From the NME.
Ride have announced new reissues of their early albums and EPs to mark the 30th anniversary of their debut album.
The Oxford group, who formed in 1988, are set to re-release their seminal first album ‘Nowhere’ (1990) and its follow-up ‘Going Blank Again’ (1992) on November 4 via Wichita Recordings.
Per a press release, the former will be pressed on on blue vinyl with a gatefold sleeve and embossed artwork; the latter, meanwhile, is available on double orange vinyl, also with a gatefold sleeve.
Additionally, fans will be able to get their hands on Ride’s first four EPs – ‘Ride’, ‘Play’, ‘Fall’, and ‘Today Forever’ – on a new double white vinyl compilation called ‘4 EPs’. It’ll come with a 16-page booklet featuring archive photos and an essay by Sonic Cathedral’s Nathaniel Cramp.
All the original audio has been reworked and refined, with the upcoming reissues also available on CD and streaming services. You can pre-order/pre-save them here and see the preview image below.
Speaking about the celebratory shows and reissues, singer and guitarist Andy Bell explained: “We were really looking forward to getting out and touring the 30th anniversary of ‘Nowhere’ back in 2020.
“Then the pandemic hit and delayed our plans, but here we are in 2022 and we are still buzzing about getting out on the road, if anything, more so than before.”
He continued: “We feel that ‘Nowhere’ is a debut album worth celebrating, and as well as the tour, we’ve decided to start pressing new editions of the vinyl from the original Ride era. The first batch not only includes ‘Nowhere’, but also ‘Going Blank Again’, and an album we’ve created out of the first ‘4 EPs’.
“This new album has given us a chance to create some new (but old school) Ride artwork, in conjunction with the team at Wichita, which we are pretty pleased with.”
Bell also revealed that Ride have created a new live film of their ‘Nowhere’-centric set. “It’s filmed in as close a location as we could get to the site of the original recording session at Blackwing studios,” he said.
The “worldwide digital experience” was made in partnership with Moment House, and premieres on October 28 – find further information here.
Last October saw Andy Bell release his debut album, ‘Pattern Recognition’, under his electronic alias GLOK.
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- Ride - Nowhere - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $165.00, €141.25 (New Item) (arrived 14-Nov-2025 17:00)
on November 16, 2025 at 3:00 pmRIDE Nowhere (Scarce original 1990 UK Creation label 8-track vinyl LP, including Kaleidoscope & Vapour Trail. The beautiful textured picture sleeve with album credits inner. The sleeve shows some faint markings to the reverse but otherwise carries minimal wear whilst the vinyl shows the lightest signs of play CRELP074)
- Ride - Nowhere - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $165.00, €141.25 (New Item) (arrived 14-Nov-2025 16:12)on November 16, 2025 at 3:00 pm
RIDE Nowhere (Scarce original 1990 UK Creation label 8-track vinyl LP, including Kaleidoscope & Vapour Trail. The beautiful textured picture sleeve with album credits inner. The sleeve shows some faint markings to the reverse but otherwise carries minimal wear whilst the vinyl shows the lightest signs of play CRELP074)
- Ride - Nowhere - Embossed - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $99.00, €84.75 (Back In Stock) (arrived 24-Oct-2025 16:00)
on November 16, 2025 at 3:00 pmRIDE Nowhere (1990 UK first press 8-track vinyl LP on Creation Records with 'A Porky Primecut' etched in the run-out, housed in the original fully textured sleeve with embossed artist name & title plus album credits inner. The sleeve is Excellent with minor edgewear and a little sticker mark to the front and some foxing on the reverse, whilst the vinyl shows minimals play CRELP074)
- Ride - Nowhere - Embossed - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $99.00, €84.75 (New Item) (arrived 23-Oct-2025 16:55)on November 16, 2025 at 3:00 pm
RIDE Nowhere (1990 UK first press 8-track vinyl LP on Creation Records with 'A Porky Primecut' etched in the run-out, housed in the original fully textured sleeve with embossed artist name & title plus album credits inner. The sleeve is Excellent with minor edgewear and a little sticker mark to the front and some foxing on the reverse, whilst the vinyl shows minimals play CRELP074)
- Ride - 4 EPs - White Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £39.99, $52.79, €45.19 (New Item) (arrived 03-Oct-2025 16:00)
on November 16, 2025 at 3:00 pmRIDE 4 EPs (Sealed 2022 UK/EU Limited Edition 16-track double LP pressed on Heavyweight White Vinyl, compiling the first four Ride single EPs onto this double white vinyl record for the very first time, featuring all the tracks from Ride, Play, Fall & Vapour Trail. Comes housed in a high quality reverse-board gatefold picture sleeve with an exclusive 16-page booklet inside, factory sealed from new in the hype stickered shrinkwrap. The vinyl is Mint WEBB574LP) #shoegaze
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