Oh man I remember it too. My high tech trick was to get a little dictation type cassette recorder and record the section of interest from the vinyl onto it. Then I could have the recorder sitting on my knee, the advantage being you didn’t have to change position as much to reach over to cue the record player. Nowadays you just put on YouTube and set the speed to 75% or 50%...
“Oh man I remember it too. My high tech trick was to get a little dictation type cassette recorder and record the section of interest from the vinyl onto it.”
Yeah playback in “Mono”. :)
I remember a friend’s dad had a “Hi Fidelity” system. Mono pumped out loud through more than one speaker. lol