That Thing For the Center of a 45 Record
What is that thing called that used to fit a 45 record in its center hole?
I’m sure I used to know what it was called but old age has taken its’ toll.
They looked like a tornado that fit the spindle and they had three arms,
With it you could play a 45 record but the name isn’t setting off alarms.
I’ve asked around but no one my age can remember the name,
Spreader, spindle slider, spider to us they’re all the same.
We all remember using them and owing the little clipper a lot,
But a memory of the name of the thing it seems that we have not.
Without one in the center of your record your party would be sunk,
Your record would get off kilter then your band would sound like they were drunk.
I asked a woman I know who is still young enough to have kept her memory,
But to know of such a devise you have to be at least a 45 and she’s only a 33.
Copyright © Tony Lane | Year Posted 2011
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