Episodes
Ep. 13.2 | DELUXE REISSUE: Post-Breakup Compilations
It’s another Super Deluxe Reissue of one of our classic Zoom-era episodes from 2020, remixed by our very own T.J. Shanoff!
Back when going to the supermarket was a death-defying stunt, Tony and The Shandog explored The Beatles post-breakup compilations, from highly-revered curated collections to cheap, historically inaccurate cash grabs. Wash your vegetables with soap and nestle into this lo-fi blast from the wretched recent past.
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Originally published August 22, 2020
This week T.J. and Tony grapple with the permutations of the Fab Thirteen post-breakup compilations - from the "Red & Blue" LPs to the Tomorrow Never Knows iTunes cash grab.
T.J. takes his case for "Please Please Me" appearing on a greatest hits album to the Supreme Court, while Tony throws down the gauntlet on the "so good" Neil Diamond phenomenon. Plus, ramblings on gas station pizza, the true origins of the fajita and that band LinkedIn Park.
Fact cheque: The Outback Steakhouse douchebags were from Florida, not New Jersey. Also, Tony meant "She's A Woman - Take 7", not take 6.
Irregardless (that's a word now), file this episode under Rock.
Ep. 10.3 | Mono/Stereo Nerdout! (Deluxe Reissue Part 2)
Adjust your balance knobs: It’s Part 2 of the Limited Edition Colored Vinyl Numbered Gnome-Filled reissue of our 10th episode, Mono/Stereo Nerdout! This episode is so duophonic, you only hear the right channel in your left channel. #SemiDimensionalStereo
Today, we continue the gab geek out over Fab stereo and mono nuances, and also consider:
🍦 If stereo “Revolution” were a piece of ice cream, what flavour would it be?
🙀 Is Tony more of a Mr. Mistoffelees or a Rum Tum Tugger?
🤕 What’s up with so much loud harmonica in The Jon Spencer Blues Traveler?
It’s a magical, momentous, multinary matter-of-course conclusion, in one-channel stereo and, for a limited time, mono in your mind.
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Ep. 10.2 | Mono/Stereo Nerdout! (Deluxe Reissue Part 1)
Our world is not binary. Nor is it monary. It's multinary!
However, in this SUPER DELUXE REISSUE of our 10th episode, T.J. and Tony discuss so many splendid nuances between The Beatles stereo and mono catalog, that this ELECTRONICALLY ENHANCED CLASSIC must be a 2-parter. Therefore, this HISTORIC LEGACY REBROADCAST is binary.
Along the way, the stereo derriere-eos ponder:
🏖 Is this the Untitled Beach Boys Podcast?
🇺🇸 Could Paul have picked a more thoughtless song to play at the 2001 Concert For New York City?
👵🏻 Is this the Untitled Jan & Dean Podcast?
Perhaps this ULTRA-RARE EXPANDED SPECIAL EDITION RERUN really is multinary!
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Originally published August 1, 2020
T.J. and Tony meander thru the magical minutiae of the Beatles monaural and stereophonic records, with detours into US LP quirks, the creepy Beach Boys, and the Honus Wagner T206 tobacco card of Beatle releases.
Brought to you by Heinz Beans.
Ep. 3.2 | DELUXE REISSUE: George Harrison (1979) and Live in Japan (1991)
In honour of spring break, it’s a super deluxe reissue of the Untitled Beatles Podcast’s third episode. Travel back to the simpler times of 2020, a world under lockdown during a deadly global pandemic, when two old friends/comedy nerds try podcasting about their favorite band on a platform called Zoom. Spoiler: the band is The Beatles. Wax nostalgic about scrubbing your vegetables with soap while reliving the golden days of Covid-19 with all the bells and whistles you’ve come to expect from today’s Tangential Twosome.
Originally published June 13, 2020
T.J. turns Tony on... to two George Harrison solo albums: the self-titled 1979 studio record and the 1991 live double-LP with Eric Clapton's band. Plus detours into the Beatles Sirius channel, Mitch Weissman, Beatle baseball, and The Jimmie Nicol Telethon.
Ep. 12.1 | DELUXE REISSUE: Beatles Covers Clambake
UBP Exclusive: 85th Beatle Bruce Springsteen sang “Cover Me”. And in this Uber Deluxe Remix Archive #Gnomedition of an early episode, Producer Casey lets loose and drops in all the great (and G-d awful) covers of Beatles classics.
Get clam-baked and join us as we ponder:
🛥Does Tony groove, man, to the silky smooth sounds of Yacht Soul?
🧅 Who wins a Chicago Band-Beatle-off: The Ides Of March or The Buckinghams?
💸 What’s the deal with the (allegedly) too damn high prices at the Stax Records gift shop?
If you like Skank and Pickle - Tuesdays, on TNT - you’ll love this newly overstuffed Beatles Covers Clambake! #🦨🥒🧨
Originally published August 15, 2020
Why listen to a cover of The Beatles when The Beatles version is often the best? Because freedom!
T.J. and Tony delve into the endless jackpot of Beatle covers, including favorites, flops, and curios. They were unable to review all of them, but they did get to 136 of them. Also, Tony auditions for a rock zine and T.J. settles an old score with Judd from Latin school.
Please pardon the Zoom-related glitches, some occasional sweetening was required.
As a token of our appreciation, the Untitled Beatles Podcast has curated a playlist of Beatle covers. Listen here.
Ep. 15.2 | DELUXE REISSUE: Beatle Bottoms
Beatle Bottoms. To some, bottoms is a synonym for “tushie”, as they say in the industry. For Tony & T.J., it’s their least favourite Fab 4 songs. And boy do they just disagree. But there ain’t no good guy, there ain’t no bad guy, there’s only this deluxe reissue of one of our favorite early episodes, reproduced for disc by Grandmaster Casey.
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[Originally released September 5, 2020]
Clickbait: Are T.J. and Tony in a Beatles cult? The answer may dumbfound you!!
In this Labor Day Spectacular (not that spectacular really) T.J. and Tony comb the floor of the Sea of Holes in search of the least fab Beatles songs. Listen for adjectives like "treacly" and "loathsome"(!).
Also included are hot takes on R.E.M. vs Barenaked Ladies, and a very brief tribute to short form improv.
Meanwhile, T.J. discloses one of his "Beatle nightmares" while Tony wears out his “Beatle bag.”
Fact cheque: "It’s All Too Much" was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios and "Baby, You’re A Rich Man" at Olympic Sound Studios.
Neither T.J. nor Tony can remember what a clavioline is.
Listen to the Beatle Bottoms playlist here.
Ep. 23.2 | DELUXE REISSUE: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Film Review)
After a whole flurry of November drops and live episodes and whatnot, this week the Untitled Beatles Podcast gets back (see what we did there?) to what we do best: Super Deluxe Reissues of our early classics. We're revisiting our review of the critically unclaimed 1978 Sgt. Pepper film, this time replete with music cues, needle drops, and other sonic shenanigans.
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[Originally published 31 October 2020]
It’s the silliest episode to date...
For Halloween, T.J. and Tony dissect the 1978 box office flop Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Robert Stigwood, Peter Frampton and the very lupine Bros. Gibb have a lot of ‘splainin' to do. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS...and fact-check buzzers!
While inside, T.J. takes Steve Martin and Sir George Martin to task and Tony offers a hot take on the television show Emergency!
Due to a technical error, Tony was forced to put on a T.J. costume and re-record T.J.’s keyboard parts in post, with note-for-note precision. He hopes he passed the audition.
Dust off your cheaply-made Pepper outfit and Trip or Treat to this delightful monstrosity in the Beatles story.
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Ep. 2.2 | Favourite Beatles Outtakes (Deluxe Reissue)
Hey happy Fourth! We're hard at work on our next new episode, but hope you'll enjoy your holiday barbecues with a side of our Favourite Beatles Outtakes, now available in this limited edition, super deluxe reissue. And now with 75% more music and vintage Moo and Oink commercials!
[Originally issued June 6, 2020]
T.J. and Tony rate their 5 favorite Beatles outtakes, delving into bygone concepts like record shows and homemade 8-track mixtapes as well as byhere concepts like Beatle conspiracy theories and Beatle improv troupes.
Ep. 6.2 | Discovering the Beatles (Deluxe Reissue)
More new episodes are coming soon, but today Tony and TJ have pressed a limited edition light green vinyl of another classic episode exclusively for their top fans on Spotify. Personally curated by Producer Casey, the fresh remix and remaster of Discovering the Beatles features an A-List assortment of musical moments and nostalgic needle drops. A limited quantity is available for this offer - while supplies last - so act quickly!
[FROM JULY 2020] TJ and Tony take their long and rambling road down memory lane, reminiscing about discovering the Fab Four for the first time, with detours to Grease, Webster and NBC-era Letterman.
Shout-outs to Pear Records, Denny Dent and Valerie Harper.
Fact cheque please: D.A. Pennebaker not Pennemaker, Sherman Hemsley not Helmsley.
Special "She's So Heavy" style edit courtesy of Zoom.
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Ep. 14.2 | Deluxe Reissue: Help! LP (1965)
The guys go all Dave Dexter this week, issuing a remixed, remastered, special deluxe vinyl edition of their August 2020 deep dish into the Help! LP. More music, more goofs, maybe a little extra reverb, but always the same classic Tony and TJ tangents.
[FROM AUGUST 2020] For the 55th anniversary of the Help! album, TJ and Tony go track by track, offering hot takes on Maureen Cleave and a cautionary tale for prospective buyers of the Back to the Future III soundtrack.
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