Snapper – Alive

From audioculture.co.nz:

‘There was one last single before the shop closed in 2001, Snapper’s ‘Hammerhead’ b w ‘Dry Spot’. The record came about when Peter Gutteridge was stuck in Auckland and needed money for an air ticket home to Dunedin. He looked so ill that Jane Dodd burst into tears on seeing him in the corridor outside Crawlspace.

Crawlspace slipped Peter some money in return for a single that never arrived. After repeated attempts to get a response from Mr Gutteridge, Gonzo uncovered a well-recorded live track from a Dunedin acquaintance. That was one side taken care of. For the second, he dispatched another friend to Dunedin with the shop DAT to record another song. Side two done’