It’s actually 50 years since Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall, (probably) lazing about in Jamaica, decided to start the first independent record label and called it Island. From the balmy beaches of the Caribbean to the grim streets of Manchester and onto the tenement buildings of Glasgow, Indie labels in Britain over the past half-century have provided music fans with the adventurous, the inventive and the experimental. And thank God for that.

Was this before or after he became a vampire?