Lookin' Into Love (formerly known as “Looking Into Love”) is a formerly unidentified country-rock song by Long Island-based musicians, Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg, and sung by Neal, Dory Roedel Ferraro, and Joe Ruvio. The song is a demo recorded in 1977 at Kingdom Sound in Syosset, NY.
Search History
80s-90s
Just as is the case with Shake Up Your Engines: Sometime around 1987, bootleggers circulated the song on audio tapes, mislabeling it as a Paul McCartney & Wings studio outtake.[1]This song was the fifth track on the tape.
This lead to the song being featured in two separate newsletters devoted to unofficial Beatles recordings, Scott Belmer featured it in 1987, and L.R.E. King subsequently included it in another newsletter in 1989 as a direct response to Scott Belmer's review of the song.
The song's earliest known online mention dates to sometime around 1998 when user Randwolf included it on his now-defunct website, which aimed at cataloging recordings of The Beatles.[2]
2010s-2023
On July 13th, 2018, user BeatlesBootlegs9 posted the song to YouTube, along with all the other songs on the tape. The tape said the song was from 1974.
On July 13th, 2023, a copyright entry was discovered in Cocatalog for a song titled 'Lookin' Into Love', registered by Neal Ferraro and Len Rothberg in 1978. Further investigation also revealed that both copyright holders reside on Long Island, supporting the theory that this is likely the area of origin for these songs.[3]
After contacting Neal, he confirmed that 'Lookin' Into Love' is his song. He also shared additional information about the song, including its lyrics.
2024
Finally, on February 29th, 2024, he provided a HQ recording of both Lookin' Into Love[4] and another previously unidentified song titled 'Shake Up Your Engines'.[5] On March 2, 2024, both Lookin' Into Love and Shake Up Your Engines were added to the Internet Archive.[6]
The song was recorded in 1977 at Kingdom Sound in Syosset, and then submitted to RCA Records in Nashville, Tennessee. At that time, the label expressed interest in having the group record for them, with the potential involvement of producer Owen Bradley from Free Flight Records, a new RCA subsidiary. But despite initial interest, RCA eventually decided to pass on them. According to Neal, recording the song cost around $2000 in 1977.
According to Neal, both Lookin' Into Love and Shake Up Your Engines were also submitted to various radio contests in the late '70s, such as WBAB 102.3's Homegrown Hour show, which was dedicated to showcasing local talent. These shows are likely the source from which bootleggers stole the song.
WBAB 102.3 is the likely station that played the song in the late '70s.
Lyrics
Say I'm sailing safely homeward
Say love's course is running true
Say everything
That I've been looking for
I find in your eyes soft and blue
Lookin' into love!
Tender lines on our faces
Lookin' into love!
It took time for me to do
Lookin' into love!
There'll be no more empty spaces
Lookin' into love
And saying I'm needing you
Say my sails are down to half mast
Say I surrender me to you
Say broken promises
Might all be in the past
Lookin' into love that's holding true
Lookin' into love!
Tender lines on our faces
Lookin' into love!
It took time for me to do
Lookin' into love!
There'll be no more empty spaces
Lookin' into love!
And saying I'm needing you
Lookin' into love!
Tender lines on our faces
(Tender lines)
Lookin' into love!
It took time for me to do
(See you)
Lookin' into love!
There'll be no more empty spaces
Lookin' into love
And saying I'm needing you
Lookin' into love!
(Lookin' into love)
Tender lines on our faces
Lookin' into love!
It took time for me to do
(Gotta see)
Lookin' into love!
There'll be no more empty spaces
Lookin' into love
And saying I'm needing you
Credits
Written and Produced by ● Neal Ferraro, Len Rothberg
Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Piano ● Neal Ferraro
Pedal Steel Guitar ● Mike Uceti
Drums ● Pete Emola
Backing Vocals ● Dory (Roedel) Ferraro, Joe Ruvio
Engineered by ● Don Casale
Gallery
External Links
- ↑ Wings - Wild Wonders
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20011119054312/http://www.angelfire.com/music3/BeatlesTapes/main.html
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/134wohq/is_this_the_identity_of_looking_into_love_from/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp8KP4IBjvo
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh8DO9ohCnY
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/neal-ferraro-len-rothberg
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