“first record that I ever bought.”...Ha. Did they give the plastic insert that allowed the 45RPM to play on the turntable?...My first record was ‘Washington Square’. Folk music was to be the next greatest thing...as I said HA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAwqhnqSAc
"Mention modern art, civil rights or folk music, you're in like Flynn"
Nope, no little plastic disc. Wouldn’t have helped anyway as my record player, like many others of the day, was 78RPM only....hence the “big hole or small” question.
45 and multi-speed players were just starting to come out, so record companies pressed both 78 and 45 RPM versions of songs for a time.
PS....my kid sister broke that record. :(