Pete
Ham
Gwent
Gardens
album
compiled
by Tom Brennan
last
updated: May 26, 2024
Streaming
& Digital released: 2023 December 21
Y&T
Music, YT-27,
CD released 2024 March 08
Track listing:
01. The
Day Begins (Pete Ham) (2:59)
Previously unreleased piano demo (take 10) with double-tracked
vocals.
02. Let The
Sun Shine Through (Pete Ham) (3:17)
Previously unreleased demo from 1970 performed on keyboards with
double-tracked vocals.
03. Love Will Be
(Pete Ham) (2:12)
Previously unreleased demo from 1972 performed on acoustic &
electric guitars.
04. I'm Only Human
(Pete Ham) (2:42)
Previously unreleased demo from 1969 performed on electric guitar
with double-tracked harmony vocals.
05. Happy Song (Pete
Ham) (3:16)
Previously unreleased demo from 1966 featuring Ron Griffiths on bass
guitar and Pete Ham on electric guitar and double-tracked harmony
vocals. This song was held back from the Keyhole Street album
release.
06. I Miss You
[demo version] (Pete Ham) (2:24)
Previously unreleased demo version from 1967 with double-tracked
piano & vocals. Remastered in 2012 by Dan Matovina. Badfinger's
version was eventually released on their first LP for Warner
Brothers in 1974.
07. Pete's Boogie [instrumental] (Pete Ham) (0:36)
Previously unreleased piano instrumental.
08. Little Mary (Pete
Ham) (4:35)
Previously unreleased demo from 1969 performed on organ and drums
with double-tracked vocals.
09. Take It All
[demo version] (Pete Ham) (2:08)
Previously issued on Without You-The Tragic Story of Badfinger 2nd
edition book CD (2000). Original demo from August 1971 performed on
electric piano and Fender Stratocaster electric guitar. Badfinger's
version was released on their "Straight Up" LP.
10. Think It Over
(Pete Ham) (3:32)
Previously unreleased demo from 1970 perfomed on piano and electric
guitar.
11. Scarlett Willow
(Pete Ham) (3:04)
Previously unreleased demo from 1972 performed on keyboards and
cymbals. Recorded at the same time as track 2.
12. Blodwyn [demo
version] (Pete Ham) (3:58)
Previously unreleased demo version performed on acoustic &
electric guitars with double-tracked vocals. Badfinger's version was
released on their "No Dice" LP.
13. Stick A Line In
(Pete Ham) (2:14)
Previously unreleased demo from 1970 performed on electric piano
with double-tracked vocals. This was recorded at the same time as
the "If It's Love" demo that became "Without You."
14. Something On
My Mind (Pete Ham) (1:52)
Previously unreleased demo performed on piano.
15. I Can Be (Pete Ham)
(2:00)
Previously available in edited form (mis-titled as "It Takes So
Long") on the 1995 bootleg CD "Someday We'll Be Known." Piano demo
from 1967 with double-tracked vocals.
16. Walk Out In
The Rain (Pete Ham) (3:20)
Previously unreleased demo performed on piano with double-tracked
vocals. The Iveys' version was released on the first Badfinger LP,
"Magic Christian Music."
17. Stop
Waiting For The Sun To Shine (Pete Ham) (1:26)
Previously unreleased demo from 1967 performed on electrified
acoustic guitar.
18. Tulip (Pete Ham)
(2:18)
Previously unreleased demo from 1969 performed on electric guitars
with double-tracked vocals.
Pete
Ham – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards,
drums, percussion, harmonica
Ron Griffiths - bass guitar (on Happy Song)
Compilation, editing and engineering –
Tom Brennan
Mastering and restoration - Kevin McElligott
Special thanks to Anne Herriot, Tony Herriot, Petera Ham, Ron
Griffiths, Kent Gray.
Dedicated to Dan Matovina.
℗ All songs admin by Kobalt Music Pub America Inc. o/b/o Estate of
Peter William Ham
Product © Estate of Peter William Ham
Cover
design by Tom Brennan, original concept by Dan Matovina