Pete Ham
Gwent Gardens
album
compiled by Tom Brennan
last updated: May 26, 2024

Gwent Gardens by Pete Ham

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CD release date: March 8, 2024 (limited to 1500 copies)

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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



more Pete Ham demos at
7 Park Avenue

and
Golders Green
and
Keyhole Street
and in
Demos Variety Pack
and
Misunderstood


Pete Ham Library


special thanks to Dan Matovina

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