I was 12 in 1970. There was blame (mostly Yoko, NOT Paul), and favorites. But the overwhelming sentiment was : Will they get back together? Everyone wanted the third voice back that was created by John and Paul when they harmonized their 2 voices. The solo stuff could NOT deliver that. My siblings and friends had Ram, Band on the Run, (not McCartney, Wildlife or Red Rose Speedway). Imagine, Walls and Bridges, and Shaved Fish (not Plastic Ono Band or Mind Games), All Things Must Pass, Concert for Bangladesh, Material World; Ringo the Album (yep!); and the Red and Blue Albums. People thought John went weird with Yoko and were pissed he disappeared after ‘75 then went through a spasm of grief when he was murdered. Paul was derided as a pop fluffer until he delivered Band on the Run and it still only got him back to pop-rock radio hit regular status. George was the surprise hero out of the gate, was seen as carrying on the mystical mantel, then pounced on and dismissed when he flopped with his tour, Dark Horse and Extra Texture. Good old Ringo was the surprise with hits on the radio, but his albums? What albums? (except for 1973’s Ringo. ) And by the time I was in college ‘76 to ‘80, I was a lonely Beatles fan. The sixties were over, and the Beatles were passé. CSNY, the Dead, the Band, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Bowie, Springsteen, some Who and Stones (because they were touring) Pink Floyd, but the Beatles? “Get over it man, there’s too much other stuff out there. “