U.S. Rubber Soul Part 1 (Replay from 2021!)

U.S. Rubber Soul Part 1 (Replay from 2021!)

From Untitled Beatles Podcast by Untitled Podcast Productions LLC

August 29, 2026 · 50 min · Season 7 · Episode 338

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The hosts celebrate their podcast anniversary by discussing the U.S. edition of Rubber Soul and its significance.

Originally aired May 15, 2021 ----- Hey hey! It's our birthday, and we're gonna have a good time. And amazingly, T.J. managed to do an entire year's worth of podcasts before finally cutting loose on his all-time favorite version of his all-time favorite album: the Capitol Records U.S. edition of Rubber Soul. Dave Dexter helps the Fab Four find their inner folksters, and, not to spoil the podcast or anything: TONY AND T.J. ENTHUSIASTICALLY APPROVE. In Part 1 of their deep dish, the guys remember how they first discovered Rubber Soul, compare and contrast the U.S. and British releases, and dig into the first few tracks. But there's so much good stuff to talk about, we'll have to finish out the album in Part 2 next week. As always, we got a little distracted along the way, making sure to cover crucial tangents like: What are our least favorite words for "excrement"? Which Buffalo reigns supreme: Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Stance, or Dabney Coleman's early 80s sitcom Buffalo Bill? Where does Norwegian Wood sit among the all-time great pyromaniac songs? Really, we can't believe we've been at this for a whole year (or that we still haven't come up with a title for the podcast). We…

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Organizations: Capitol Records, Untitled Podcast Productions LLC

Books & works: Rubber Soul

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