"Oh, I'm sorry, but it's time to make a stand
Though we never meant to bite the lovin' hand
And now, the time has come to walk alone
We were the children, now we've overgrown
You're the apple of my eye
You're the apple of my heart
But now, the time has come to part."
From "Apple of My Eye"
The cover art of Ass also references the band's relationship with Apple. It's a picture of a hand holding out a giant carrot to a donkey, a symbol of the lure of rock 'n' roll riches
enticing the band away from their true home. It was a road that would lead them to ruin, that is for sure.
It all adds up to a heartbreaking portrait of how a criminally overlooked band was struggling to cut through loads of personal trauma, financial problems, and outright
skullduggery to express their considerable talents as time was running out for them. Full article
Badfinger is one of my favourite bands. Ass or no ass.
Information wanted for original album art design concept.
Album produced by Chris Thomas, Badfinger, and Todd Rundgren. Apple 1973.
Badfinger's fourth album, Ass, is the least known of the group's Apple albums.
By the time it was released in November 1973 in the US and in March 1974 in the UK, the band had left Apple. Although Badfinger wanted to stay with the label, Allen Klein
showed little interest in the band as he was focused on the releases of John, Yoko, George, Ringo and Paul, as well as Beatles reissues. Badfinger's management understood
the situation and looked elsewhere, signing the band to Warner Brothers Records. George Harrison was disappointed with the loss of Badfinger and became upset when he
learned of Klein's treatment of the band. With little promotion behind it, Ass stalled at number 122 on the US charts. More
On the night of 23 April 1975, Ham received a phone call from the US, telling him that all his money had disappeared. Later that night he met Tom Evans and they went to
The White Hart Pub in Surrey together, where Ham drank ten whiskies.Evans drove him home at three o'clock on the morning of 24 April 1975. Ham hanged himself in his
garage studio in Woking later that morning. His suicide note — addressed to his girlfriend, Anne Herriot, and her son, Blair read:
"Anne, I love you. Blair, I love you. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. This is better. Pete. P.S. Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. I will take him with me".
Pete William Ham was cremated at the Morriston Crematorium, Swansea; his ashes were spread in the memorial gardens.
His daughter, Petera, was born one month after his death. Full article
(A) Apple of My Eye - Get Away - Icicles - The Winner - Blind Owl
(B) Constitution - When I Say - Cowboy - I Can Love You - Timeless
