Not all greatest hits albums are for house-people and little thems. Some, like “1967-1970” (and its red, commie companion) are as essential as the bands they represent. This week, the Twerk Twins dish deep on the packaging, origin, and legacy of these history-making collections and their 2023 remixes, and also ask: 🦦 Would John have loved the 2011 Target-only 7” mix of “I Am The Walrus”? 📻 Is recycling the original hip-hop? 🌭 (Angry Chicago Guy:) How come The Red Album put ketchup around its plump, juicy frank of a logo? (Slowly, legitimately in crisis-mode:) And how come Tony Larussa got too woke to drive drunk no more? EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some sweet merch or find us on Patreon. Come hang with us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Let’s keep on playing those Mind Games together, as we delve into the meat (City/Free Monday) of the album, the often overlooked album tracks. Do they deserve their heretofore reputation as merely green Capitol budget label re-issue worthy? Or are there some stone-cold Lennon classics in the mix? And is it cool in 2023 to talk honestly about “sanpaku eyes”? Spoilers: Yes is the answer! But, also: 🏀  Is Marvin Gaye’s cover of “Nutopian International Album”, as performed at the 1984 NBA All-Star game, definitive? 📼 The 1999 film “She’s All That” had a great many classic songs. Is the very best “Kiss Me”, by Six Seconds Of Hiss? 🔧 (Angry Chicago Guy): How come Lennon didn’t write no songs specifically about Schneider, the high-larious handyman on “One Day At A Time”? (With sadness, the Malort is kicking in:) And how come the beautiful Valerie Anne Bertinelli don’t reply to my handwritten letters?   EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some sweet merch or find us on Patreon Come hang with us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Cue the Salt ’N’ Pepa: Pu-Pu-Pushkin’s real good…at producing podcasts and audiobooks! They’re the force behind the just-dropped “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics” pod, which is off to a delightfully entertaining and insightful start. The dulcet tones of Paul Muldoon had better be the future voice of AI. (We’re talking about practice. Not a game.) And on this very special episode of the UBP, the Gab Two is proud to present, in partnership with Pushkin, a special airing of “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics” Episode 2. How cool is that?! This one one’s a Double Paul deep-dish on “Back In The U.S.S.R.”, a definitive #FileUnderRock track, though, as the episode sadly fails to acknowledge, was largely unknown until Billy Joel’s live take on “Kohuept” (2 LP’s on 1 CD!). We’ll be back with our usual chicanery and a whole new episode/world, DON’T YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR EYES, next week. In the meantime, all 3.5 of us at the UBP are absolutely honoured to be associated with anything Macca-related. We hope you will enjoy the show as much as we did. Five Freaking Fabs! ----- McCartney: A Life in Lyrics | Back in the U.S.S.R What’s Paul McCartney, a Liverpudlian, doing writing about the Soviet Union in 1968? Turns out McCartney was doing a little Chuck Berry, a bit of The Beach Boys, some pastiche and a lot of subversion. Opening “The White Album”, “Back in the U.S.S.R.” raised some eyebrows. And because of The Beatles’ evolving position within the former Eastern Bloc the song has over the years taken on a life of its own, following the trajectory of the West’s often fraught relationship with the region.

All four solo Fabs released legendary albums in their lives. But among the critical darlings (“Gone Troppo”), chart topping smash hits (“Ringo Rama”, 5.1 edition) and absolutely despised, forgotten about, piles of doggie poo poo doo doo (“Band On The Run”), there are some solo albums that remain quite difficult to categorize. Like this week’s Deep Dish Part 1 (CALORIE ALERT!) on the ever-controversial John & Yoko “Some Time In New York City”. Is this a terrible record? Is it actually brilliant? Has it aged better than expected in the 50 years since its release? What do you think this is, pal, “Sound Opinions?” Sure, you come here for us to answer those fab questions, but you also may be wondering: 💿🍆 Is it fair to judge what’s on a CD by the size of its’ ’87 longbox? 📻 Should classic rock radio still play the heavily edited, phat-shaming, radio friendly version of the album’s single, “[Your] Woman Is The Bigger Of The Girls”? Or is it time we finally cancel The Drive, 97.1? (Ed note: Cancel Culture is ruining America and must end! Unless it's books, constitutional rights, science, personal freedoms, rule of law, arts funding, kindness, actual f**king facts, etc...) 3️⃣4️⃣ (Angry Chicago Guy) How come Coach Ditka let William the Fridge Perry tackle a nun during Super Bowl XX, (slower, rhythmically, drunk on Malort) but not Sweetness? Like Was (not Don Was) once sang: open the door, get on the floor, everybody go watch “Dinosaurs”! (#NotTheMama) Fridays, on ABC! But first, yo, check dis out!   EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some sweet merch or find us on Patreon Come hang with us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Summertime done, come and gone, oh my my! (#RingoGarcia) Yep, fall is upon us and with it means a boatload of forthcoming Beatles goodies! Maybe? Could there be a 50th “Mind Games”? A deluxe “Rubber Soul”? The long-anticipated expanded “Love Songs” box set, with a bonus 7” test pressing of “Girl”/“You’re Gonna Lose That Girl” and a gnome or two, for only $400? Sign us up!And over at Untitled Beatles Podcast HQ, we can’t wait to kick off the fall season with our usual chicanery and good times. This week, in the spirit of Labor Day, we sip good old American brews, and preview our line-up with a TV Guide style Fall Preview Guide! And this ain’t the free one you get in the Sunday paper, jack! It’s the real deal. And you’ll straight-up cheers *and* jeers all of your favorite returning fall shows on WUBP, Channel 3, like: 🥩 Wednesdays on “She’s The Sheriff”, does Suzanne Summers microwave her meat? And does a poster of Nancy Reagan and Mr. T make special guest Mickey Rooney trickle down? 👃🏻 On Saturdays, “Valerie’s Family” returns…sans Valerie! She wanted more money, so she died in a fire and “Aunt” Sandy Duncan showed up with scratch ’N’ sniff Betty and Veronica fan art for all!  👩🏽‍⚖️ And “Night Court” returns Thursdays, as alternate juror “Flannel Casey” (Chris Makepeace) explains to Selma Diamond why iTunes is for soccer moms; but no Band On The Run retrospective is complete without the ’89 “Barn Rehearsal” (WTF?) of the title track.   EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Please support our scrappy show. Score some sweet merch or find us on Patreon Come hang with us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

It’s like Mark Bolan and T. Rex once said: "Get it on! Banger, Gong! Get it, Gong!” We’re not certain who Gong is - according to Lewisohn, it's longtime Lennon idol Chuck Barris -  but we’re sure fans of Beatle Bangers. And in Part Two of Part Two, we hear some killer listener-suggested Bangers, and also ask: 🤲 Would “Hans Zimmer Across America” have been more successful if came after “Rain Man”? 🎻 Is “Andrew Black Bird” really about civil rights? 🏈 And why, exactly, is longtime NFL referee Ed Hochuli such a huge Monkees fan? These are the Tates, and these are the Campbells. And this is Part Two, of Part Two, of Beatles Bangers! #LikeAndSubscribe   EPISODE LINKS: Like and subscribe! NEW! Please support our scrappy show. Score some sweet merch or find us on Patreon Come hang with us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

This week, we're taking a break to be with our families for the holidays. (Or, potentially stranded in the snow in South Bend, Indiana, for the holidays.) Either way, it's the it's the most wonderful time to revisit our Christmas records deep dish! -- Originally released December 25, 2021 It’s been a real gear year for the Untitled Beatles Podcast and it’s all due to you! ‘Spect some of you are getting out a 50¢ piece to weigh down your rare out of print Beatles Christmas Flexi Discs. For those going without these cherished “only fans” 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:  🍆 Ho Ho Ho! Will they succeed in referencing “Ding Dong” on XXXmas day?  🍗 Yeah Yeah Yeah! Since T.J. and Tony have gone right off jelly babies, will they switch to Kenny Rogers Roasters roasted chicken?  🌿 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 don’t celebrate Crimble) and a Happy Goo Year!  EPISODE NOTES: Like and subscribe, leave us a review or hang with us on Facebook! Shouts and thanks to John T in Tennessee and Max Comeau Check out these other fab fave podcasts of ours: Paul or Nothing and Something About The Beatles

It’s part 2 of George Fest! It rhymes with Pete Best, Bird’s Nest, Math Test, Chest Crest, Crest Chest, and of course—and most importantly—Breast Fest, only at Kenny Rogers Roasters. Yeah, it’s a chicken joke, perv. Sorry! “Merv”. This week, T.J. and Tony break down the second half of the film and record, and along the way consider: 🌿 Does Perry Farrell need more ginkgo biloba? 🏄 Could Al Bundy front a Beach Boys tribute band? And if so, would they be called the Married… With Siblings, Cousin and Family Friend? 🚫♀︎ Alt: Or maybe called The Misogynist Shoe Salesboys? 💿💿💿💿 How come The Flaming Lips didn’t release “It’s All Too Much” on four separate 10” records meant to play simultaneously? That’s right, fellow Lips-sters, you finally got yourselves a Zaireeka reference. You’re welcome.  This episode blurb went a little off the Q*bert board. Like and subscribe?   EPISODE LINKS Yes, please like and subscribe! Come hang with us on Discord/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Untitled Beatles Fans, What’s Happening!!! Hey, hey hey! (#StanleyClarke) Which Doobie yoobie is b-sides the point. And b-sides, today’s show is Solo 70’s B-Sides that weren’t married to an LP; from the absolute classics (“Blindman”, “I Don’t Care Anymore”,) to the hated-by-real-fans missteps (“Daytime Nighttime Suffering”, “Move Over Ms. L”). In this episode, the Off White T’s focus on Flingo & George (Tuesdays, on BBC1), and also consider:  🎸 Are The Byrds really “just alright” with Jesus?  🍆 Should Tony be concerned about his #ThrobbingGristle?  ❄️ How come that lib Ringo didn’t call his classic “Chachi-Chachi”? As George once said, we had a B-sides podcast episode to make, ladies and gentlemen. And we made two. Come back next week for the thrillington (angry Chicago voice: DAT’S NOT A B-SIDE) conclusion of solo 70’s B-Sides from John and an old estranged fiancée called Paul.   EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Come hang with us on Discord/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

It’s obvious that The Beatles first love was music. But their fabbest love was for the American sport of baseball, with its electrifying foul balls, nail-biting bunts, and contemplative rain delays. And that’s why this week, T.J. and Tony have each compiled a major league set of fab tunes to compete against one another in this All-Star Beatle Batting Order Midsommer Classic. This Week in Untitled Beatles Baseball:  🥁 After a severe brow-beating from Cubs manager Lee Elia, is pinch drummer Jimmie Nicol getting sent down to the minors?  🔮 Did superstitious T.J.’s “8-Track Only” fast cause him to make a crucial Sgt. Pepper fielding error?  🐅 Should Tony "Bullethead" Mendoza have gotten ejected for trying to doctor the “Bungalow Bill”? Plus another edition of Star’s Search! EPISODE LINKS Like and subscribe! Who's line-up do you think won? You make the call! Come hang with us on Discord/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Summer of ‘59 is a classic Macca b-side. 1967 was the frigid Summer of Gloves. The summer of ‘69 was when you got your first real g string. But only 1982 was the Summer of Producer Casey, and some of Tony & T.J.‘s most formative, favorite hits, blasting off from WLS-FM, young B96, and Downtown Records & Tapes. And in our continued look at the (you can do) magic of 1982, upon the year’s 40th anniversary, we talk about those great tunes, many more Beatles-related releases, and other “Brady Brides”-worthy madcap hijinks, like:  🎸Zeppelin rocked okay, but could they touch Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry?  📺 OK fans of Weird Al originals:  “This Is The Life” or “That Boy Could Dance”?  🏍 Is the Cadillac Foxes take on “Gloria (feat. Erik Estrada)” from the punk rock episode of “CHiPs” the definitive version? If E.T. hadn’t pulled a #hegone, probably from all those damn Reese’s Pieces or from getting water on him after midnight (buzzer sfx), they’d phone bone for our deep dish part II (#eyeeye) of the last official year before the 80’s began: 1982!   EPISODE LINKS Be sure to subscribe to the show! Come hang with us on Discord/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!  

It was 80 years ago today that Sir Paul McCartney was born! In honor of this awesome moment in Fab Four history, the Untitled Beatles Podcast is proud to present part three of our look at his most important record: the “Hope For The Future” EP. (#Thrash) WAIT! HOLD UP, YO! STOP THE PRESSES, NEWSIES! We’re actually discussing Side 2 of the iconic, legendary “Pepper”, as the cool kids call it. And whether you prefer your transition from “Good Morning, Good Morning” to the “Sgt. Pepper” reprise in mono or stereo, we hope you will enjoy our final installment of this “Pepper” deep dish, which also dares to ask:  ✏️ When not microwaving pencils, did young Tony used to raw-dawg Doritos sandwiches?  ⚾️ Was “Within You Without You” George’s tribute to Kenny Lofton, given how much he loved Cleveland Indian music?  📼 When it comes to Macca-inspired blank audio cassettes (emoji not available), are you team “Maxell's Silver Hammer” or “Mother Nature’s Sony”? So wake up, fall out of (your Pepper’s water)bed, and before you drag a comb across Judge Dredd, join Tony and T.J. for one final look at an album that quite literally changed the trajectory of popular culture in ways unseen until Asia’s self-titled debut in ’82. (“A Day In The Life” is fine, but have you heard “Heat Of The Moment”, son?)   EPISODE LINKS Please subscribe! Come hang with us on Discord/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Even the most casual Beatles fan has seen and touched the world’s most beloved album cover: “Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins”, which, controversially finished seventh in Dongz Monthly’s “Best Album Cover, With A Dong” 2020 poll. (#1, naturally, was Ted Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever”.) But there’s another famous Beatles album cover we just learned about on #AskJeeves that has some mind-blowing music beneath the 1987 cassette’s thick j-card: “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band!” In Part 2 of our deep dish on the most famous album EVER, we delve into Side 1, which is a real Dick Hyman-esque banger. Luckily for the masses, The Gab 2 also finds time to address:  📸 Was surrealist, EMI balcony photog Angus McBean his generation’s Calista Flockhart?  🎺 NFL Trivia: Was the halftime show of Super Bowl VI (pronounced “Vee-Eye”) “With The Beatles, With Horns!”?  🌭 (read in angry Chicago accent) How come Tony & T.J. don’t know the name of the engineer for “Fixing A Hole”, but Producer Casey does? Ya Jagbags! It was 55 years ago today…plus about 10 days or so depending when you’re listening. So come celebrate “Pepper” with us! Please subscribe! Come hang with us on Discord/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram! Drop us a review on Apple Podcasts!

ATTENTION: VERY PROFESSIONAL PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT We are back live on Twitch for another installment of Twitch and Shout: PRIMETIME! Come hang with T.J., Tony and Producer Casey this Tuesday, May 10, at 7pm CT for an hour of gabbing fab. We'll talk about The Beatles, our upcoming 100th episode, and maybe even play Beatles Trivial Pursuit! We haven't had the meeting about it yet! We hope you'll join the fun. Set your alarm for 7 p.m. CT PRIMETIME, and find us at twitch.tv/chicago4real or at  https://www.untitledbeatlespodcast.com/live Thanks, as always, to our fine friends at Chicago4Real for hosting us.

It's been a long time Now we're Back live on Twitch That's right! Come hang with Tony and T.J. this Tuesday, April 12, at 6 pm CT for an hour of Beatle babble. We'll talk:  🎰 Tony's recent pilgrimage to Vegas to see Cirque du Soleil's LOVE  🐭 This wild Dick Clark pitch to have the Beatles take over Disneyland that's been going around the internet  🍳 The (Pete) Best of Terri Hemmert's Breakfast with the Beatles this week  🗣 All the great, real-time comments and questions from the audience  🃏 And whatever else we have time for! We hope you'll join the fun. Set your alarm for 6 p.m. CT, and find us at twitch.tv/chicago4real.  Thanks, as always, to our fine friends at Chicago4Real for hosting us.

Cue the synth brass and Yamaha DX7, it’s The Final Countdown to One Shining Moment; two songs definitely not written by John Tesh. Or were they? Buckle up for part two of March Fabness, where a sweet sixteen of important figures across the Beatles universe battle it out for the 2022 Fifth Beatle Championship! Awesome, baby! The matchups are intense. Neil or Klaus? Mark or Marcia? Derek or The Dominoes? Rule of threes, or just keep going? Plus, Tony, T.J., and Producer Casey consider:  😸 Which 1980’s classic cartoon cat are you: Garfield, or Stucliffe?  🇨🇦🇺🇸 Guess Who loves The Music Man?  👶🏻 How do you like your Nirvana: 7” or Cassingle? Break out the tortilla chips and lotion, standard snacks for NCAA games, or maybe the tortillas are a regional thing? (Guess) who cares, it’s time to reveal the 2022 Fifth Beatle Champion!   EPISODE LINKS Come chat with us on our new Discord server! (Huge thanks to @wetmedia and @oathkeeperroxas for starting the party!) Or, if you're into Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter we're there too. If you'd like to support the show, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen!

What’s more exciting than March Madness? March Fabness, of course! You don’t need to be Jay Bilas (or South Pacific’s Luther Billis - #RayWalston) to play along with Tony, T.J., and Producer Casey, as they dramatically determine the 2022 Fifth Beatle Champion! Also, if your whole office isn’t playing along with us, they have failed and you should quit your jobs immediately. Seriously, where are your priorities? Round one is filled with stunning, Cinderella-story upsets on the road to the title, and along the way, Beatleworld’s Jim Pantz (#HelloFriends) and Steve Weirdo debate: 📻 Was Marsha Albert her generation’s Marcia Raubach? Related: who the f are these people? 🤮 What’s more offensive: the original “Yesterday…and Today” cover, or the limited, U.S. “Two Virgins” cover with nude Dave Dexter?  𝄢 If Stuart Sutcliffe had only lived to meet Meghan Trainor, would he be more or less about that bass? Download your bracket here and play along! Play with us, or play with yourself! The UBP doesn’t believe in the whole “you’ll go to hell if you do” thing; hell is a construct made up to keep people in line in lieu of developing one’s own moral compass and you know what this isn’t the time or place for this we’ll do our religion episode in 2038.

"Seinfeld" is one of those shows that, strangely, never caught on. Nobody’s seen it and fewer remember it. Anyway, it was a show about nothing, and so is this week’s Untitled Beatles Podcast. While working like mad in their day/night/both jobs, The Gab Two didn’t have the requisite time to do their usual, vigorous, often dangerous show prep. But they let it roll, Bob, and the result is a wild #banger, including fierce debates about:  🧤 Who would you rather step out with, John Lennon or Joe Jackson? (As in the British new-wave pianist, not Jacko’s dad. Jacko as in Michael Jackson, not Jocko, as in Jocko Marcellino, Sha Na Na’s drummer.)  🎷 Is Clarence Clemmons his generation’s Clarence Carter?  🌭 What kind of a jag bag doesn’t put grilled onions and mustard on their Polish sausage?As Phil Collins sang in 1982, “You can’t Murray Head”. So grab a cold one (as in drink, not a person who’s been dead for a while), snuggle up with your favorite koala-type bear, put on a puffy shirt, giddy up, yada, yada, yada, and insert your own “Seinfeld” reference here. EPISODE LINKS Do you prefer shows about... something? WE HAVE THOSE TOO! Subscribe wherever you listen and rate and review on Apple Podcasts When time allows, we also often talk about something and/or nothing on all your favorite social things: Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram

This is a new phase Untitled Beatles Podcast...essential to the content of seeing the film, Get Back in IMAX was that Tony & T.J. each recorded their experiences driving to the theater; in comes the warmth and general nonsense of discussing the film together in a live bar performance, as reproduced for mp4 by Producer Casey. Also in this very special episode:   📻 Baby, if you’ve ever wondered, does T.J. wax nostalgic when his favorite sitcom actor leaves the material world?   📷 Which better suits the George Martin Orchestra’s “This Boy”: Sad Ringo (not living in a van) down by the river, or Tony’s musings on the Sgt. Pepper costumes?   🤦‍♂️ Do the Gab (and/or Abacab) Two know if one of the most influential figures in Beatles history is alive or dead? (Spoilers: Nope.) Take that plastic flap off your mouth holes, slam an I-talian beef or two, and enjoy this inside look at a joyous, Tony & T.J. field trip to see this remarkable film together.   EPISODE LINKS: We don't have a Patreon (yet...?), but if you Dig It, please support the show! Subscribe wherever you listen and rate and review on Apple Podcasts Did you catch the concert at your fine local IMAX establishment? What'd you think? Hit us up on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram

Would you look at that? It was JUST Valentimes Day! And, beloved listener, please accept our belated gift: the thrilling conclusion to our conversation about the tunes inspired by Beatle significant others. T.J. and Tony talk tender tunes, play some Pattie (Boyd) Cake, and ponder:  💋 Which is sexiest: “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” or Lenny and the Squigtones?  🎼 Which Barry Manilow banger (#barrybanger) inspired the key change in John Lennon’s “Woman”?  🦘 Was that strange lady who made Men At Work’s Colin Hay nervous, in fact, Pattie Boyd? It’s not too late! Get back out to your local CVS, load up on all the half-price Whitman’s Samplers, and close out your Valentimes season in the warm embrace of the Untitled Beatles Podcast.   EPISODE LINKS: If you "like" like us, consider sending some of that valentine love our way: Subscribe wherever you listen and rate and review on Apple Podcasts Which songs did we miss? Come yell at us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram

For many, the most significant Beatle fundraising contribution on record is Macca’s nonsensical gibberish on the extended mix of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” For Tony and T.J., it’s the George Harrison-organized “Concert For Bangla Desh,” whose 3-LP boxed set just turned 50 years old. The album and film are powerful, joyous, and iconic, filled with both bangers and ladeshers. In this episode, the Gab Two salutes their favorite moments and other hawt topics like: 🏀 Who was a better New York Knick: Eric Clapton or John Starks? 😵 Have Leon Russell and Leon Redbone ever been seen together in Belvedere, IL, or on Chicago’s Webster street? 🥁 Is Keith Moon’s most famous solo that time he f**ked up Badfinger’s drum set? We’d appreciate if you could, uh, try and settle down and get into this episode. That’s the way (the Untitled Beatles) Pod planned it! -- EPISODE LINKS Help support our show! Tell your friends! Subscribe! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Come hang with us on Facebook! Our live Twitch and Shout show is back! Join us this Tuesday, January 18, at 6 p.m. CT on the Chicago4Real Twitch channel! untitledbeatlespodcast.com/live

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

As 90's Beatles tribute band Boyz II Men might have said, it's the end of the long and winding road for Peter Jackson's incredible "Get Back" documentary. And Part 3 was a fittingly amazing and emotional conclusion. [SPOILER ALERT: Yoko pullin' a #Purdie and playing drums on the roof was unexpected AF...]   Tony, T.J., and producer Casey went LIVE on Twitch to delve into the "Get Back" conclusion and unpack the seismic importance of this series, along with our insightful audience as always. That's a wrap for our Get Back live stream episodes. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to be a part of it, and be sure to join us Tuesday at 6pm CT for our regular Twitch & Shout live conversation on the Chicago4Real Twitch channel.

Peter Jackson's done it again. "Get Back" Part 2 features some of the most important and revelatory Beatles-related content ever on film, and sits *arguably* just a notch below the Bee Gees/Frampton "Sgt. Pepper" movie.   The Untitled Beatles Podcast gathered LIVE to take a look at this mind-blowing episode, and trade insights as always with our fantastic live audience.   We'll be back at it for Part 3 SATURDAY NIGHT AT 9PM CT, LIVE (from our rooftops) on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/chicago4real. We hope you can drop by and chime in on the conversation! And, again, many many thanks to the fine Chicago collective Chicago4Real for hosting us on the Twitchpipes. #TwitchPipesOfPeace #TwitchenhamStudios #TurnOffYourMindRelaxAndComeLiveStream

Here we go! GET BACK IS HERE, and T.J., Tony, and Casey wolfed down their turkey so they could get back onto Twitch and talk all about it with their Untitled Beatles Podfriends. Spoilers abound! But let's be real, if you haven't watched Part 1 yet, that's on you. We hope your holiday has been harmonious, and we hope to see you 'round the clubs. (Or Friday and Saturday night, right back here on Twitch!) Friday and Saturday 10 PM ET / 9 CT / 7 PT twitch.tv/chicago4real Thanks again to our friends at Chicago4Real for hosting all our shenanigans!

IT HAS ARRIVED. AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US.   THURSDAY / FRIDAY / SATURDAY @ 10 PM ET / 9 CT / 7 PT  📺 TWITCH.TV/CHICAGO4REAL

To gear up for this week's momentous release of the Get Back documentary series, Tony and T.J. went live on the ol' Twitch to: 🍳 Review this week’s Breakfast With the Beatles playlist by Chicago radio legend Terri Hemmert 📽 Set the stage for the weekend with a (thin crust) deep dish into the 1970 Michael Lindsey-Hogg documentary Let It Be 🗣 And field all sorts of fab fan comments along the way.   It was a blast! Special thanks to everyone who came out and joined the conversation. The only thing more fun than making this show is making it with all of you in the virtual room alongside us. So much fun that we're trying something new: releasing this special edition VIDEO PODCAST. And if you missed it, don't sweat, we'll be back on Twitch this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening to talk about each day's Get Back release. We hope we'll see you there! Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 10 PM ET / 9 CT / 7 PT twitch.tv/chicago4real Thanks again to our friends at Chicago4Real for hosting us!

🍏 IT’S GET BACK WEEK! And to celebrate, the Untitled Beatles Podcast is GOING LIVE. T.J. and Tony present Twitch and Shout, a live, loose conversation about all things Beatles. Tune in on Twitch tonight to join in the conversation, as the guys: 🍳 Review this week’s Breakfast With the Beatles playlist by Chicago radio legend Terri Hemmert 📽 Get geared up for the weekend with a (thin crust) deep dish into the 1970 Michael Lindsey-Hogg documentary Let It Be 🗣 And field all your questions and comments along the way.   LIVE STREAM DETAILS: Tuesday, November 23 7 PM ET / 6 CT / 4 PT twitch.tv/chicago4real   And if that wasn't enough, we'll be back on Twitch this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening to talk about each day's Get Back release. It's just too momentous; we just can't wait. So gobble up that turkey, squeeze in some quality time with the in-laws, and come join us to talk all things Get Back. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 10 PM ET / 9 CT / 7 PT twitch.tv/chicago4real Many thanks to our fine friends at Chicago4Real for hosting us on their channel.

Move over thrice!!! As part three of our Let It Be 50th Anniversary gabfest, T.J. and Tony inspect the Glyn Johns mixes of 1969's Get Back LP, along with the 12" 4-song EP. Then they crack open the new Get Back book, providing Cliff Notes (and Norm Notes) for its 200 pages, give or take a two. Along the way: 📻 Tony reveals the identity of the villain who calls in all those pesky Beatles covers to 93 XRT 🎸 T.J. offers Garageband tutorials on editing out the new pre-song chatter to "Don't Let Me Down" 🚀 We can all agree that everything sounds better when it is "Super High Mastered" All that and an order of cheese sauce! The sounds of laughter are inciting and inviting you ho-ho hee-hee ha-ha... Do you like the Untitled Beatles Podcast? Well then picture the fingers pressing Subscribe wherever you enjoy podcasts. Then leave us a review - you can make it longer if you like the style, you can change it round cuz we want you to be an Untitled Beatles Podcast Subscriber.

Move over twice! It's Part 2 of the runaway train that is The Untitled Beatles Podcast as it careens around the Let It Be 50th anniversary box set. This week T.J. and Tony wax ecstatic about Side Two's 2021 mixes then trade favorite studio outtakes. Also, they grumble about what was curiously left off, though they don't know why they're moaning. Along the way they ask: 📦 Who packaged it better: Universal Music Group or Dr. Ebbetts? 👄 How many ways can two people pronounce the word “warble”? 🎭 What is the name of Paul McCartney’s improv workshoppe and do current students get a discount? Plus a "controversial" word has T.J. stumbling into blooper hell. You'd hate to miss this train, oh yeah! Timpani drumroll courtesy of David Skidmore and Vic Firth Percussion. Does this podcast attract you like a pomegranate? Subscribe to us here! And, perhaps leave us a review - even if it's just to see what your name looks like on the internet.