I spun 45’s on an RCA player in my ’65 Comet Cyclone. With the advent of the eight track tape player it was no longer needed nor cool. The eight track had its own inherent problems like track click and tape malfunction but didn’t skip when I hit a bump or pothole. Plus the cassettes were practically free as you could pick up discarded ones on the side of the road that just needed to be spliced or rewound onto the take up reel with a pencil inserted into the center of the cog. Other than that, 45’s were mostly for jukeboxes, girls and slumber parties.
45 Singles You Just Had to Buy
In the bad old days before the internet & streaming😀, what pieces of music did you have to purchase on a 45rpm single because there was no other genuine way of getting them home? The trouble was that more often than not, an album cut of a rock-and-roll hit would be a different version/take/mix of the one you loved hearing on the radio. Which means you just had to get the 45.
Here's a random handful of mine --
Hanky Panky -- Tommy James & the Shondells
Save the Country -- Laura Nyro
She Don't Care about Time and Change is Now -- The Byrds
Baby Please Don't Go -- Them
Candy Girl -- Four Seasons
The Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton
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