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'''''"Wings - Wild Wonders"''''' is the name given to a bootleg compilation tape featuring 10 songs of varying quality, with most by different artists, but all misattributed to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney_and_Wings Paul McCartney and Wings]. The tape was recorded in the '70s and '80s, and since then, there has been a dedicated search to track down high-quality versions of the songs, as well as their true names and authors. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Around the mid 80s, the tape | Around the mid-80s, the tape began circulating among ''Beatles'' tape collectors. Scott Belmer, who wrote several books on The Beatles, reviewed the contents of the tape in his newsletter, "Belmo's Beatleg News".<ref>https://amazon.com/Belmos-Beatleg-News-Complete-Anthology/dp/169851011X</ref> | ||
In 1989, L.R.E King mentioned the tape in their book "Fixin' a Hole".<ref>https://amazon.com/Fixing-Hole-Beatles-Unauthorized-Recordings/dp/0944692028</ref> | |||
<blockquote> | |||
''“Some parts sound a little like Paul and co., but the sound quality is abominable and seems to be deliberately distorted, which is certainly a reason to be suspicious. Extremely dubious.”'' | |||
</blockquote> | |||
In | In 2001, a user known as Randwolf2 launched “The Beatles Tapes,” a website focusing on documenting and debunking alleged unreleased Beatles recordings.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20011119054312/http://www.angelfire.com/music3/BeatlesTapes/main.html</ref> Randwolf2 later categorized these recordings as "Outfakes," a term used to describe songs that are misattributed to a particular band or artist. The user later released “LIES - Volumes 1 - 6,” a downloadable album featuring some of their most sought-after Beatles outfakes. | ||
<ref>http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/LIESCDs.html</ref> | |||
On February 24, 2023, YouTuber Beyond Obscure posted an audio restoration attempt of the tape, and on October 16, LMW user Spade uploaded a restoration attempt of “Please Come Home” to YouTube, followed by the entire tape on November 24, drawing renewed attention to the mystery.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHdsMUmuUw</ref> | |||
On July 19, 2024, YouTuber Abstract2k featured “Please Come Home” in the 5th episode of his series 5 Lost Songs From The Internet.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4omxA_8ppB4&t=596s</ref> | |||
==Track List== | |||
The dates of the songs' releases listed on the bootleg tape are likely all inaccurate, as evidenced by the fact that 3 identified songs were released several years later. | |||
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|"Signs of Love" | |"Signs of Love" | ||
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | |<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | ||
| | |? | ||
|1978 | |1978 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"Please Come Home" | |"Please Come Home" | ||
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | |<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | ||
| | |? | ||
|1977 | |1977 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"The Best is Yet to Come" | |"The Best is Yet to Come" | ||
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | |<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | ||
| | |? | ||
|1975 | |1975 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"Go for the Beer" | |"Go for the Beer" | ||
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | |<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | ||
| | |? | ||
|1978 | |1978 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"Looking into Love | |"Looking into Love" | ||
|<span style="color: | |<span style="color:green">'''Found''' | ||
| | |Neal Ferraro & Len Rothberg - Lookin' Into Love | ||
| | |1974 (actual date: 1978) | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"Shake Up your Engines" | |"Shake Up your Engines" | ||
|<span style="color: | |<span style="color:green">'''Found''' | ||
|Neal Ferraro & Len Rothberg - Shake Up Your Engines | |||
| | |1974 (actual date: 1976-1978) | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|"Need A Guarantee of Love" | |"Need A Guarantee of Love" | ||
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | |<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | ||
| | |? | ||
|1974 | |1974 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"Runaway Teenager" | |"Runaway Teenager" | ||
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | |<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | ||
| | |? | ||
|1979 | |1979 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"Jimmy Takes A Ride" | |"Jimmy Takes A Ride" | ||
|<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | |<span style="color:red">'''Lost''' | ||
| | |? | ||
|1978 | |1978 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|"Relax in Bed" | |"Relax in Bed" | ||
|<span style="color:green">'''Found''' | |<span style="color:green">'''Found''' | ||
| | |X - Offender - Relax In Red (Demo) | ||
|1984 | |1978 (actual date: 1984) | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Identified Tracks == | ==Identified Tracks== | ||
<span style="color: | <span style="color:green">'''Tracks 5 & 6'''</span> were confirmed to have been written by Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg around 1977. For a long time, high-definition audio versions of the two tracks remained lost. However, in February 2024, Neal digitized and shared the proper versions of the songs online, which can now be heard on Q's channel.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8KP4IBjvo</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8DO9ohCnY</ref> | ||
<span style="color:green">'''Track 10'''</span>, identified as Relax In Red by X - Offender, was written in 1984 by Louis Portela. The version of the song that circulated on bootleg tapes has been confirmed as a demo of the final, more polished version of the song which was released in 1986 under [https://www.discogs.com/label/437800-Granet-707-Recordz?page=1 Granet 707 Recordz].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRBxeXEKvo</ref> | |||
== Theories == | |||
One possible theory is that these songs were performed on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBAB 102.3 FM WBAB] Homegrown Hour, a radio show which featured underground local bands based on Long Island.<ref>https://youtu.be/kHn0Yh3CAr8</ref> These songs were then taped by bootleggers and intentionally distorted to obscure the fact that the vocals were not Paul McCartney's. | |||
==Audio== | |||
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==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Lost music]] | ||
[[Category:Partially found media]] | [[Category:Partially found media]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:40, 25 August 2024
Status: Partially Found
"Wings - Wild Wonders" is the name given to a bootleg compilation tape featuring 10 songs of varying quality, with most by different artists, but all misattributed to Paul McCartney and Wings. The tape was recorded in the '70s and '80s, and since then, there has been a dedicated search to track down high-quality versions of the songs, as well as their true names and authors.
History
Around the mid-80s, the tape began circulating among Beatles tape collectors. Scott Belmer, who wrote several books on The Beatles, reviewed the contents of the tape in his newsletter, "Belmo's Beatleg News".[1]
In 1989, L.R.E King mentioned the tape in their book "Fixin' a Hole".[2]
“Some parts sound a little like Paul and co., but the sound quality is abominable and seems to be deliberately distorted, which is certainly a reason to be suspicious. Extremely dubious.”
In 2001, a user known as Randwolf2 launched “The Beatles Tapes,” a website focusing on documenting and debunking alleged unreleased Beatles recordings.[3] Randwolf2 later categorized these recordings as "Outfakes," a term used to describe songs that are misattributed to a particular band or artist. The user later released “LIES - Volumes 1 - 6,” a downloadable album featuring some of their most sought-after Beatles outfakes. [4]
On February 24, 2023, YouTuber Beyond Obscure posted an audio restoration attempt of the tape, and on October 16, LMW user Spade uploaded a restoration attempt of “Please Come Home” to YouTube, followed by the entire tape on November 24, drawing renewed attention to the mystery.[5][6]
On July 19, 2024, YouTuber Abstract2k featured “Please Come Home” in the 5th episode of his series 5 Lost Songs From The Internet.[7]
Track List
The dates of the songs' releases listed on the bootleg tape are likely all inaccurate, as evidenced by the fact that 3 identified songs were released several years later.
| Placeholder Track Title | Status | ID | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Signs of Love" | Lost | ? | 1978 |
| "Please Come Home" | Lost | ? | 1977 |
| "The Best is Yet to Come" | Lost | ? | 1975 |
| "Go for the Beer" | Lost | ? | 1978 |
| "Looking into Love" | Found | Neal Ferraro & Len Rothberg - Lookin' Into Love | 1974 (actual date: 1978) |
| "Shake Up your Engines" | Found | Neal Ferraro & Len Rothberg - Shake Up Your Engines | 1974 (actual date: 1976-1978) |
| "Need A Guarantee of Love" | Lost | ? | 1974 |
| "Runaway Teenager" | Lost | ? | 1979 |
| "Jimmy Takes A Ride" | Lost | ? | 1978 |
| "Relax in Bed" | Found | X - Offender - Relax In Red (Demo) | 1978 (actual date: 1984) |
Identified Tracks
Tracks 5 & 6 were confirmed to have been written by Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg around 1977. For a long time, high-definition audio versions of the two tracks remained lost. However, in February 2024, Neal digitized and shared the proper versions of the songs online, which can now be heard on Q's channel.[8][9]
Track 10, identified as Relax In Red by X - Offender, was written in 1984 by Louis Portela. The version of the song that circulated on bootleg tapes has been confirmed as a demo of the final, more polished version of the song which was released in 1986 under Granet 707 Recordz.[10]
Theories
One possible theory is that these songs were performed on 102.3 FM WBAB Homegrown Hour, a radio show which featured underground local bands based on Long Island.[11] These songs were then taped by bootleggers and intentionally distorted to obscure the fact that the vocals were not Paul McCartney's.
Audio
References
- ↑ https://amazon.com/Belmos-Beatleg-News-Complete-Anthology/dp/169851011X
- ↑ https://amazon.com/Fixing-Hole-Beatles-Unauthorized-Recordings/dp/0944692028
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20011119054312/http://www.angelfire.com/music3/BeatlesTapes/main.html
- ↑ http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/LIESCDs.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHdsMUmuUw
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4omxA_8ppB4&t=596s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8KP4IBjvo
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8DO9ohCnY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRBxeXEKvo
- ↑ https://youtu.be/kHn0Yh3CAr8