Spiral Scratch is the kind of record it’s easy to romanticise. It was recorded in relative obscurity during studio downtime by a then unknown Martin Hannett, funded by money borrowed from friends.

What comes around goes around… especially where vinyl is considered. I still remember when Home of the Hits record shop closed on Elmwood Avenue. Around that time (2006), it was truly the death knell ...

Does that even mean anything in a world where anyone can record a song and stick it up on the internet the same day? Maybe not, but there was a time not too long ago when the major record labels had ...