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Ep. 215 | Hear the Beatles Tell All (1964)
Some âpodcastsâ only hear The Beatles (TM, pending) tell some. But only one âPodcastâ hears the Beatles tell all, for one. #Sting #BryanAdams #RodStewart #TellMeAllYourThoughtsOnRod
This week, our own Dunhill & V.J. - Tony & T.J.! - jump into one of the long-forgotten, 1964 V.J. record label cash grabs, âHear The Beatles Tell Allâ. This tabloid-style Beatles interview album contains no Beatles music, but it does feature one of rock & soul musicâs greatest drummers this side of Purdydice City. Take! Me! Home! #PurdiePlayedOnThatTrackToo
Take a trip back to late 1964, when this album was released, or sometime in the 1980âs, when T.J bought a fake V.J. version in a real Chicago record store, played it, and carefully put it back in a rice paper sleeve, where it lived until about a week ago. Which pressing does he have? Do you really care? Does he? Does Tony? Casey? P3Z-Nutz? Why is John pregnant, again? And why not use this gone tropportunity to ask more questions, such A$:
đđ¨ââď¸ Is anyone else clamoring for the Untitled Motley Hatchett podcast, or is that idea just flirtinâ with Dr. Feelbad?
đ¤đ Would it be so terrible if the official 9th Beatle (as formally recognized by Calderstone) was Harry Schmerler, your singing Ford dealer? #RockaybeYourBabyyyyyyyyyy
đ If you give out Putin pal/draft dodger Donald Trumpâs address, will you come down with a case of Chicken Doxx? Because youâd have doxxed an actual fâing chicken?
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Ep. 206 | The Beatles âLive at the BBCâ (1994)
In what many scholars consider one of the most revelatory album releases of 1994 (perhaps second only to Sade's "Best of Sade"), the Beatles' "Live at the BBC" provides a portal back to the early 60s, when the Beatles weren't yet quite as popular as the big J.C.
This week, T.J and Tony dust off their CD collections to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 30th anniversary of some of the Fab Four's fines live studio recordings, and in the process, answer the timeless questions:
đŹđ§đď¸ Who was the superior BBC presenter: Lee Peters, Pee Litres, or Step By Step's Patrick Duffy?
đđ˝ How come Ringo doesn't want us throwing bananas at him anymore, and when was he planning to warn us (with peace and love)?
đđľ Whaddyou want when you're hungry for somethin' that you really got to have? #LikeHotDogs
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Ep. 204 | Beatles For Sale (1964) Side Two
The fab fourâs fourth fab album, Beatles for Sale, isnât just absolutely freaking underrated. It offers perhaps the last of their comparatively-less-ubiquitous knockout tunes. Side 2 illustrates this point perfectly, where just about Every Little Thing is magical*. (*May not include cover songs!)
And yet, the UBPâs very own Tony âDave Dexter Junior, Juniorâ Mendoza wants to make this album even better. How will he do this you may ask? Thatâs why you literally have to listen! (No, really this time weâre not f**king around.) Spoiler alert: just when the âlawyersâ said Rush and The Beatles was too legally sick of a collab, The Spirit of Hard Rock Radio on WFUK - Your Home for Appleton Foxes Baseball - proves that in Tonyâs world, the timeless wavelengths remain, well, timeless. And also, wavelengths.
You canât spoil a UBP âBeatles For Saleâ party, because a UBP âBeatles For Saleâ party donât spoil! Oy, unless itâs too hot at this meshugana picnic! Which one of you shcmucks brought egg salad, itâs a thousand degrees out here!? And also:
đŤđˇ Is Queen Latifaâs best song about a French record pressing plant âU-N-R-T-Iâ?
đđ¨đď¸ (Angry Chicago guy:) How come nobody ainât calls Earth Wind and Fire reverse racists* for not hiring Erik Estrada to sing âCelebrate Good Times, Come Onâ on their tours? (*Not a thing)
đ´đ Why does T.J. think the random, current Sheriff of the Norwalk Republican Town Committee played Arnold Horshack on âWelcome Back Kotterâ?
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Ep. 203 | Beatles For Sale (1964)
Itâs one of the more unique and perhaps under-appreciated albums in the Beatles otherworldly catalog: âBeatles For Saleâ. Recorded in the eye of the Beatlemania storm, with the making of what would become âHelpâ right around the corner, this is one of the few Beatles albums that, to quote TLCâs tribute to Zach Braff (NBCâs âNo Scrubsâ), âBeatles For Saleâ, sadly gets no love. Itâs occasionally dismissed as a creative and energy step down from the album which preceded it, âA Hard Days Nightâ. BY MORONS, AM I RIGHT? Because this is a damn fine album, however exhausted and transitional the boys may have been, and itâs long past time it gets an authentic, patented UBP deep dish. Hold the sausage, itâs almost Meat Free Monday, you jagbag!
In addition to dishing Dylan, The Beatles, and the age old political battle of mono vs. stereo, the Now On Sale Two also ponder:
đ Is Tony a first time grunter, a longtime grunter, or a R.J. Grunter?
đ Marvin Gaye ganked the riff and feel of âGot To Give It Upâ from longtime, actual soul legend Robin Thicke, yes? Like, obviously?
đĽ Is Bernard Purdie, scientifically, the worldâs only drummer?
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Ep. 199 | Beatles Mono Box Set Listening Party
To celebrate the release of The Beatles 1964 US Albums in Mono, Untitled T.J. invited Untitled Tony over to his Untitled Beatles Paradise, where the two middle-aged lads Beatled about for hours with these new HOTLY CUT platters.
In this episode, the first in a sporadic series, they delve into this MOSTLY FAB box set, leading off with Side 1 of Meet The Beatles.
While the hot wax spins, the Jurk Twins ponder:
𼊠Is Tonyâs new copy of âMono Meet The Beatles: feat âNot A Second Time Sgt. Paper Inner Groove [Lee Minkler Remix]â more rare or medium rarer than T.J.âs âTarget Presents: Mono Meat The Beatles [Exclusive Limited Marbled Blue Vinyl Presented by Target. Target: A Fun Place To Shop!]?
đď¸ Is the key to corporate improvisation, âBring a bag, not a cathedralâ?
đĽ Not to be â90âs rap conspiratorial, but can we be certain that the Flowers In The Dirt World Tour Pack Shakur really died in â96? (Angry Chicago Guy: And how come White Sox manager Terry Bevington ainât at SoxFest no more?)
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Ep. 80.2 | The Beatlesâ Christmas Records, 1963-69 (Xmas Flexis)
The fellas are offline for the holidays this week, enjoying a restful end of the year and prepping furiously for all-new episodes in 2025.
And hey BY THE WAY, UBP Episode 200 is coming up real soon! If you'd like to be a part of the celebration, we'd love to have you. Record an audio memo with a question for the guys and email it to untitledbeatlespod@gmail.com with "Episode 200" and we'll try to find a way to work it into the episode.
And in the meantime, dust off those old Xmas Flexidiscs, and please enjoy this encore release of our 2021 deep dish conversation about the Beatles' Christmas Records.
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Originally released December 25, 2021
Itâs been a real gear year for the Untitled Beatles Podcast and itâs all due to you! âSpect some of you are getting out a 50¢ piece to weigh down your rare out of print Beatles Christmas Flexi Discs. For those going without these cherished âonly fansâ records, T.J. and Tony will cover each holiday curiosity released from 1963-1969, with noses red from holiday cheer.
In this very special holiday episode:
đ Ho Ho Ho! Will they succeed in referencing âDing Dongâ on XXXmas day?
đ Yeah Yeah Yeah! Since T.J. and Tony have gone right off jelly babies, will they switch to Kenny Rogers Roasters roasted chicken?
đż Hi Hi Hi! Was the first legal dispensary in the United States run by Mrs. Garrett from The Facts of Life?
Plus shout outs to Beedle Peedles in the Untitled Beatle Community.
Garry Crimble to you (and Garry Mimble for those who donât celebrate Crimble) and a Happy Goo Year!
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Ep. 195 | Our 2024 Fabsgiving Feast
This week, T.J., Tony, Casey, and P3Z-Nutz all gather round the cornucopia at Untitled Beatles HQ to reflect for just a moment on all the fab fortunes 2024 has brought to Beatledom, while saving a little room for the requisite holiday grievances.
Fun and turkey tomfoolery abound, and we are grateful to get to share the table with all of you.
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Ep. 185 | Previewing âThe Beatles: 1964 Albums in Mono
Move aside, Mark Lewisohn. It's SPIZERTIME.
That's right. At long last, the Beatles have announced a new 8 LP box set of the U.S. Beatles records they're (dubiously) calling "The Beatles: 1964 Albums in Mono".
T.J.'s first phone call was to the Venture at North Ave. and Kostner to pre-order his box set.
His next call was to his doctor, to address a sudden and impolite-to-discuss medical condition lasting longer than 4 hours. #ringthebonephone
And his third (and arguably most important) call was to his pal Tony so they could compare their hopes and dreams for the impending November release. [Editor's note: T.J. impending release joke #REDACTED]
They also cover the truly pressing questions, like:
đź Will Tony pick up a copy of the box set, or just hope to gather someone's discarded, unwound cassette tape by the side of the Eisenhower Expressway and respool it?
đ¨ Are you more of a Beatle fart guy, or a Stones fart guy? And what's Charlie Watts got against Heinz Baked Beans?
đĽ [Angry Chicago guy after two too many Malorts] "How come Calderstone still ain't released Jolly What! England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage"?
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Ep. 182 | UBP Fall Preview Edition
Labor Day already? That's it? Summer's over?
T.J. and Tony, just like ev'ry summer, are busy packing up their rented cottage in the Isle of Wight. But they both found some time to hop behind a microphone, along with Producer Casey and P3Z-Nutz, to preview some of the fabbest gab they've got lined up for the fall.
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Ep. 180 | A Hard Dayâs Night LP (1964) Part 2
Tell me why? Ainât nothing but a heartache! Tell me why? Ainât nothing but a mistake!Maybe if youâre a jag-bag! Because real Fab fans love âTell Me Whyâ, by The Beatles but, especially, The Backstreet Boys. ALL RIGHT!The Gab 2 love this record in all of itsâ forms, and they get a little overly excited as they continue to deep dish âA Hard Dayâs Nightâ, both the U.K. and U.S. versions. Perhaps unintentionally, Tony & T.J. make a strong case that the 1987 cassette track listening is definitive, but also - rather generously - take the time to ask:
đ Is it past time that the feds shut down Mentor Ohioâs illicit, bootleg-filled Record Den? Look Record Den, either join the f.y.e. chain or youâre DEAD MEAT.
1ď¸âŁ [Angry, Functionally Drunk Chicago guy:] How come Calderstone didnât put no âAinât She Sweetâ on âBeatles 1â? And how come âOnce Bitten Twice Shyâ ainât longer? More like Great Woke. GET IT? [weeping] Please come home, Diane.
đŹ Pick a Newman: the âCarsâ guy or Wayne Knight?
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