Untitled Beatles Podcast

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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Road trip! Not since [insert huge 2000’s comedy that’s been largely forgotten here] have two guys caused so much big city trouble in a small town. Do you catch our drift? And that drift is Johnsonville Brat farts, as Producer Casey and T.J. meet up at a casino in Minnesota, to drive to record stores in Wisconsin; all in an effort to display with pride how much their NFL teams f***ing SUCK. (You too Detroit.) (You too, Tampa, even though you haven’t been in this division since “Driving Rain”?)

Bears pride aside (6-2, y’all), Casey and T.J. catch up IRL for the first time in a New York Minute, as Tony’s just-missed-Rushmore favorite artist Don Henley once pouted. They explore the music and local culture that makes Minnesota Wisconsin. And they ask questions; the kind that Bari Weiss would ask if the viewers of her network weren’t dead, like:

🚨 Is the greatest Mike Post Theme The Who’s “Mike Post Theme”? And why aren’t the classic rock elites more up-in-arms about a 2005 song by The Who about TV composer Mike Post called “Mike Post Theme”?

🐿 Is Tony’s “Chipmunks Medley” this generation’s version of Casey’s “Movie Medley”? And when’s T.J. going to do his own medley; perhaps one of Mike Post themes and Who songs before 2026 pulls a #HeGone?

🍻 (Angry Drunk Guy, he’s extra sad this week, which is DELICIOUS): “HOW COME CASEY GOT SO MUCH SPARE CASH HE CAN AFFORD A CASSINGLE FROM 1987 IN THIS BIDEN ECONOMY?”

 

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It’s Rubber Soul! Hey Hey! The first “important” Beatles album…until the “Help” boxed-set next year? Is that how this works, Calderstoners?

Tony and T.J. continue to explore the wonders of the new Rubber Soul deluxe edition, focusing on Side 2 and its corresponding demos and alt takes. As previously mentioned, this very “important” Beatles record - T.J.’s favourite, but only the specific U.S. 8-track running order - deserves the kind of careful analysis that you absolutely won’t get here. Because we’ve taken edibles. Are they legal? Yes. Are we driving? No. So stick it with the judgment and help us answer these queries:

✂️ Is whomever did the online smashup of “Little Girl” and “I’m Only Sleeping” also responsible for “The Beatles Movie Medley” (non-Casey remix)?

😿 (Angry Chicago Barfly Guy, He’s pretty white for a Barfly Guy; and also drunk and sad): “Rubber Soul is OK and all but how come ALF reruns ain’t on Channel 32 no more? And how come I can’t dress as ALF no more for Halloween without being cancelled”?

🎸 Do you think Barack Obama is more angry at Macca for writing the seductive ballad “Michelle”, or at Andru Donalds for writing the even more seductive ballad, and - arguably - the 1990’s most famous song, “Mishale”?

🇺🇸 The Untitled Beatles Podcast encourages all of our American listeners to VOTE this Tuesday, preferably not for jagbags who live their lives antithetical to The Beatles music and message of love; and instead thrive on taking rights from people and causing chaos. Make a voting plan, and as Tone Loc (TM) once said, “Let Do It”? #RuleOfFours #TheMoreYouKnow #Vote!

 

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As Decca Records’ Spanish heartthrobs Los Bravos sang in 1966:

Black is black / I want my track-by-track

And in 2026... T.J. and Tony finally delivered.

Join the Tawdry Two as they giddily go deep on the 2026 mixes (or are they the 2023 mixes?) of Rubber Soul Super Deluxe Side One, along with some of the corresponding bonus tracks. As always, they tackle the hot questions. Hotter than the Norwegian Wood body slaps? YOU DECIDE.

📼 Which is the more iconic Gen X movie soundtrack hit: Don’t You (Forget About Me), Jim Dandy, or No More Lonely Nights (Play Out Version)?

📝 When will Calderstone make good on Andru Donalds’ long overdue Rubber Soul writing credit?

🕚 Which should get more air time — the six included versions of Norwegian Wood, or the zero included versions of 12 Bar Original?

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I’m rubber. You’re soul. Whatever you say bounces off me and travels through you in 5.1 Surround Sound, Stereo, Mono and orange vinyl, exclusively at Target.

Reeling and weary after a relevant-to-the-rest-of-the-world Bears loss to the Packers, T.J. and Tony delve into all of the new Rubber Soul 3000 Super Deluxe 61st Anniversary Special Editions and Extracts.

Along the way they’ll ask the questions and A/B the answers.

😎 Which new Discord emoji is the UBP most proud of?
A) Terri Hemmert
B) A crust-first slice from Pizza Hit (cue the Monkees)

💪🏿 Mr. T says “take it from me.” What should we take from Mr. T?
A) His tough advice from the mean streets
B) The dope

🔊 What’s the best way to enjoy Giles Martin's 2026 Stereo Mixes?
A) 5.1 Surround Sound on Blu-Ray
B) Trick question. Mono is the only way to truly the enjoy The Beatles. If you want to listen to stereo Beatles, put on a Perry Como record. It’s the same thing. The Beatles never wanted you to hear those mixes. You shouldn’t even be listening to them. They’ll confuse you. 5 point what?? 1 POINT WHOM??? Many great historians have noted that Van Gogh cut off his ear in order to enjoy Rubber Soul in true mono. A real American Patriot, like his fellow countrymen John, Paul, George and Jimmie Nicol.

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