Random pictures thread
Google-sourced image of a record dinker:
It's become somewhat "de rigueur" to produce 7"/45 RPM Record Store Day records with only the small/standard hole. Why? Some say it's cheaper, some say it's because that's the way they were sold in Europe "back in the day", and others have their own theories and/or opinions. (I have an obsessive/compulsive cousin who used to own his own recording label, and **** like this drives him nuts!) Personally I don't care one way or the other, as I have numerous European 7" records like that, and since they're really not all that collectible (Ebay buyers: "Oooh! Look at this 45 with the small hole! Must be rare!" (Pffft!)), I have no problem taking a record dinker to 'em if I want to toss 'em in one of my jukeboxes.
Google-sourced image of a record dinker: