At the time, it was a revelatory experience. I can't say that I'd gotten much into "Rock & Roll". Probably because "Rock", as differentiated from "Rock & Roll", didn't really exist. Had I paid attention in my early years--up to the 8th grade (1962), age 13--I might have appreciated Buddy Holly; maybe the Everly Brothers; maybe the Ronettes and the Phil Spector sound. But, to find it meant having to wade thru Elvis, and Bobby Vinton, Leslie Gore, Fabian (Horrors!).
The Beatles themselves didn't completely bowl me over tho I certainly paid attention to them. They made kids really get into music. Singles were no longer sufficient. Albums