How many of you are old enough to know what these are for?

[Rubycon]

 

[Modelworks]

Sadly I am , let me break out the 8 track and we can have a party !

 

[Kelemvor]

We had some of those. We also had a big oval type thing that would slip over the main pin and then you'd drop the 45 on top of that and you didn't need the converter things.

Something like this:
http://www.amradios.com/pictures/AD01-1.htm

 

[MAKENITO]

Not I said the fly.

 

[dennilfloss]

I know those. ^_^

 

[mesthead21]

Is it for the middle of a vinyl record so that it stays center when it spins? That would be my guess...

 

[novasatori]

Nope, I had seen them on records before at home, but I had no idea what they actually did until I just looked it up.

 

[AAjax]

Hehhehe, used them all the time. I liked the the on spindle 45 changer adapter better. If you stacked these on a changer they would often pop out.

I had a Donald Duck version of this when I was a kid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGb6lP4FVeg&feature=related

Listening to the Felix the cat theme song on a 45, ah those were the days.

 

[Rubycon]

Is it for the middle of a vinyl record so that it stays center when it spins? That would be my guess...

Yeah when I didn't have one I'd just wing it and it worked but sometimes the record would be a little eccentric so the pitch went up and down. If it was really off it would be quite obvious except on some of those parties where everyone was passed out.

Hehhehe, used them all the time. I liked the the on spindle 45 changer adapter better. If you stacked these on a changer they would often pop out.

I had a Garrard with one of those and sometimes it would drop two records! Being able to stack half a dozen singles and have jams while working out was nice. Compared now to ipods that can hold days of music. Sick!

 

[Shawn]

What is the point of these? Didn't record players come with an adapter for 45s? I know ours did.

 

[Dirigible]

Are you implying I'm old because I possess this knowledge? >:-(

 

[gorcorps]

I know what they're for but am not old enough to have ever needed to use them. Does that count?

 

[Rubycon]

What is the point of these? Didn't record players come with an adapter for 45s? I know ours did.

Manual turntables did not. These clipped in your records and could stay in there when sleeved, etc.

 

[F1N3ST]

Not me

 

[Zenmervolt]

Manual turntables did not. These clipped in your records and could stay in there when sleeved, etc.

My early 1970's Sony HP-610A with its Dual 1211 turntable does not have an adapter and I've been wanting to get a set of those standard 45 RPM adapters for a while.

 

[IronWing]

So the real question here is why? Why did 45s have a bigger hole than 33s and 78s?

 

[ScoobMaster]

Heh, I sure do - had LOTS of 'em when I was a kid in the late mid-late 70s and early 80s.

OK, I'll raise ya one...


How many remember THESE THINGS and what they were used for?

 

[IronWing]

How many remember THESE THINGS and what they were used for?

I do indeed remember those. I am so grateful that an endless parade of HS dropouts in need of gainful employment has removed the necessity of me ever operating one of those devices.

 

[spacejamz]

wow...guess I did have some in my closet...

 

[dennilfloss]

So the real question here is why? Why did 45s have a bigger hole than 33s and 78s?

Wasn't it for jukebox purposes?

 

[Rubycon]

Heh, I sure do - had LOTS of 'em when I was a kid in the late mid-late 70s and early 80s.

OK, I'll raise ya one...


How many remember THESE THINGS and what they were used for?

That made it easy to serve Hawaiian punch for sure!

Wasn't it for jukebox purposes?

Could've been although the first jukeboxes were '78s. I remember getting dizzy as a kid watching them play and trying to read the label. It was going so fast!

 

[Kelemvor]

So the real question here is why? Why did 45s have a bigger hole than 33s and 78s?

So they'd work better on Juke Boxes or becase RCA wanted theirs to be different than Colombia's.
http://www.rockandrollblog.net/2009/08/12/why-do-45-rpm-records-have-big-holes/

 

[FoBoT]

they also look like those flying discs that you shoot out of the toy gun thingy

 

[xanis]

I feel really young... holy crap.

 

[Rubycon]

they also look like those flying discs that you shoot out of the toy gun thingy

Yes but the flying discs are much smaller and hurt when they hit you in the eye!