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Ep. 212 | Untitled Spring Break / Yoko Onoās āApproximately Infinite Universeā (1973)
Spring Break Alert! Get your bus ticket to Cabo and/or Wabo, because it's time for a springtime April catch-up! Tony and TJ 1969 Xmas Flexi Disc the heck out of this episode, as they review the latest Beatle film news, and more! Plus, newly crowned 8th Beatle Yoko Ono takes the spotlight, with a deluxe reissue of our early-ass look at Approximately Infinite Universe; now in Dolby NR!
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Originally reissued August 12, 2023
Yang Yang! Youāve given me a Yang Yang! And weāre thinking of Yokoā¦so weāve decided to reach into our archives for a limited, deluxe remix/remaster/reissue/bonus Gnome edition of our vaunted 4th episode in 2020, where we deep-dished a Tony favorite: Yoko Onoās āApproximately Infinite Universeā!
Did you know itās TWO albums? Well hell yeah, it is! Good for Tony. Butt, what about T.J.? Well, there are even more questions that must be answered, such a$:
š§¹Spoilers: Did Yokoās āDeath Of Samanthaā predict the āWhoās The Boss?ā series finale decades before it aired?
āļøš Does anyone remember the 1990ās Fiddler On The Roof/Don Henley theme restaurant, āSunrise Sunset Grillā?
š Was San Diego Clipper great World B. Free really a bastard? And if not, WTF with Yokoās hateful tune?
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Originally published June 20, 2020
Tony turns TJ on...to Yoko Ono's 1973 double-LP Approximately Infinite Universe. They explore the merits of her influence and the complexities of her marriage to John at the time this album was recorded. TJ comes to terms with his disdain for Elephant's Memory, particularly the saxophone, and Tony reveals his least favorite song of all time. Spoiler: it's not by The Beatles (Remember, they like them!)
Ep. 211 | Eighth Beatle Bracket! (Part 2)
March may be officially in the rearview, but its Madness sticks around for one more week! Join T.J., Tony, and Producer Casey as they Duke it out over their Eighth Beatle Brackets, and maybe also inadvertently disseminate dubious biographical details.
Weāre just asking questions here. Like:
šš Did Jimmie Nicol "Delonte West" Johnās Aunt Mimi?
š”š Can any of us ever truly know whether āRadar Loveā was written about Patti Boyd?
šŗšøš Where was Cilla Black on J6?
WEāRE š JUST š ASKING š QUESTIONS š HERE š
And who will be crowned the Untitled Beatles Podcastās official Eighth Beatle? Could this finally be Ringoās year? Probably not, but youāre a mere 53 minutes away from knowing for sure; 35 minutes and 20 seconds for you monsters who listen at 1.5x speed.
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BONUS: The āPurdieā Sound of Music (Trailer)
Itās 1964. The Beatles have conquered America. But beneath the screams and the hysteria lies a secretāa mystery so audacious, so rhythmically complex, that it has remained hidden for decades. Could it be true that Bernard Purdie, legendary session drummer, played on Beatles records?
Join hard-hitting investigator Tony Mendoza as he dives headfirst into one of rock and rollās most bizarre conspiracy theories. Along the way, he encounters a rogueās gallery of underground insiders whose stories paint a picture of deception, syncopation, and a janitor with a mop that could shuffle harder than a Reno croupier.
Did Bernard Purdie really lay down the beat for the biggest band in the world? Or is this just another myth in the long, strange history of Beatles lore?
Find out in The Purdie Sound of Musicāan exhaustive 87-part true (or false?) crime docuseries. Coming April 1, 2026, only on The Untitled Beatles Podcast.
Ep. 210 | Eighth Beatle Bracket!
Itās March Madness! Can you feel the excitement, between bouts of despair from our rapid descent into a fascist state? And did anyone else pick Fascist State to beat Attica State in the Hate Eight?
The UBP takes March Madness more seriously than Americans take hating Duke. (David. F**k him!) Because at the UBP, we have two jobs: being the podcast of academic record for serious Beatle (and bible) study, and creating a tournament bracket destined to cement Dick Biondiās legacy as a Top 10 figure in Beatles history! So play along with us as Tony, T.J., and Casey crown this yearās champion, the iron-clad, Apple/Calderstone-endorsed, OFFICIAL Eighth Beatle. Who will win it all this year? As John & Yoko once said, āListen To This Podcastā!
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Ep. 209 | Macca Snacks Finale / Paul McCartneyās The 7ā Singles Box (2022)
Itās the end of an error, as Tony & T.J. conclude their three years/one day saga of binging reissued Macca 45s with a couple of absolute late-era McCartney gems; and an exclusive, world-wide/WorldStar, legally dubious debut of T.J.'s "Liverpool Oratorio" test pressing!
Weāll be back next week with an all new episode where we get in the March Madness spirit; and by that we mean point-shaving, baby!! In the meantime, go ahead and grab a Macca snack; theyāre meat free and itās not even Monday. Unless it is!
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Ep. 207 | Beatles U.K. Singles That Could Have Been
Move over, "Cloud 9". 1987's biggest release, at least for fans of the kind of hard, f rock that Appleton's legendary WFUK made famous, is Tiffany's "Could've Been".
#š_ššø
But what was ol Tiff singing about? We interpret her lyrics as a listing of songs the Beatles could've (been) released in their real-time, U.K. discography. For those of you for whom Tiffany rocks just a wee too hard, the Untitled Two dream up some of their choices most amazing fantasy Fab singles.
So come on down to fantasy land - no yoga toe spreaders required, which is arguably Phil Collins best album - as we also wonder:
šļøš¼š¦ (Angry Chicago guy, in line for opening day at Comiskey, which is 6 weeks away. It's dangerously cold.) How come that hollyweird lib Dana Carvey don't do no impressions of John Lennon beating up Bob Wooler? And how come I'm wet when I VCR "Gutfeld" but not Diane?
š¶1ļøā£2ļøā£ Is 12 Bar Original actually 12 bars and/or original?
š£š°š¤ Why haven't any of you so called "fanz" opened up an Etsy shop where you sell T.J. customized/hypmotized fantasy 1988 Purple Capitol label 45's? #ForJukeboxesOnly
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Ep. 206 | The Beatles āLive at the BBCā (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:
š¬š§šļø Who was the superior BBC presenter: Lee Peters, Pee Litres, or Step By Step's Patrick Duffy?
šš½ How come Ringo doesn't want us throwing bananas at him anymore, and when was he planning to warn us (with peace and love)?
ššµ Whaddyou want when you're hungry for somethin' that you really got to have? #LikeHotDogs
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Ep. 205 | Beatles Fantasy Reunion Setlists
Have you ever had a Rock & Roll Fantasy? The Kinks did. So did Bad Company. And nobody hated Bad Company more than rock musicās Stephen Sondheim. #FireElaineStritch
Some Rock & Roll fantasies are quite dangerous, like the troubling, cancel-worthy ones Rick Rubin has about feet. ALLEGEDLY. But others are healthy enough to dream out loud, on, by any reasonable metric, one of Americaās most acclaimed podcasts.
Inspired by an inspiring suggestion from longtime listener, Patreon supporter, and singer/songwriter, Montrealās own Max "Como" Comeau (which translates loosely in āMurican to "Max, how"?), Tony and T.J. dare to dream: what would have a Beatles reunion concert been like in the late 1970ās? Would George wear his silly stache from his self titled LP? Would Paul arrive on a laconic boat from London Town? Would John bake bread as Yoko verbally assaults Chuck Berry? And would Ringo be sober enough to zug-zug his way from Monte Carlo to the venue?
These questions will NOT be answered in this fairly insane excursion in to fantasyland - youāll thank us for the two drink minimum, folks - but donāt fret; neither will these:
š«š (Angry Chicago Guy:) How come Frankie Goes To Hollywood instead of Sheridan when heās getting off the outer drive? And how come Wix got a problem with America's hottie, Sister Jean?
š«šš»āāļø Why is it literally impossible to find out how/where Keith Moon died? Nobody has this information?
š«ā¾ļø Sox Fest was hella sad, right? More like, Konerk-NO!
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Ep. 204 | Beatles For Sale (1964) Side Two
The fab fourās fourth fab album, Beatles for Sale, isnāt 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 UBPās very own Tony āDave Dexter Junior, Juniorā Mendoza wants to make this album even better. How will he do this you may ask? Thatās why you literally have to listen! (No, really this time weāre not f**king around.) Spoiler alert: just when the ālawyersā 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 Tonyās world, the timeless wavelengths remain, well, timeless. And also, wavelengths.
You canāt spoil a UBP āBeatles For Saleā party, because a UBP āBeatles For Saleā party donāt spoil! Oy, unless itās too hot at this meshugana picnic! Which one of you shcmucks brought egg salad, itās a thousand degrees out here!? And also:
š«š· Is Queen Latifaās best song about a French record pressing plant āU-N-R-T-Iā?
ššØšļø (Angry Chicago guy:) How come nobody aināt calls Earth Wind and Fire reverse racists* for not hiring Erik Estrada to sing āCelebrate Good Times, Come Onā on their tours? (*Not a thing)
š“š Why does T.J. think the random, current Sheriff of the Norwalk Republican Town Committee played Arnold Horshack on āWelcome Back Kotterā?
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