As a lifelong Beatles fan and collector, I owned and treasured all of John's work. All three of pre-Plastic Ono Band albums are the sign of what was happening in the late 60's. John was using these albums and Yoko to shake the image of Beatle John. I do admit these albums did not get very much needle time on my turntable (does that age me!!) If you are starting to get into John's work this would be low on the list for must have CD's, I even took a while to purchase these. But my collection would not be complete without these wonderful pieces of history