One need not be a die-hard Beatles/Tony Sheridan fan to believe that some of the Fabs best work was done as soloists. Songs like, “Watching The Wheels”, from “Double Fantasy”, or “City Fox” from “The Boys Of Dungeon Lane: Expanded Deluxe Archive Liquid Vinyl Edition [feat. Phlip Mixx]” prove that some songs are’t just pop hits, they’re part of our global culture and consciousness. (The preceding announcement was brought to you by City Fox Nissan.)
On today’s episode of the Untitled Beatles Podcast, Tony and T.J. begin a stuffed crust deep dish (clap, clap, clap clap clap) on the origins and production of John & Yoko’s “Double Fantasy”, arguably the most tragic and haunting of any Beatles-related release.
But first, the Gab Two delve into the new-ish Macca tracks not good enough to be included on his recent LP, so he’s politely asking us to buy it again, now for more money with leftover songs! (HOW DARE YOU, SIR PAUL; AND ALSO FINE PLEASE TAKE ALL THE MONEY!) You’ll hear the kind of salient, hot-off-the-presses, instant-reaction nonsense with which you’ve grown accustomed. And, along the way, the boys of curmudgeon lane also ponder:
👌 Do the rarest copies of 1980’s “Double Fantasy” come with a hype sticker promoting Soundgarden’s 1988 debut LP, “Ultramega OK”?
📈 Would “No One Needs To Cry: Tony & T.J. Revisit The Boys Of Dungeon Lane Six Months Later” be the highest rated UBP episode to date, or merely the one with the longest title?
👵 Is there really “no-one like grandma”, or is that a just bunch of British X-mas B.S.?
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