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Ep. 221 | SUPER DELUXE REISSUE: The Beatles' Love LP (2006) and All Together Now DVD (2008)
John Lennon literally said it best: "All You Need Is Love: The Cirque Du Soleil Soundtrack, on CD in multiple editions, streaming with bonus tracks on iTunes, and on a making of DVD."
And in 2020, a younger, dumber, sadly Casey-less Gab Two gabbed fab and dished deep on this album!
Now, for the first time, here's the Deluxe Edition remaster, in 5.1 Dolby NR Cr02 Color.
See you next week with an all new episode!
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[Originally released September 19, 2020]
In this episode of Pizza Talk, T.J. and Tony get acrobatically off-topic trying to discuss The Beatles collaboration with Cirque du Soleil. It contains 101 local Chicago references.
We think this episode will sell a lot of tickets for the Vegas show.
Ep. 220 | Our Favourite Fab Beatle Cover Art
Whatās your Favourite Beatles Cover, Art? Or, more generally, for those listeners not named Art, whatās your Favourite Beatles Cover Art? There are seemingly endless global 7ā and 12ā covers from which to choose. Despite all but a small few ever being authorized by the Fabs, a good many are iconic, super weird, or a mesmerizing combination of both.
Loyal listener and Patreon member Mick B brought us this great suggestion, inspired by the live-performance photo on the cover of āThe Beatles In Italyā; which, indeed features hits by The Beatles! Just not live. Or āIn Italyā. Maybe Bruce Spizer will help us sue Calderstone/Odeon for fraud???
In this episode, the Cover Two (#GOBEARS) showā¦and tellā¦and show, if you smash this link for our WORLD PREMIERE SHOW VIDEO, their Favourite Beatles Cover Art. Along the way, they ask the hard hitting questions that those grotty, non-officially-Apple-authorized podcasts are too meat free Saturday, chicken-substitute-s**t to ask, like:
šCould AI create a geometry-inspired parody called āOblong-Di, Oblong-Daā, and make it sound like itās being sung by They Might Be Giants? And, both existentially and ethically, would it all be worth it?
š (Angry Chicago Guy, heās upset because heās still unclean): āAnd how come Beatlefest donāt have no Beatles ASMR room no more? And how come if they did, they wouldnāt let me feel up Terri Hemmertās copy of āRock Nā Roll Musicā to feel if the print is raised up like Diane said I canāt do no more?ā
š° Could the front cover art for āNow & Then: The Final Beatles Song (TM)ā have been so much better if only it didnāt suck?
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Ep. 216 | The Beatles āKum Backā (1970)
Did you know that fellow '60's Brit rockers The Kinks had their biggest ever hit in 1984? Who didn't love "Kum Backing", their tribute to one of the very first bootlegs: the Beatles acetate "Kum Back"?
Here at the UBP we love the Kinks, kink shaming, Kum & Go gas, and this legendary bootleg, heard by the #Kum2GetherToo for the very first time just this month! Some Beatles "fans", right? I'll bet they can't even pronounce "Esher" correctly...
So do get your tape recorders rolling, but be forewarned; Kash Patel may come to your home to sing songs about justice for people who poop on senate desks. Smart fella, that one. All of 'em, really.
ANYHOO, when your tape is rolling, Bob, be ready for more questions than a societally-destructive right wing manosphere podcast is "just asking", such as:
šš Did (Lovely) Rita Rudner ever guest star in a "SHOtime After Dark" entry, or was she merely the lead-in programming, immediately following "An American Tail"?
āš (Angry Chicago Guy:) If Paul McCartney's pitching is in a strident manner, how come he and Mark Buherle ain't in Cooperstown? And how come the Pope ain't returning no answering machine messages no more, he too good for me now? We go to Aurelio's every Tuesday, he better show up.
š«š§ø Cancel "Teddy Boy", correct?
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Ep. 215 | Hear the Beatles Tell All (1964)
Some āpodcastsā only hear The Beatles (TM, pending) tell some. But only one āPodcastā 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, āHear The Beatles Tell Allā. This tabloid-style Beatles interview album contains no Beatles music, but it does feature one of rock & soul musicās 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 1980ās, 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$:
ššØāāļø Is anyone else clamoring for the Untitled Motley Hatchett podcast, or is that idea just flirtinā with Dr. Feelbad?
š¤š Would it be so terrible if the official 9th Beatle (as formally recognized by Calderstone) was Harry Schmerler, your singing Ford dealer? #RockaybeYourBabyyyyyyyyyy
š If you give out Putin pal/draft dodger Donald Trumpās address, will you come down with a case of Chicken Doxx? Because youād have doxxed an actual fāing chicken?
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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. 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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Ep. 203 | Beatles For Sale (1964)
Itās one of the more unique and perhaps under-appreciated albums in the Beatles otherworldly catalog: āBeatles For Saleā. Recorded in the eye of the Beatlemania storm, with the making of what would become āHelpā right around the corner, this is one of the few Beatles albums that, to quote TLCās tribute to Zach Braff (NBCās āNo Scrubsā), āBeatles For Saleā, sadly gets no love. Itās occasionally dismissed as a creative and energy step down from the album which preceded it, āA Hard Days Nightā. BY MORONS, AM I RIGHT? Because this is a damn fine album, however exhausted and transitional the boys may have been, and itās long past time it gets an authentic, patented UBP deep dish. Hold the sausage, itās 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:
š Is Tony a first time grunter, a longtime grunter, or a R.J. Grunter?
š Marvin Gaye ganked the riff and feel of āGot To Give It Upā from longtime, actual soul legend Robin Thicke, yes? Like, obviously?
š„ Is Bernard Purdie, scientifically, the worldās 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:
š„© Is Tonyās new copy of āMono Meet The Beatles: feat āNot A Second Time Sgt. Paper Inner Groove [Lee Minkler Remix]ā more rare or medium rarer than T.J.ās āTarget Presents: Mono Meat The Beatles [Exclusive Limited Marbled Blue Vinyl Presented by Target. Target: A Fun Place To Shop!]?
šļø Is the key to corporate improvisation, āBring a bag, not a cathedralā?
š„ Not to be ā90ās rap conspiratorial, but can we be certain that the Flowers In The Dirt World Tour Pack Shakur really died in ā96? (Angry Chicago Guy: And how come White Sox manager Terry Bevington aināt at SoxFest no more?)
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Ep. 80.2 | The Beatlesā 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
Itās been a real gear year for the Untitled Beatles Podcast and itās all due to you! āSpect some of you are getting out a 50Ā¢ piece to weigh down your rare out of print Beatles Christmas Flexi Discs. For those going without these cherished āonly fansā 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:
š Ho Ho Ho! Will they succeed in referencing āDing Dongā on XXXmas day?
š Yeah Yeah Yeah! Since T.J. and Tony have gone right off jelly babies, will they switch to Kenny Rogers Roasters roasted chicken?
šæ 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 donāt 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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