I forget you are a "grumpy old man"! LOL

I never really went from 45 to 33's but the opposite 33 to 34's. I did have the turntable that could play them but my favorite as a kid was Tubby the Tuba. Later when I go into 45 it was the Monkeys (hey,hey) that got me inspired to play drums.
I think my Drumming days were simply to release that built up tension of finding the where do I "fit-in" era? But it did later lead to my Audiophile concepts. We just called it "music" in our cars back then. I had some of the best sounding car sound systems even before it was "THE THING" when Jensen Triac's were the go-to speakers of choice. I ran a little-known Quad-track sound system (better branch then the traditional 8 tracs) with a sound reverberizer and some amplifier that I don't even remember what that was. Oh and because FM was more or less in luxury cars I also had a FM upgrade receiver. LOL So in the early 70's that was something for a kid with a sound system.

 

Yogie & Boo-Boo was my first 45 record.
Not sure if I ever mentioned it but I ran a power inverter in my 1966 Lemans.
I had a pair of Altec Nova 9 speakers and a Pioneer SX-1080 receiver.
Didn't use it while driving but would pull out the speakers and set them up for impromptu gatherings at our local hangout spot.
We actually had and old Packard hearse (1953?) for our band equipment transport.

 

Hey! Don't knock the Packards. I learned to drive on a 1954 Packard. What a tank!

 

It was a tank and worked great for hauling our band equipment around.
It was also good for the occasional prank of putting a coffin in the back and pretending it was funeral service.
We'd take turns being in the coffin and jumping out in the middle of main street on a Saturday afternoon.
A few people laughed, a few were horrified but most pretended they didn't see anything.