Episodes
Ep. 39 | Deep Dish: The Beatles’ Second Album (1964)
The gang continues its exploration of the early U.S. Capitol Records releases, this week covering the covers-heavy Beatles' Second Album.
Tony owns up to his early underestimation of this classic,
TJ goes to bat for his official Fifth Beatle,
Bryan Adams brings his piano to your mom's porch,
And we think we've maybe stumbled upon the next great (grown-ups only) classic rock radio format, just in case this whole podcast thing doesn't pan out.
Apologies in advance to the City of Sacramento, and those who are sensitive to explicit language.
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Ep. 35 | Meet the Beatles (1964)
To brighten up this winter of discontent, the Untitled Beatles Podcast resurrects a buried American classic, the Fab Four's Capitol debut Meet The Beatles.
TJ and Tony will get geeky and soapboxy about mixes and pressings (as everyone knows "T" stands for "Mono") while expressing their love for this unstreamable masterpiece.
Meanwhile, TJ confuses Porgy and Bess with Toto, and Tony confuses a Music Man tune with a groan-inducing improv warm up game. Plus a few Star Wars references fall off the truck.
Our producer Casey Baker made a playlist of the original album made from the most recent mixes available, as Dave Dexter would NOT have intended. Enjoy that here.
Ep. 25 | Deep Dish: Revolver LP
It's time to serve up a deep dish of The Beatles most colorful LP with a b/w cover.
In this episode, TJ and Tony talk ADT, LSD, Geoff Emerick recording techniques, and the Alan Civil War. Plus diversions into the goth Lennon & McCartney, Rupert the Bear, The Frogs, and the Soul Train Scramble Board.
Revolver's track-by-track musings come augmented with enough collector scum needle drops to power a small, fab village, including a sample of their favorite punching bag, 60s Capitol Records honcho Dave Dexter.
Turn off your mind, relax and float tangentially.
Ep. 14 | Help! LP (1965)
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.
While Tony provides eagle-eared recording trivia yet fails to discern the difference between the Hofner and Hohner musical instrument companies, TJ speaks to the wonders of a new miracle drug called NUJV.
They also ponder the placement of Matchbox 20 on the Mt. Rushmore of Rock while doing their best not to get “PJ Probied.”
Ep. 10 | Mono/Stereo Nerdout!
What’s the deal with The Beatles in Mono?
Bird chirps and squeak toys? Extra droplets of fab scat? Lattice cut sound pies?
TJ 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. Plus a snippet of “I’m So Tired (Overdub Track 8).”
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Ep. 1 | Let It Be (1970) 50th Anniversary
It's the first episode of the Untitled Beatles Podcast, recorded before "Untitled" was decided as the title. On its 50th anniversary, TJ and Tony explore Let It Be - TJ's favorite Beatle album and Tony's second-least(?) favorite. Enjoy the long and rambling road.