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{{Infobox Lostwave|Box=BoxRed|ShowBox=Yes|Name=Wings - Wild Wonders|Image=|Caption=|Alt_name=|Status=Partially identified|Year=c. 1988|OP=Scott Belmer|Search_started=2001|Media=|Search_community=Various}}"'''Wings - Wild Wonders'''" is a bootleg tape of supposed Paul McCartney & Wings tracks, which are actually not by them. In the 1980s, bootleggers attributed these songs to "authentic" Wings studio outtakes, later referred to as 'outfakes' by Beatles collectors. These songs are wrongly attributed to different artists or bands without their knowledge.  
{{Infobox Lostwave|Box=BoxRed|ShowBox=Yes|Name=Wings - Wild Wonders|Image=WingsWildWonders.png|Caption=|Alt_name=|Status=Partially identified|Year=c. 1987|OP=Scott Belmer|Search_started=2001|Media=WingsWildWondersFULLALBUM.mp3|Search_community=Various}}"'''Wings - Wild Wonders'''" is a bootleg tape of misattributed Paul McCartney & Wings tracks. In the 1980s, bootleggers claimed these songs were authentic Wings studio outtakes, later referred to as 'outfakes' by Beatles collectors, likely to promote sales of the tape to collectors.  


Based on the identified songs, it is believed that all of the songs on the album were recorded in the late 1970s and early 1980s and aired on the Long Island radio station WBAB 102.3, possibly by Long Island, New York bands. Three of the songs on the tape were bootleg recordings of demo submissions for the station's Homegrown Hour show, which was dedicated to promoting local acts.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBAB_Homegrown_Album?useskin=vector</ref>  
Based on the identified songs, it is believed that all of the songs on the album were recorded in the late 1970s and early 1980s and aired on the Long Island radio station WBAB 102.3, possibly by Long Island, New York bands. Three of the songs on the tape were bootleg recordings of demo submissions for the station's Homegrown Hour show, which was dedicated to promoting local acts.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBAB_Homegrown_Album?useskin=vector</ref>  


== History ==
== History ==
Since 1988, bootleg tapes titled "Wings - Wild Wonders" have circulated among Beatles tape collectors. '''Scott Belmer'', '''''an author, reviewed each track on the audio tape in his 1988 newsletter Belmo's Beatleg News'''''<ref>http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/wingswildwonderstape.html</ref>, '''''and the songs are thought to be genuine. In 1989, '''L.R.E. King''' mentioned the tape in his book''Fixing A Hole: A Second Look At The Beatles' Unauthorized Recordings''', and first theorized that the bootleggers purposefully distorted the audio to conceal the fact that Paul McCartney was not singing on them.<ref>https://amazon.com/Fixing-Hole-Beatles-Unauthorized-Recordings/dp/0944692028</ref>
Since 1987, bootleg tapes titled "Wings - Wild Wonders" have circulated among Beatles tape collectors.'''''<ref name=":2" />''''' Scott Belmer''''', '''''an author and Beatles historian, first mentioned the tape when he reviewed each track in his January 1988 newsletter Belmo's Beatleg News''''', '''''and the songs were thought to be genuine.'''''<ref name=":2">http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/wingswildwonderstape.html</ref>''''' In 1989, another author named L.R.E. King mentioned the tape in his book ''Fixing A Hole: A Second Look At The Beatles' Unauthorized Recordings'', and first theorized that the bootleggers purposefully distorted the audio to conceal the fact that Paul McCartney was not singing on them.<ref>https://amazon.com/Fixing-Hole-Beatles-Unauthorized-Recordings/dp/0944692028</ref>


In 2001, Randwolf2 launched 'The Beatles Tapes' in 2001, a website that catalogs and debunks recordings purported to be unreleased Beatles material. He classified the Wild Wonders tracks as outfakes.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110731023422/http://beatletapes.angelfire.com/outfakesg.html</ref> Later, he featured the second song from the tape, "Please Come Home," in his sixth downloadable album, 'LIES - VOLUME 6'.<ref>http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/LIESCDs.html</ref>
In 2001, Randwolf2 launched 'The Beatles Tapes' in 2001, a website that catalogs and debunks recordings purported to be unreleased Beatles material, officially classifying the Wild Wonders tracks as outfakes.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110731023422/http://beatletapes.angelfire.com/outfakesg.html</ref> Later, he featured the second song from the tape, "Please Come Home," in his sixth downloadable album, 'LIES - VOLUME 6'.<ref>http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/LIESCDs.html</ref>


On July 13th, 2018, the full album was uploaded to Youtube for the first time by user BeatlesBootlegs9<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6cP1I_pG8&list=PLK2v-NVG9hnDYfYdlwNXF1pWj_MI455nx&index=1</ref>. The search peaked in popularity in 2023 with Antonio's Remastered Works<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFC5vYaE2bAAKs9BEeJscQM23FemBM0B</ref>, Beyond Obscure<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg</ref> and Spade<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yxp5PiZYM</ref> uploading restorations that brought popularity to the search.  
On July 13th, 2018, the full album was uploaded to Youtube for the first time by user BeatlesBootlegs9.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6cP1I_pG8&list=PLK2v-NVG9hnDYfYdlwNXF1pWj_MI455nx&index=1</ref> The search peaked in popularity in 2023 with YouTube users Antonio's Remastered Works,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFC5vYaE2bAAKs9BEeJscQM23FemBM0B</ref> Beyond Obscure<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg</ref> and Spade<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yxp5PiZYM</ref> uploading restorations that brought popularity to the search.  


== Songs ==
== Songs ==


=== 1) Signs Of Love (Status - Unsolved) ===
=== 1) Signs Of Love (Status - Unsolved) ===
A 6 and a half minute long instrumental funk/jazz track. No leads have been found, and it remains unlikely that this song will be discovered through investigation if the song title was changed.
A six and a half-minute instrumental funk/jazz track. No leads have been found, and there is no confirmation of the title, so it could have been made up by the bootleggers.


=== 2) Please Come Home (Status - Unsolved) ===
=== 2) Please Come Home (Status - Unsolved) ===
A fan favorite from the album, this funk-rock song is one of the few songs on the album in which the singer can be heard clearly. Debunked leads found through the Cocatalog copyright database include Ralph J Weeks and Arnold Worsley<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1d6hp18/wild_wonders_please_come_home_possible_lead/</ref> <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk71oxfbsN4&lc=UgwPxJACqsBMUibJl8h4AaABAg</ref>, while unconfirmed leads include Dave Schachne<ref>https://www.bandmix.com/daveschachne/</ref>, and Bruce & Jan Fields<ref>https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=21&ti=1,21&Search%5FArg=Please%20Come%20Home&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=25&REC=0&RD=0&RC=0&PID=YW9cDLWC5eqZy44iyDDrXWKl6kvCP&SEQ=20240619223010&SID=2</ref><ref name=":0" />.  
A funk-rock song, which is one of the few songs on the album where the singer can be clearly heard. Ralph J Weeks<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk71oxfbsN4&lc=UgwPxJACqsBMUibJl8h4AaABAg</ref> and Arnold Worsley<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1d6hp18/comment/l6ylto8/</ref> are among the debunked leads discovered from the Cocatalog copyright database, while unconfirmed leads include Dave Schachne,<ref>https://www.bandmix.com/daveschachne/</ref><ref>https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/7893408</ref> and Bruce & Jan Fields.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1d6hp18/wild_wonders_please_come_home_possible_lead/</ref><ref>https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/7935335</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
I think about you everyday, babe
 
You're always on my mind
 
I haven't heard from you, honey
 
Now I'm wondering why
 
Nothing's the same without you
 
I need your tender touch
 
Just can't go on this way, honey
 
How I've missed you so much
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Please come home, baby
 
I feel so wrong alone, darling
 
Please come home
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
So damn cold in New York City
 
Colder every day
 
But I've got this job to do, honey
 
I can't get to L.A.
 
You say you love me, darling
 
But we're so far apart
 
Can't take this situation
 
It’s just breaking my heart
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Please come home, baby
 
I feel so wrong alone, darling
 
Please come home
 
'''''(Saxophone Solo)'''''
 
Please come home (Please come home, darling)
 
I feel so wrong alone (Don't you know that I feel so wrong all lonely)
 
Please come home (Please come home, please come home)
 
I feel so wrong alone
 
Please come home
 
I feel so wrong alone
 
Please come home
 
I feel so wrong alone
 
Please come home
 
I feel so wrong alone
 
Please come home
 
I feel so wrong alone
|}


=== 3) The Best Is Yet To Come (Status - Unsolved) ===
=== 3) The Best Is Yet To Come (Status - Unsolved) ===
A funk/soul song with indiscernible lyrics due to extremely high bass distortion, with the only identifiable line being the chorus, which only contains the song's title.<ref name=":1">https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/help-me-and-the-folks-on-r-lostwave-solve-a-36-year-mystery-concerning-some-wings-outfakes.1170048/</ref> The only known lead was discovered through the Cocatalog database, klezmer musician and Long Island resident Jonathan Dinkin, but the lead has since gone cold due to an inability to contact him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTYQqKjoV0&lc=UgzCyUd1N07MBhhAtg14AaABAg</ref>
A soul song with indiscernible lyrics due to extremely high bass distortion, with the only easily-identifiable line being the chorus, which only contains the song's title.<ref name=":1">https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/help-me-and-the-folks-on-r-lostwave-solve-a-36-year-mystery-concerning-some-wings-outfakes.1170048/</ref> The only known lead was discovered through the Cocatalog database, a klezmer musician and Long Island resident named Jonathan Dinkin, but the lead has since gone cold due to an inability to contact him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8BaSHverA0&lc=UgxFKDvQZPoEFVt3mth4AaABAg</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
(You know it's fine out in the lifeline?)
 
(So insecure, it’s out of your head?)
 
(Not even left and to the right or unsure?)
 
(I know the best is yet to come, I know?)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
(If anybody's over, while you were having fun?)
 
(Look out, the best is yet to come, I know?)
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
(You may no leave I left this big town?)
 
(You may not know just having fun?)
 
(You make us happy, without your smile we’d never know?)
 
(Oh yeah, the best is yet to come, I know?)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
(If anybody's over, while you were having fun?)
 
(Look out, the best is yet to come, I know?)
 
'''(Bridge)'''
 
(Away?)
 
(Away you’re not too far?)
 
(Day?)
 
(Look, everybody’s who you are?)
 
'''''(Guitar Solo)'''''
 
'''(Verse 3)'''
 
(Before we meet get high 'till next time?)
 
(You overplayed this tune ???)
 
(I'm moving on onto loves friends I know?)
 
(Look out, the best is yet to come, I know?)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
(If anybody's over, while you were having fun?)
 
(Look out, the best is yet to come, I know?)
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
 
The best is yet to come (The best is yet to come)
|}


=== 4) Go For The Beer (Status - Unsolved) ===
=== 4) Go For The Beer (Status - Unsolved) ===
A hard rock song with disputed lyrics, with listeners hearing "Go for the feels" in the chorus<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5FfK7YLZo&lc=Ugy8Hs-jxu9kk75H6rV4AaABAg</ref>. No leads have been found.
A hard rock song with a disputed chorus, with some listeners hearing "Go for the feels".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5FfK7YLZo&lc=Ugy8Hs-jxu9kk75H6rV4AaABAg</ref> There have been no leads found.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
Something tells me that there’s too many songs about love
 
(It doesn't mean that my ideas to know are above? (and gone?))
 
I stick around a lotta landings and fit like a glove
 
Oh, won’t you save me when the end comes and push comes to shove
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
Baby I don't like it when the boyfriend gives me hints of the news
 
There isn't reasons, though we don't want to hear about (blues?)
 
You wanna learn, you wanna burn, (while the elders refuse?)
 
(And for radios, dialing time and time, there's nothing to lose?)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
 
'''(Bridge)'''
 
Someone keeps aside the melancholy deep inside
 
Way beyond the sidelines
 
But if you follow so, you’ll only bother keeping her
 
Locked within the sidelines
 
'''''(Guitar Solo)'''''
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
 
'''(Bridge)'''
 
Someone keeps aside the melancholy deep inside
 
Way beyond the sidelines
 
But if you follow so, you’ll only bother keeping her
 
Locked within the sidelines
 
'''(Verse 1)'''
 
Something tells me that there’s too many songs about love
 
(It doesn't mean that my ideas to know are above? (and gone?))
 
I stick around a lotta landings and fit like a glove
 
Oh, won’t you save me when the end comes and push comes to shove
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
 
Go for the feel/fear
 
It’s the only thing that’s real
|}


=== 5 & 6) Lookin' Into Love/Shake Up Your Engines - Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg (Status - Solved) ===
=== 5 & 6) Lookin' Into Love/Shake Up Your Engines - Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg (Status - Solved) ===
Long Island musicians Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg recorded the country-rock song Lookin' Into Love and the pop-rock song Shake Up Your Engines in 1977.
Lookin' Into Love and Shake Up Your Engines, were two songs recorded by Long Island musicians Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg in 1977. On July 13th, 2023, a copyright entry for a song titled 'Lookin' Into Love' was discovered in Cocatalog by YouTube user BaroneseBon.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg&lc=UgwB3zVGRpOC-ToqVy14AaABAg</ref> Upon contacting Ferraro, he confirmed the song's ownership and provided a high quality recording of the song<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8KP4IBjvo</ref> and 'Shake Up Your Engines', another song from the album.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8DO9ohCnY</ref>
 
The songs were recorded in 1977 at Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York and submitted to RCA Records in Nashville.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg&lc=Ugzojf2H-95WBiVKyat4AaABAg</ref> Both songs were also submitted to radio contests in the late '70s, such as WBAB 102.3's Homegrown Hour show, which may have been the source from which bootleggers stole the song.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Official Lyrics (Lookin' Into Love)'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
Say I'm sailing safely homeward
 
Say loves course is running true
 
It's everything, that I've been looking for
 
I find in your eyes soft and blue.
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Looking into love
 
Tender lines on our faces
 
Looking into love
 
It took time for me to do
 
Looking into love
 
They'll be no more empty spaces
 
Looking into love
 
And saying I'm needing you
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
Say my sails are down to half mast
 
Say I surrender me to you
 
I say broken promises, might all be in the past
 
Looking into love that's holding true.
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Looking into love
 
Tender lines on our faces
 
Looking into love
 
It took time for me to do
 
Looking into love
 
They'll be no more empty spaces
 
Looking into love
 
And saying I'm needing you
 
'''''(Guitar/Piano Solo)'''''
 
Looking into love
 
Tender lines on our faces (Tender lines)
 
Looking into love
 
It took time for me to do
 
Looking into love
 
They'll be no more empty spaces
 
Looking into love
 
And saying I'm needing you
 
Looking into love (Looking into love)
 
Tender lines on our faces
 
Looking into love
 
It took time for me to do
 
Looking into love
 
They'll be no more empty spaces
|}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Official Lyrics (Shake Up Your Engines)'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
Walking hard on the boulevard
 
Takin' the time to feel real fine
 
And I know you aren't walking
 
Back to me
 
Pay my dues to the avenue
 
Show that smile though it takes a while
 
Even though no-one's talking
 
Back to you
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Shake up your engines
 
And rattle your trains
 
'Cause I'm not coming on board
 
Mr. conductor you can call out my name
 
I won't be ridin' anymore
 
'''''(Guitar Solo)'''''
 
Shake up your engines
 
And rattle your trains
 
'Cause I'm not coming on board
 
Mr. conductor you can call out my name
 
I won't be ridin' anymore
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
Sittin' trackside suicide
 
Beating time to a real fine line
 
And I know it wasn't any
 
Good for me
 
I pay my dues to all of you
 
Walk a mile just to make you smile
 
But I know that ain't
 
Really very far to go
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Shake up your engines
 
And rattle your trains
 
'Cause I'm not coming on board (I'm not coming on)
 
Mr. conductor you can call out my name
 
I won't be ridin' anymore
 
Shake up your engines


On July 13th, 2023, a copyright entry for a song titled 'Lookin' Into Love' was discovered in Cocatalog and found by YouTube user BaroneseBon.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg&lc=UgwB3zVGRpOC-ToqVy14AaABAg</ref> Upon contacting Ferraro, he confirmed the song's ownership and provided a high quality recording of the song<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8KP4IBjvo</ref> and 'Shake Up Your Engines', another song from the album.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8DO9ohCnY</ref>
And rattle your trains


The songs were recorded in 1977 at Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg&lc=Ugzojf2H-95WBiVKyat4AaABAg</ref> and submitted to RCA Records in Nashville. RCA initially expressed interest in having the group record for them, but ultimately passed on them. Both songs were also submitted to radio contests in the late '70s, such as WBAB 102.3's Homegrown Hour show, which may have been the source from which bootleggers stole the song.
'Cause I'm not coming on board (I'm not coming on)
 
Mr. conductor you can call out my name
 
I won't be ridin' anymore
 
'''''(Guitar Solo)'''''  
|}


=== 7) Need A Guarantee Of Love (If It's Me You're Thinking Of) (Status - Unsolved) ===
=== 7) Need A Guarantee Of Love (If It's Me You're Thinking Of) (Status - Unsolved) ===
A rock song which the bootleggers provided two titles for, and has clear vocals. No leads have been found.
A rock song, which is one of the few songs on the album where the singer can be clearly heard. No leads have been found.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
I hear them talking all the time
 
So, I, will have to ask myself
 
Am I just walking on a fine, line, girl?
 
(Running through?) to me or someone else?
 
'''(Pre-Chorus)'''
 
How can I be rest-assured
 
You're not running 'round?
 
If it's me you say you're thinking of
 
Feel it's only fair
 
To sign away your heart
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Need a guarantee
 
Need a guarantee
 
Need a guarantee of love
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
Friends are calling up to say
 
To, me, you're out (not disaster-free?) from 9 to 3
 
Popped a layer in my mind
 
So, I, am on my way to see a notary
 
'''(Pre-Chorus)'''
 
Maybe then I'll feel secure, you're mine legally
 
Then it's possible for me to say
 
When you're all alone
 
You won't fly away
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Need a guarantee
 
Need a guarantee
 
Need a guarantee of love
 
'''''(Guitar Solo)'''''
 
'''(Pre-Chorus)'''
 
With a guarantee I'm sure,
 
You're all safe and sound.
 
Won't believe the story I've been told
 
I'll be your guarantee,
 
(What is waiting yours?)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Need a guarantee
 
Need a guarantee
 
Need a guarantee of love
|}


=== 8) Runaway Teenager (Status - Unsolved) ===
=== 8) Runaway Teenager (Status - Unsolved) ===
An instrumental and the album's shortest track, lasting less than 90 seconds, and has been compared to stock music or a movie OST.<ref name=":1" /> No leads have been found
An instrumental and the album's shortest track, lasting less than 90 seconds, and has been compared to stock music or a movie OST.<ref name=":1" /> No leads have been found, through a recreation has been created by YouTube user senyaiv.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBQlc7xXrI</ref>


=== 9) Jimmy Takes A Ride (Status - Unsolved) ===
=== 9) Jimmy Takes A Ride (Status - Unsolved) ===
A hard rock song with extremely heavy distortion, making it difficult to make out any of the lyrics. A possible lead has been discovered through the Cocatalog database, "Ginny, Take a Ride" by Gary Pagano and Steven Sollog.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cb1i6w/jimmy_takes_a_ride_from_wings_wild_wonders_lead/</ref> This lead is strengthened by the fact that Pagano and Sollog were from Long Island and played in a band called the Sheiks<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/15649407-The-Sheiks-Blow-It-Up</ref>, who were confirmed to have aired alongside Neal Ferraro on Long Island radio.<ref>https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lostwaves-finest/images/c/ca/Highlighted.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20240406012549</ref>  
A hard rock song with extremely heavy distortion, making it extremely difficult to make out any of the lyrics. A possible lead has been discovered through the Cocatalog database, "Ginny, Take a Ride" by Gary Pagano and Steven Sollog.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cb1i6w/jimmy_takes_a_ride_from_wings_wild_wonders_lead/</ref> This lead is strengthened by the fact that Pagano and Sollog were from Long Island and played in a band called the Sheiks,<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/15649407-The-Sheiks-Blow-It-Up</ref> who were confirmed to have aired alongside Neal Ferraro on Long Island radio.<ref>https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lostwaves-finest/images/c/ca/Highlighted.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20240406012549</ref>  
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
(Jimmy/Ginny got to go better?)
 
Now she's got to know better
 
Babe you never know it, (you cannot deny?)
 
(Something's catching you as you take to the sky?)
 
(Babe you never doubt it, summer's on the way?)
 
Then you came here rollin' (???), just my little lady
 
Jimmy's/Ginny's (ways are so good?)
 
On a motorcycle
 
Then, he sends (???) to another guy
 
(Know you're taking children?), but can I get a ride?
 
(???)
 
(Open your mind?)
 
(???)
 
(Look up at the sky, babe?)


=== 10) X-Offender - Relax In Red (Demo) (Status - Solved) ===
'''(Chorus)'''
Relax In Red, previously known as “Relax In Bed", is a new wave song by X-Offender, released in 1986 and solved in 2012. Louis Portela, lead singer and bassist for X-Offender, has explained that the bootleggers' version of Relax In Red was an earlier live recording at Record-O-Mat studios, NY, submitted to WBAB 102.3 station's Homegrown Hour show, while the official release features a more polished final take.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2iBMZlGRlI&lc=Ugzox8wyNtY8cRDNIsZ4AaABAg</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ofkKt1Ug8&lc=UgxMoTU73j87lCph_7l4AaABAg.8Gbmgfg5vde9FzdBBYVwal</ref>
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride, yeah
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
Jimmy/Ginny gets excited
 
(And he didn't have to ride it?)
 
(???, had to leave)
 
(??? , running out of steam)
 
Jimmy/Ginny's got to stop them
 
(All, all night?)
 
Don't know where she's goin'
 
(But she don't give a ride?)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride, yeah
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride, yeah
 
'''''(Guitar Solo?)'''''
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
(???, had to leave)
 
(???, running out of steam)
 
Jimmy/Ginny's got to stop them
 
(All, all night?)
 
Don't know where she's goin'
 
(But nope, nope, nope, tonight?)
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride, take a ride
 
Jimmy/Ginny, take a ride
|}
 
=== 10) Relax In Red (Demo) - X-Offender (Status - Solved) ===
Relax In Red, previously known as “Relax In Bed", is a new wave song by X-Offender, released in 1986 and solved in 2012. Louis Portela, lead singer and bassist for X-Offender, has explained that the bootleggers' version of Relax In Red was an earlier live recording from Record-O-Mat Studios in New York, which was submitted to the WBAB 102.3 station's Homegrown Hour show.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2iBMZlGRlI&lc=Ugzox8wyNtY8cRDNIsZ4AaABAg</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ofkKt1Ug8&lc=UgxMoTU73j87lCph_7l4AaABAg.8Gbmgfg5vde9FzdBBYVwal</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" role="presentation"
|'''Presumed Lyrics'''
|-
|'''(Verse 1)'''
Searching through the darkness
 
Interested if someone's there
 
Moving like a hungry lion
 
Your lips could seal a kiss from death
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Relax in red
 
Relax in red
 
'''(Verse 2)'''
 
Still feeling undecided
 
No one knows you are awaiting death
 
I know you're feeling quite excited
 
But you're willing to relax instead
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Relax in red
 
Relax in red
 
'''''(Guitar Solo)'''''
 
'''(Verse 3)'''
 
A drink or two, no one remembers
 
You moved, but with no success
 
Your love has starved for so many hours
 
Like a (signal?) dancing in distress
 
'''(Chorus)'''
 
Relax in red
 
Relax in red
 
'''''(Instrumental)'''''
 
Relax in red
 
Relax in red
 
'''''(Instrumental)'''''
|}


== References ==
== References ==
* [https://archive.org/details/Wild_wonders_20240730/9 Remastered version of the album]
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Latest revision as of 02:13, 19 November 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.

Wings - Wild Wonders
Year c. 1987
Status Partially identified
Original poster Scott Belmer
Search started 2001
Search community Various
File:WingsWildWondersFULLALBUM.mp3

"Wings - Wild Wonders" is a bootleg tape of misattributed Paul McCartney & Wings tracks. In the 1980s, bootleggers claimed these songs were authentic Wings studio outtakes, later referred to as 'outfakes' by Beatles collectors, likely to promote sales of the tape to collectors.

Based on the identified songs, it is believed that all of the songs on the album were recorded in the late 1970s and early 1980s and aired on the Long Island radio station WBAB 102.3, possibly by Long Island, New York bands. Three of the songs on the tape were bootleg recordings of demo submissions for the station's Homegrown Hour show, which was dedicated to promoting local acts.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Since 1987, bootleg tapes titled "Wings - Wild Wonders" have circulated among Beatles tape collectors.[2] Scott Belmer, an author and Beatles historian, first mentioned the tape when he reviewed each track in his January 1988 newsletter Belmo's Beatleg News, and the songs were thought to be genuine.[2] In 1989, another author named L.R.E. King mentioned the tape in his book Fixing A Hole: A Second Look At The Beatles' Unauthorized Recordings, and first theorized that the bootleggers purposefully distorted the audio to conceal the fact that Paul McCartney was not singing on them.[3]

In 2001, Randwolf2 launched 'The Beatles Tapes' in 2001, a website that catalogs and debunks recordings purported to be unreleased Beatles material, officially classifying the Wild Wonders tracks as outfakes.[4] Later, he featured the second song from the tape, "Please Come Home," in his sixth downloadable album, 'LIES - VOLUME 6'.[5]

On July 13th, 2018, the full album was uploaded to Youtube for the first time by user BeatlesBootlegs9.[6] The search peaked in popularity in 2023 with YouTube users Antonio's Remastered Works,[7] Beyond Obscure[8] and Spade[9] uploading restorations that brought popularity to the search.

Songs[edit | edit source]

1) Signs Of Love (Status - Unsolved)[edit | edit source]

A six and a half-minute instrumental funk/jazz track. No leads have been found, and there is no confirmation of the title, so it could have been made up by the bootleggers.

2) Please Come Home (Status - Unsolved)[edit | edit source]

A funk-rock song, which is one of the few songs on the album where the singer can be clearly heard. Ralph J Weeks[10] and Arnold Worsley[11] are among the debunked leads discovered from the Cocatalog copyright database, while unconfirmed leads include Dave Schachne,[12][13] and Bruce & Jan Fields.[14][15]

3) The Best Is Yet To Come (Status - Unsolved)[edit | edit source]

A soul song with indiscernible lyrics due to extremely high bass distortion, with the only easily-identifiable line being the chorus, which only contains the song's title.[16] The only known lead was discovered through the Cocatalog database, a klezmer musician and Long Island resident named Jonathan Dinkin, but the lead has since gone cold due to an inability to contact him.[17]

4) Go For The Beer (Status - Unsolved)[edit | edit source]

A hard rock song with a disputed chorus, with some listeners hearing "Go for the feels".[18] There have been no leads found.

5 & 6) Lookin' Into Love/Shake Up Your Engines - Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg (Status - Solved)[edit | edit source]

Lookin' Into Love and Shake Up Your Engines, were two songs recorded by Long Island musicians Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg in 1977. On July 13th, 2023, a copyright entry for a song titled 'Lookin' Into Love' was discovered in Cocatalog by YouTube user BaroneseBon.[19] Upon contacting Ferraro, he confirmed the song's ownership and provided a high quality recording of the song[20] and 'Shake Up Your Engines', another song from the album.[21]

The songs were recorded in 1977 at Kingdom Sound in Syosset, New York and submitted to RCA Records in Nashville.[22] Both songs were also submitted to radio contests in the late '70s, such as WBAB 102.3's Homegrown Hour show, which may have been the source from which bootleggers stole the song.

7) Need A Guarantee Of Love (If It's Me You're Thinking Of) (Status - Unsolved)[edit | edit source]

A rock song, which is one of the few songs on the album where the singer can be clearly heard. No leads have been found.

8) Runaway Teenager (Status - Unsolved)[edit | edit source]

An instrumental and the album's shortest track, lasting less than 90 seconds, and has been compared to stock music or a movie OST.[16] No leads have been found, through a recreation has been created by YouTube user senyaiv.[23]

9) Jimmy Takes A Ride (Status - Unsolved)[edit | edit source]

A hard rock song with extremely heavy distortion, making it extremely difficult to make out any of the lyrics. A possible lead has been discovered through the Cocatalog database, "Ginny, Take a Ride" by Gary Pagano and Steven Sollog.[24] This lead is strengthened by the fact that Pagano and Sollog were from Long Island and played in a band called the Sheiks,[25] who were confirmed to have aired alongside Neal Ferraro on Long Island radio.[26]

10) Relax In Red (Demo) - X-Offender (Status - Solved)[edit | edit source]

Relax In Red, previously known as “Relax In Bed", is a new wave song by X-Offender, released in 1986 and solved in 2012. Louis Portela, lead singer and bassist for X-Offender, has explained that the bootleggers' version of Relax In Red was an earlier live recording from Record-O-Mat Studios in New York, which was submitted to the WBAB 102.3 station's Homegrown Hour show.[27][28]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBAB_Homegrown_Album?useskin=vector
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/wingswildwonderstape.html
  3. ↑ https://amazon.com/Fixing-Hole-Beatles-Unauthorized-Recordings/dp/0944692028
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110731023422/http://beatletapes.angelfire.com/outfakesg.html
  5. ↑ http://beatlestapes.atwebpages.com/LIESCDs.html
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6cP1I_pG8&list=PLK2v-NVG9hnDYfYdlwNXF1pWj_MI455nx&index=1
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFC5vYaE2bAAKs9BEeJscQM23FemBM0B
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9yxp5PiZYM
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk71oxfbsN4&lc=UgwPxJACqsBMUibJl8h4AaABAg
  11. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1d6hp18/comment/l6ylto8/
  12. ↑ https://www.bandmix.com/daveschachne/
  13. ↑ https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/7893408
  14. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1d6hp18/wild_wonders_please_come_home_possible_lead/
  15. ↑ https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/7935335
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/help-me-and-the-folks-on-r-lostwave-solve-a-36-year-mystery-concerning-some-wings-outfakes.1170048/
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8BaSHverA0&lc=UgxFKDvQZPoEFVt3mth4AaABAg
  18. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5FfK7YLZo&lc=Ugy8Hs-jxu9kk75H6rV4AaABAg
  19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg&lc=UgwB3zVGRpOC-ToqVy14AaABAg
  20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8KP4IBjvo
  21. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8DO9ohCnY
  22. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gcfDN2NGyg&lc=Ugzojf2H-95WBiVKyat4AaABAg
  23. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBQlc7xXrI
  24. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cb1i6w/jimmy_takes_a_ride_from_wings_wild_wonders_lead/
  25. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/15649407-The-Sheiks-Blow-It-Up
  26. ↑ https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lostwaves-finest/images/c/ca/Highlighted.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20240406012549
  27. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2iBMZlGRlI&lc=Ugzox8wyNtY8cRDNIsZ4AaABAg
  28. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ofkKt1Ug8&lc=UgxMoTU73j87lCph_7l4AaABAg.8Gbmgfg5vde9FzdBBYVwal
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