Artist: Pete Ham Title: Keyhole Street: Demos 1966-67 Year Of Release: 2016 Recorded Between 1966 and 1968 Label: Without You Music Genre: Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Singer-Songwriter Quality: FLAC (tracks+scans) Tracklist: Disc one: 01. Testing 0:08 02. I Want You 2:10 03. Come A Bit Closer 1:47 04. Horse With A Green Tail 2:57 05. Come And Join Us 2:33 06. You Didn't Know Each Other Very Well 3:50 07. Never Felt Like This 2:16 08. 1988 2:25 09. I'll See You Tonight 1:27 10. Think Twice 1:42 11. Happened Again 1:56 12. I've Cried 2:17 13. Blackjack 1:26 14. I'm Only Crying 1:16 15. Dress Myself In Black 3:30 16. Heartburn 2:11 17. Girl Next Door In A Miniskirt 2:03 18. Grand Prix 0:21 19. Can't Stop 1:56 20. Graham Hill 0:16 21. Cavalier Club Rock 2:02 22. Memories 2:42 23. Free Sample 1:47 24. Loved By You 2:01 25. Punch With Judy 1:51 26. I'm In Love (Demo Version) 2:12 27. For My Sympathy 2:33 28. Black And White Rainbows 2:10 29. Keyhole Street (Remastered 2013) 2:25 30. I'll Kiss You Goodnight (Remastered 2013) 2:36 31. Mrs. Jones 2:25 32. Little Sue 2:56 33. Knocking Down Our Home 3:23 Disc two: 01. Testing (Grampian) 0:08 02. Ostrich 2:34 03. How Much Is The Sky 2:53 04. Do What You Like 2:49 05. Open Your Mind 2:10 06. Down Down Down 2:02 07. Never Been Alone 2:27 08. Tender Embrace 1:40 09. I've Been There Once Before 4:00 10. Genie 2:03 11. Stink 1:44 12. Beautiful Dream 2:49 13. Another Day 2:48 14. When I'm Asleep 2:08 15. Hurt Too Many Times 1:47 16. Has Someone Really Got Into My Heart 3:51 17. Get Up 2:28 18. Joker 2:14 19. Hampstead Heath 2:47 20. I Need You 2:21 21. I'm Alone 2:55 22. Weep Baby (Remastered 2013) 2:23 23. The Raven (Horror Soundtrack) 16:27 Although every member of Badfinger composed material for the group, Pete Ham was probably the most important songwriter in the band. He wrote all of their hits, and also co-wrote "Without You," which was covered by Nilsson for a number one single. He did not release any solo records during his lifetime, which ended with his suicide in 1975 (brought on by the band's horrific legal and financial problems). However, he merits an entry as a solo artist because of the posthumous 1997 compilation of Ham solo studio demos, 7 Park Avenue. Recorded on two-track in the late '60s and early '70s and mostly unrecorded by Badfinger, they bear, as did much of Badfinger's material, a strong resemblance to the work of Paul McCartney in their ingenious melodicism. They do a good deal to flesh out appreciation of his talents, showing on the whole a more tender side than was usually expected from Badfinger. A second volume of home-studio demos was released in 1999 under the title Golders Green. ~ Richie Unterberger