Ep. 75 | The Beatles and Sampling Part 2

The Samples are among Vermont’s finest exports, along with “Newhart”. We don’t get into either in Part 2 of The Beatles & Sampling, but we do explore how DJ’s and better-than-tribute-bands took the work of The Beatles and other artists to weird and sometimes unexpectedly great places. Along the way, DJ’s “Mama” Cas and “This Yam Is Your” Yam yif yif yif about a lot more, like: 

🍌 Is joining The Banana Convention worth the risk of smoking, even if the stakes are a dance at Stephen Decatur high school on Saturday night? 

👶🏻 Does the new Nirvana “Nevermind” 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition include their rare duet with the Pointer Sisters? 

🎸 Anyone up for a GoFundMe to help Beatallica sue the “Yesterday” movie for stealing one of their signature bits? 

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Ep. 74 | The Beatles and Sampling Part 1

This week, the Untitled Beatles Podcast introduces new hosts, Casio and Yamaha, who kick off a two-parter all about The Beatles and sampling.

From “Yellow Submarine” to, arguably, the greatest Beatles single, “Movie Medley”, Cas & Yam go over some of their favorite samples used by the Fabs and, later, disco-lovin’ producers who were not at all on loads of cocaine. Along the way, the Gab Two get down to the nitty gritty Beatles hot topics the old hosts were, frankly, too cowardly to address, like:

🤠 Who would you rather see at legendary Chicago venue Schubas: Cowboy Mouth or Hillbilly Teeth?

⚾️ Does Tony bat 1.000 while strenuously trying to pronounce difficult European last names?

💡Where does T.J. place 37th Beatle Kenny Loggins on the list of great artists who, like Steve Perry, obviously influenced the Beatles?

To all of our priest listeners, we say sit you down, Father, rest you…as you download and subscribe to our show here. And if you leave us a review, Cas and Yam will send you totally legal re-enactments of laugh track-free episodes of M*A*S*H.

Ep. 73 | A Collection of Beatles Newsies

Extra! Texture! Is not featured in this episode. This one’s chock-full of #BreakingBeatlesNews, of which there’s been a lot these last few weeks. Tony & T.J. delve into Ringo’s new E.P., Macca’s eye-opening interview in The New Yorker, the first released tracks from the "Let It Be" remix, and much more. Along the way, they ponder/pander:

• 👶 Did Ringo have a Babyfaced "Premonition" while watching a John Travolta flick in ‘96 that would Change The World?

• 🌹 Did Tony’s steadfast allegiance to Phar-Mor help destroy an iconic Chicagoland record store chain?

• 🤮 Is nudie T.J. always Yoko, or only when re-enacting the cover of Tetragrammaton’s hundred seller, "Two Virgins"?

Look, folks, Tony and T.J. are the Ron Magers and Carol Marin of Beatles podcasts. (Producer Casey is a respectable Allison Rosati.) So trust us to give it to you straight, on A Collection of Beatles Newsies, dateline 16 October 2021, Chicago, U.S.A.

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Ep. 11.2 | Favourite Solo Lennon Songs (DELUXE REISSUE)

In honour of John Lennon's 81st birthday (8+1=9...⛎👽), we're celebrating our favourite solo songs from Dr. Winston O'Boogie, with an extra-enhanced reissue of our eleventh episode (11 minus 1 minus 1 = 9...👽♋️), augmented with all the bells, whistles, and buzzers you've come to expect from The Beatles Podcast with No Name. In this 2.0...

🔧 Could building supervisor Dwayne Schneider have saved John's "One Day at a Time" from becoming pop pap?

🧪 T.J. entertains a conspiracy about proto-punk art rockers The Tubes

🧳 Tony laments his inability to become a hobo and somehow equates it with his personality being more "Paul"

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Long live Long John!

[Originally issued August 8, 2020]

After a brief tease of their other hit podcast “Talkin’ Prov,” T.J. and Tony delve into their favorite solo John Lennon songs. During which, Tony explores therapy for his relationship with Catholicism, and T.J. ponders the whereabouts of Vanessa Williams.
 
Attention linguists: In this episode T.J. coins the word “bagpack” while Tony employs the adjective “CD-shaped.”
Plus, T.J. and Tony swap “getting dosed” stories.
 
Facked cheque: John Cage beat everyone to the silent punch with “4’33”” in 1952.

Ep. 72 | Hey Jude (1970) U.S. Capitol LP

Before the red and blue albums, there was “Hey Jude”—a massively popular compilation album that included many stone cold Fabs classics, none of which had previously appeared in glorious Full Dimensional Stereo™ on a Capitol LP. In the early CD era, this million-selling title—like most all of the Capitol albums—was banished to obscurity, finally resurfacing in 2014.

Tony & T.J. break down this LP (and 8-track) that meant so much to fellow Beatlenerds like us for the two decades following the break up.

This week’s episode does not mess around (or make it bad) when it comes to Hot Fab Topics, including:

• 🎸 Are the three inarguably biggest songs of the early grunge era “Come As You Are”, “Even Flow”, and “Hope Of Deliverance”?

• 🎤 Is Tony’s rendition of “Hey Jude” definitive, rendering the original Paul vocal a big ol’ worthless waste of time?

• 🧀 What makes certain 1990’s intense cheese nuggets so crum-believable?

The Beatles Again? Yeah fine, but even better (that’s a stretch) it’s Tony & T.J. … Again.

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Ep. 71 | Imagine (1971) 50th Anniversary Part 2

Imagine the "Imagine" album has more songs than just "Imagine"...

The landmark record just celebrated its 50th anniversary, and in this week's deep dish Part 2, Tony & T.J. examine eight more excellent Lennon songs, plus another that remains controversial for those of us who don't think the only thing Paul ever did was "Yesterday". Along the way, the Flux Diddlers™ manage to find the time to address topics they won't dare touch on Sirius/XM's (uniformly excellent) The Beatles Channel, including:

🐶 Is "The Floppy Show" the Des Moines area's greatest contribution to popular culture?

💿 Was Wes Anderson's most unfortunate misstep leaving 80s hitmakers Level 42 off of the "Rushmore" soundtrack?

🍆 Did Chicago Bulls center Luc Longley - a.k.a. "The Australian Olajuwon" - inspire a phallic, early 90s reggae classic?

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Ep. 70 | Imagine (1971) 50th Anniversary Part 1

Most casual John Lennon fans pick “Sometime In NYC” as their favorite solo album (hashtag Attica State). But for us die-hards, "Imagine" ranks as either #1 or #2.

This week, Tony & T.J. consider this seminal record on its 50th anniversary, looking at the album’s history and the immense staying power of its title track. (You “It’s So Hard” fans will have to wait until Part 2, next week!)

Along the way, the Fab Two™, with Producer Casey’s expertise, also examine these hard-hitting Lennon topics:

• How a 1981 episode of “WKRP In Cincinnati” artfully referenced Lennon to presage today’s cuckoo crazy culture wars

• Which Chicago expressway has more hits on the Billboard charts #MattBusby

• Why cruise ship Elvis impersonators rely so heavily on arrhythmic hippy hippy hip shaking and incoherent mumbling

All this and more, now with a very 1987-y “Digitally Remastered” banner added to the front cover!

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Ep. 16.2 | Deluxe Reissue: Star Club Tapes

It's the super deluxe reissue of our Star Club Tapes episode, remixed and remastered using the latest in "Mach Schau" technology. These excerpts of "The Little Beatles" in Germany will make you so hungry for live music, you could eat a Christmas horse!

[Originally issued September 12, 2020]

Pills, Punk, and Knuckle-Dusters!

This week T.J. and Tony zip, zap and zop thru the long out-of-print collection of lo-fi recordings of the Fab Four in Hamburg.

Also, T.J. tries out both his sexy voice and his creepy voice (it's two different voices) while Tony dogs on Ferris Bueller. And they accidentally do a Harold...we think.

Get out your Grundig reel-to-reel tape recorder and bootleg this episode. It could be worth something someday!

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Ep. 69 | All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary Edition Part 2

Like the Dark Horse, we too love dig! And this week T.J. & Tony love digging thru the demos and “party record” from the 8-LP All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary Box Set, prompting Frankie Crisp-like musings such as:

• What would be the tube fare to get to Badfinger’s old neighborhood?

• Does Pete Rose’s pudding basin haircut deserve to be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame?

• How come the Untitled Beatles Podcast didn’t receive a Friar Park Gnome Civil War Chess Set?

Plus T.J. scores pajama points with the estates of Adler and Ross! Oh, and don’t invite Tony to “drum” for your outdoor acoustic guitar jam. Isn’t it a pity this couldn’t be a 3-parter?

Brought to you by The Pope and General Motors.

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Ep. 68 | All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary Edition Part 1

George Harrison’s absolute masterpiece (no, not “Gone Troppo”) has been remixed at last, in a deluxe boxed set, and myriad configurations. (Why save for retirement when you can own the #DeluxeGnomeEdition for only $1K?) Regardless of how you listen, it’s clear that the new 50th anniversary edition of “All Things Must Pass” sparkles and shines like never before. To our ears, it’s the definitive way to hear this essential record. 

In Part One of our Deep Dish on this long-awaited reissue, Tony & T.J. delve into this gorgeous package - ahem, #DingDongDingDong - and the stunning Paul Hicks remix of the original triple album. Is this the greatest Beatles-related boxed set to date? We’ll address that and more, including: 

• What if Apple had signed Jackson Browne instead of James Taylor - OR DID THEY?

• Is the computerized soundtrack to the Journey video game better than actual Journey songs?

• Do some songs just sound better when heard from your neighbor’s apartment? (Related: Shut Up, Little Man!)

Part Two arrives next week, where we’ll get into albums four through eight; assuming Tony hasn’t scratched them while DJ’ing in the L.A. club scene. 

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