Pete Ham Library by Tom Brennan

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Peter William Ham was born on April 27, 1947 in the "Townhill" district of Swansea, South Wales. Pete began to play the mouth organ at age 4. He received his first guitar around Christmas of 1959. Inspired, Pete began to play with school friends around 1961. By 1963, Pete had recruited for a group that began to play gigs around the local area. After going through various band names such as The Panthers, The Black Velvets and The Wild Ones, by 1964, the group had settled on a new name, The Iveys...

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Pete Ham solo demos on CD, etc.
Gwent Gardens (CD, downloads & streaming)	Misunderstood (downloads & streaming)
Demos Variety Pack CD	7 Park Avenue CD, downloads & streaming
Golders Green CD (downloads & streaming) Tom Brennan's interview with producer Dan Matovina	Keyhole Street: Demos 1966-67 (2-CD set) (downloads & streaming)
Head First CD with bonus demos	No, Don't Let It Go/ You're Such A Good Woman (vinyl single)
Without You (The Tragic Story of Badfinger) [Limited Edition Disc] CD	Without You (The Tragic Story of Badfinger) 2nd Edition [Limited Edition Disc] CD

The very first collection of Pete Ham demos, 7 Park Avenue, was produced by Dan Matovina in 1997 and released by Rykodisc. The second collection, Golders Green, was released in 1999. The 3rd collection, consisting of only the very earliest Pete Ham demos from 1966 and 1967, called Keyhole Street, was released as a limited edition set in 2013. Demos Variety Pack was released on CD only in 2022, and the final Pete Ham collection produced by Dan Matovina, Misunderstood was released for streaming and digital downloads only in 2023.

Pete Ham lyrics:
Pete's songs as recorded by The Iveys and Badfinger are located elsewhere on this site.
Most of the lyrics within these pages are from Dan Matovina's biography, Without You-The Tragic Story of Badfinger or the albums: "7 Park Avenue", "Golders Green", "Keyhole Street", "Demos Variety Pack", "Misunderstood" and "Gwent Gardens."

Pete Ham (official YouTube channel)

official Facebook page for Pete Ham:
https://www.facebook.com/PeteHamBadfinger

Dan Matovina's Badfinger biography web page

The Very Best of Pete Ham (2024)
a playlist by Tom Brennan

The artwork of Pete Ham & Tom Evans,
plus demo recordings

Pete Ham news & features

Pete Ham death announcements

Pete Ham - Swansea's Master of Melody
The poster above can be found near the exit
to the train station in Swansea, South Wales.
Click on the image above for a
high resolution, readable .pdf file.

other solo Badfinger pages:
Tom Evans Mike Gibbins Joey Molland Bob Jackson Ron Griffiths Dave Jenkins

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