• Tarantula Promo CD

    Tarantula Promo CD

    Creation Records CD – CRECD 180P Black Nite Crash Sunshine/Nowhere To Run Dead Man Walk On Water Deep Inside My Pocket Mary Anne Castle On The Hill Gonna Be Alright The Dawn Patrol Ride The Wind Burnin’ Starlight Motel Some jewel cases are stickered (see image) Sleeve artwork as commercial release A US promo CD, […]

  • Black Nite Crash Promos

    Black Nite Crash Promos

    Creation Records Promo 12″ – No Cat # Black Nite Crash 12″ is housed in black, die-cut sleeve Promo CD – CCD 199 Black Nite Crash Nothing Lasts Forever Slave A Trip Down Ronnie Lane CD sleeve is identical to commercial release, with CD printed black rather than cream  

  • Live Light Promo Cassette

    Live Light Promo Cassette

    10 track cassette to promote the Live Light album on Mutiny Records. Catalogue number 60023-80002-4

  • Small Faces Tribute Album Sampler

    Small Faces Tribute Album Sampler

    Focus Records CD Promo – FOCUSPCD12 That Man (Small Faces) (Rough Mix) Sleeve Notes: Thank you for purchasing “Small Faces – The Young Mods’ Forgotten Story”. We hope you have enjoyed the book and hope you feel as we do that it does justice to one of the most underrated bands of all time. This […]

  • Live French Promo CD

    Live French Promo CD

    Sire/Reprise – Promo CD – PRO-CD-2054 Twisterella (live) Drive Blind (live) Nowhere (live) Chelsea Girl (live) Given away free with purchases of the ‘Carnival of Light‘ album in FNAC shops in France All tracks recorded live, Brixton Academy, London 27/03/92

  • Carnival Of Light 5 Track Sampler

    Carnival Of Light 5 Track Sampler

    Creation Records CD – CCD 147 Magical Spring I Don’t Know Where It Comes From Natural Grace Only Now How Does It Feel To Feel? Promotional CD, distributed prior to release of the ‘Carnival Of Light‘ album. All tracks are full album versions No sleeve artwork

  • Ride/Slowdive U.S. Blue Vinyl Promo 7″

    Ride/Slowdive U.S. Blue Vinyl Promo 7″

    SBK/Sire Blue Vinyl 7″ Single – PB05468 She Calls (Slowdive) Leave Them All Behind (Ride) Released to promote Ride/Slowdive 1992 US tour Artwork has regular ‘Leave Them All Behind‘ artwork on one side, and Slowdive photo on the other Record has no centre (juke box style)

  • Select Magazine / Creation Tape

    Select Magazine / Creation Tape

    Creation Records/Select Magazine / C-RE 128 Time Of Her Time (Live At Hultsfred Festival, Sweden, 1991) Cassette free with April 1992 issue of Select Magazine

  • Twisterella Promos

    Twisterella Promos

    7″ Promo – CRE 150P (Creation Records UK) Twisterella Going Blank Again Black, dye cut sleeve 12″ Promo – 150TP (Creation Records UK) Twisterella Going Blank Again Howard Hughes Stampede Creation company sleeve Spanish Promo 7″ (Warner Bros) 7″ Single – 1576 Twisterella Twisterella (plays both sides) Lists Ride’s 1992 Spanish Autumn tour dates – released to […]

  • Going Blank Again Promos

    Going Blank Again Promos

    Creation Records Promo CD – PCRECD 124 White Label LP – ? Advance Cassette – ? Leave Them All Behind Twisterella Not Fazed Chrome Waves Mouse Trap Time Of Her Time Cool Your Boots Making Judy Smile Time Machine OX4 Existence of white label vinyl promos unconfirmed. Preview cassettes exist. CD housed in stiff polythene […]

  • Leave Them All Behind Promos

    Leave Them All Behind Promos

    Creation Records 7″ Promo – CRE 123P Leave Them All Behind (Radio Edit) 7″ is in a black, dye cut sleeve. 12″ in a Creation company sleeve 12″ Promo – 123TP Leave Them All Behind Chrome Waves Grasshopper 12″ comes with press release (below) CD Promo – PCRESCD 123 Leave Them All Behind (Radio Edit) […]

  • Kaleidoscope Plus 6 Live Tracks

    Kaleidoscope Plus 6 Live Tracks

    Sire/Reprise 12″ Vinyl LP – PRO-A-4961 CD – PRO-CD-4961 Kaleidoscope (Album Version) Seagull (Live) Dreams Burn Down (Live) Vapour Trail (Live) In A Different Place (Live) Nowhere (Live) Drive Blind (Live) Co-Produced by Ride and Marck Waterman, ‘Drive Blind’ produced by Ride Live Tracks: Mobile Recording by Westwood One Engineered by Biff Dawes Live tracks […]

  • The Roxy, Los Angeles, USA

    The Roxy, Los Angeles, USA

    Polar Bear Seagull Taste Dreams Burn Down Like A Daydream Vapour Trail In A Different Place Perfect Time Unfamiliar Nowhere Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Decay With Lush Part of the show was broadcast on US radio and released on the US promo only CD/LP ‘Kaleidoscope‘. This release was subsequently bootlegged on the ‘Ride Roxy LA‘ LP and ‘Overdrive‘ CD. The […]

  • Town & Country Club, London, UK

    Town & Country Club, London, UK

    Polar Bear Unfamiliar Like A Daydream Drive Blind Vapour Trail Beneath In A Different Place Perfect Time Sennen Taste Today Decay Dreams Burn Down Chelsea Girl Nowhere Seagull Supported by Slowdive & Flite 118 Part of the show was broadcast by BBC radio and has subsequently been made available on the bootlegs ‘Meltdown‘ and ‘Overdrive‘ […]

  • Today Forever 12″ promo

    Today Forever 12″ promo

    Creation Records 12″ Promo – CRE 100TP Unfamiliar Sennen Beneath Today Distrbuted in die-cut Creaion Records sleeve Pressing identical to commercial Today Forever 12″ EP, complete with writing in run-out grooves

  • Vapour Trail U.S. Promo CD

    Vapour Trail U.S. Promo CD

    Sire/Reprise CD Single – ??? Radio promo single No Inner sleeve – only artwork is rear inner for jewel case (shown)

  • Nowhere White Label Promo LP

    Nowhere White Label Promo LP

    Creation Records Vinyl LP White Label – CRE LP074 Seagull Kaleidoscope In A Different Place Polar Bear Dreams Burn Down Decay Paralysed Vapour Trail Some copies were issued with a press release including tour dates, suggested selling price, etc (below)  

  • Taste U.S. Promo CD

    Taste U.S. Promo CD

    Sire/Reprise CD Single – PRO-CD-4659 Radio promo single No Inner sleeve – only artwork is rear inner for jewel case

  • Taste 7″ Promo

    Taste 7″ Promo

    Creation Records 7″ single – CRE 087P Label Notes: Radio Play Track, from ‘Fall’ E.P. Distributed to radio stations Deadwax etching –  ‘Yo Peelie’  Black, Dye-Cut sleeve See also ‘Fall’ EP 12″ Promo

  • Fall EP 12″ Promo

    Fall EP 12″ Promo

    Creation Records 12″ Promo – CRE 087TP Dreams Burn Down Taste Here And Now Nowhere Distrbuted in die-cut Creaion Records sleeve Pressing identical to commercial Fall 12″ EP, complete with writing in run-out grooves See also ‘Taste’ 7″ Promo

  • 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  

  • 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

  • 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 […]

  • 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

  • Demo #1

    Chelsea Girl Drive Blind Close My Eyes 6/11/88 4 track demo, recorded in ‘Mark’s room’ Distributed on cassette, some copies included ‘Date With Death’, a Fall pastiche