Ride formed in the City of Oxford in 1988. Their debut E.P. was, to say the least a work of art and still gets the occasional play in my house to this day. Released in 1990 the "Ride EP" was nothing less than a work of art. The sleeve depicted blurred red roses and was followed a few months later by a second four track E.P. which would be covered in daffodills. Ride always had good sleeves for their E.P.s. Back then of course CD singles were still in their infancy and so most people bought the records on twelve inch vinyl, which incidently is still my prefered format because if, as is the case with Ride the sleeves are well thought out and interesting you have in your hands what could almost be described as a work of art. In the early nineties "indie" bands were almost obliged to put four tracks on their singles which obviously is a good thing for the buyer but I suspect a lot of work for the band. So after the first two E.P.s we already had eight tracks by the band which if collected would have made a bloody good debut album. The bands debut album soon followed and was itself an eight track monster. Entitled "Nowhere" I think it's fair to say that this record should take it's rightful place on the Classic Debut shelf.
This was the first session Ride recorded for the BBC and captures the band at the height of their powers.
Andy Bell - Guitar/Vocals
Mark Gardner - Guitar/Vocals
Laurence Cobler - Drums
Stephen Queralt - Bass
Ride - Peel Session 26/2/1990
1. Like A Daydream
2. Dreams Burn Down
3. Perfect Time
4. Sight Of You
3 comments:
Thank you. Very, very much.
Great session. That version of Dreams Burn Down is fantastic. Thanks for posting.
Nice one, was a big fan in their day.
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