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It refers to a 45 rpm vinyl record album from Germany.

A ‘45’ is a small vinyl record played at 45rpm instead of the more common 33rpm for the regular ‘long play’ or ‘LP’ vinyl record.

A ‘45’ fits only a song each side, so usually for releasing singles.

And ‘German’ means German.

Hahaha, thanks for the laugh, and the explanation (you too redwoolf)

Just for some anecdata, what is your age range?

My family who grew up with vinyl records are obsessed with figuring out when knowledge of that technology will really start fading.

I'm 37, and my parents do own tons of vinyls. However, they're all albums and we never used any 45s, so I guess the whole 33/45 thing didn't really stick in my memory

Oh OK!