BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
DISCO FRIDAY!
“Looking For Love” is a 1986 Italo-Disco song by American singer and photographer Tom Hooker. Hooker was born Thomas Beecher Hooker on November 18, 1957, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Hooker, was brought to Europe when he was six months old. At the age of ten, he started his musical career as a drummer. At 13, he created his first band. At 15, he first appeared in public at a concert as a drummer/singer. He studied languages in Switzerland.
In 1980, he moved to Italy, where he was discovered by Italian producers. He had his first major success in 1986 with “Looking for Love”. Hooker also co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the first two Den Harrow albums, and co-wrote many subsequent Den Harrow songs under the name T. Beecher.
A music video was filmed for the song which featured American Hi-NRG singer Sinitta and Floyd from Hot Gossip.
SIDE A:
Looking For Love (12″ Version) 5:32
SIDE B:
Dub Looking For Love (Dub Version) 5:15
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Baby Records (2) – 608 235
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Italo-Disco
CREDITS:
Arranged By, Written-By – T. Hooker*
Arranged By, Written-By, Producer – M. Chieregato*, R. Turatti*
Engineer [Sound] – Cedric Beatty
NOTES:
Made in Germany
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Hey there! I’ve been following your blog for a long time now and finally got the bravery
to go ahead and give you a shout out from Atascocita Texas!
Just wanted to say keep up the great work!
How could you have never listen to it before??
It is among the most famous Italo Disco songs !!
Please check “One Shot ’80 vol. 5 and 10” for more great songs from that era.
ciao
Hi Paul,
Another great rip – many thanks!
Whilst you’re in a European-American-crossover frame of mind (please excuse the tenuous segue), any chance of posting the Pettibone mixes of Falco’s ‘Do it again’? (an American DJ remixing an Austrian rapper’s cover of an American rock song!)
Have a great day,
Mark Z.
WOW… never thought that you’ll post any italo-disco at all…
Great post Paul, one of the best italo tunes.
Love that song, and your rips are the best!
Hi Paul,
Thanks a lot Paul.
I love Italo-disco.
I wish that you will have other 12″ vinyl Italo-disco from 1983 till 1988.
Have a nice Weekend …
Thanks a lot Paul.
I second the request of a Den Harrow Special. 🙂
i love italo disco!!!!!!!
i love djPaulT as well!!!!!
thanx a lot for this!!!!
have a nice weekend!!!!!!
I listen to a lot of Italo and somehow missed this one. Thanks!:)
Oh yeah, Tom Hooker (what a bad chosen name). I think this single is the best single he released in the ’80s. Bought the 7 inch in Italy in 1986. This 12 inch offers a great extended version and an excellent instrumental dub as well. Very happy you posted this Italo classic.
Did you know Tom sang all Den Harrow vocals? Den Harrow admits it too. In the ’90s Dan recorded new material on which he sang by himself, but not on the famous Italo Baby Records label anymore.
Italo-Disco at its best! Still have this vinyl and also the follow-up, Only One (which is ok, but nowhere near this one). Thanks for the history lesson, never knew he was American-born.
What about a Den Harrow special? He really had some excellent tunes (Charleston, Don’t Break My Heart, Future Brain…).
Thanks for the rip!
Chris the Swiss
Great song, actually had this one out about 2 months ago, worn out a bit from playing it in the clubs back in the day, good to get a nice copy!
big mahalos for this…i had the vinyl way back when 😀
Classic Italo Disco song! Thank You.
You’re welcome Gilbert 🙂
Amazing!
Huge thanks for this! :)))))))))))))
Thank you David 🙂
You just read my mind. Is was looking for this quite a time.
Had the single mix of this song on an old 80s Sampler.
Would suggest – Roxanne – “Give A Little Love” as a follow up post 🙂
Greetings from Germany
Paul
Great minds think alike Paul. You even have a great first name 🙂 See what I can do not sure if I have that record.
Ooh, one of my favorite Italo-disco stars! Thank you.
Mine too VanceMan 🙂
never heard this before. but i like it, it really rocks. Thanks for yet another excellent share, djpaul 😀
—- Brian
Glad to hear you like it Brian 🙂