Haymans Green

Haymans Green[nb 1] is a 2008 album by The Pete Best Band, released by Lightyear Entertainment and distributed in the US and Canada by EMI. Pete Best plays drums, and co-wrote most of the tracks. Reviews of the album have been mostly favourable, and almost all reviewers agree that the album sounds influenced by The Beatles, a band which Pete Best was a member of between 1960 and 1962.

Haymans Green
Studio album by
The Pete Best Band
Released16 September 2008 (2008-09-16)
RecordedThe Casbah Coffee Club Studios, Liverpool, England, 2006 (2006)–2008 (2008)
GenrePop rock
Length35:25
LabelLightyear Music
ProducerRoag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry
Singles from Haymans Green
  1. "Gone"
    Released: 16 September 2008 US only
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The album's cover shows the section of the Hamburg-era photograph of The Beatles featuring Best's face that was removed as part of the collage design for the Beatles' Anthology 1 album.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come With Me"Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry[3]2:23
2."Step Outside"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry3:57
3."Round and Around"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry2:38
4."Grey River"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry3:18
5."Gone"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry2:34
6."Dream Me Home"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry3:47
7."Everything I Want"Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry3:37
8."Beat Street"Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry2:05
9."Broken"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry3:56
10."Red Light"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry4:01
11."Hayman's Green"Pete Best, Roag Best, Phil Melia, Paul Parry3:04
Total length:35:25

Personnel
  • Pete Best – Drums
  • Roag Best – Drums, Percussion
  • Tony Flynn – Guitar, Vocals, Lead vocals on 4, 9[4]
  • Phil Melia  – Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals, Lead vocal on 3
  • Paul Parry – Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Lead vocals on all tracks except 3, 4, 8
  • Engineers – Nic Johnston and Kenny Jones

References
  1. Haymans Green at AllMusic
  2. "Far Out Meets: Pete Best, re-connecting with the "forgotten Beatle"". Far Out Magazine. January 25, 2020.
  3. First Pete Best album with original songs, "Haymans Green," announced
  4. RadioRockonTour review

Notes
  1. The title track, named after the street where Pete Best lived as a young man, is listed as "Hayman's Green" (with apostrophe). It is possible that the album title was meant to include the apostrophe as well but the graphic used throughout the CD package omits it.



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