My main method of listening to the Beatles music in the 60s was on transistor/car radios and the family stereo. The phonograph sat on a little table and consisted of a small built-in speaker and an additional speaker connected by a five foot chord. It was all pretty primitive but I had never heard rock music any other way, so the listening experience seemed just fine. As the 60s were winding down I was the soundman for a show we were putting on in high school. We needed some classical music to play as the audience arrived and the art teacher offered to loan us some albums. He was a tall blond Swedish immigrant to California who was always friendly with the long hairs and let us hang out in the art studio. Anyway I went to pick up the records and he played for me the portions of classical music he thought would be appropriate for the show. His stereo equipment was like nothing I’d ever seem consisting of stacks of flashing components, a calibrated turntable and 5 slotted speaker towers taller than myself (plus a mystery box that actually shook the floor). He was really getting into it saying stuff like “now listen to when the cello kicks in” but I wasn’t too interested in that type of music then. Anyway we were ready to wrap things up and he asked me if there was anything I’d like to listen to. So…I asked him if he had any Beatle records. He said sure and pulled Rubber Soul out of the rack. He suggested I sit right next to the speaker which I did as he queued up Nowhere Man . The experience was a true enlightenment, like a partially deaf person hearing clearly for the first time; the interplay between the rhythm instruments which was such a hallmark of the Beatles, the backing vocals adding so much soul and guiding the melody, George crashing into the song with his electric lead and leaving just as quickly with a buzzzzzzz (or was it a beep). But the best of all was John’s emotional vocal. It sounded so tonally resonant and pure, the “Nowhere Man don’t worry” section putting me into a dream. In fact it wasn’t until I was on my way home that I started wondering why was Nowhere Man on the Rubber Soul album. I didn’t find out until years later that there were 2 versions. Anyway since then I’ve always tried to take advantage of high-end Beatle listening opportunities. I definitely recommend checking it out, especially for the younger Fabs who have only been able to listen to the Beatles on their phones and such.