Biros

  • Madonna covers with Amelia Fletcher

    Madonna covers with Amelia Fletcher

    Bootleg cassette sold in Camden Market. Recorded live at second set of Ride’s covers gig at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford on 16th June 1989. Vocals by Amelia Fletcher of Talulah Gosh and Heavenly. Lucky Star Burning Up I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges cover) Material Girl True Blue Like A Virgin Femme Fatale […]

  • Polytechnic, Oxford, UK

    Polytechnic, Oxford, UK

    Furthest Sense Chelsea Girl All I Can See Perfect Time Drive Blind Smile Intro-154 I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) Close My Eyes I’m Fine Thanks Ride Mind Fuck Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting Wild Poppies

  • University, Swansea, UK

    University, Swansea, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes Burning Up (Madonna) I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) I’m Fine Thanks Ride Mind Fuck Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) All Day Event Supported by Wild Poppies

  • May 1989 Demo

    May 1989 Demo

    Uptight (Furthest Sense) Perfect Time Smile Four Track demo, recorded in Steve’s room. This version of ‘Smile’ can be found on ‘Firing Blanks_Unreleased Ride Recordings 1988-95‘

  • Co-Op Hall, Oxford, UK

    Co-Op Hall, Oxford, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes Burning Up (Madonna) I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) I’m Fine Thanks Ride Mind Fuck Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting Mournblade

  • Demo #3 (AKA ‘RIDE Demo #3’, ‘RIDE Demo’) Cassette

    Demo #3 (AKA ‘RIDE Demo #3’, ‘RIDE Demo’) Cassette

    Chelsea Girl Drive Blind I’m Fine Thanks Cassette sold at early gigs. This was the band’s third demo, but first in a recording studio: it is also the only demo recording the band sold commercially Some copies invert the track running order Some copies in handwritten/letrasetted sleeve Inserts vary ‘Drive Blind’ from this demo was […]

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting FBI

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro 154 Close My Eyes Why? (I’m Fine Thanks) Ride Mind Fuck Burning Up (Madonna) I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) Supporting The Driscolls

  • Mill, Banbury, UK

    Mill, Banbury, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes I’m Fine Thanks Ride Mind Fuck Burning Up (Madonna) I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges) Supported by FBI

  • Demo #2

    Demo #2

    Chelsea Girl I’m Fine Thanks All I Can See 4 track demo, recorded in ‘Steve’s room’ Distributed on cassette

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes I’m Fine Thanks Ride Mind Fuck Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting Wild Poppies

  • Mill, Banbury, UK

    Mill, Banbury, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes I’m Fine Thanks Ride Mind Fuck Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting Razor Veins

  • Banbury FC, Banbury, UK

    Banbury FC, Banbury, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting Jo Jo Namoza

  • Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    Jericho Tavern, Oxford, UK

    All I Can See Chelsea Girl Hit Me Like A Train Drive Blind Intro-154 Close My Eyes Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles) Supporting Satan Knew My Father