>CB: I kinda got to like some of the scratches on my old records
That sound is part of the background in Dark Night of the Soul, one of the David Lynch songs on the Dangermouse and Sparklehorse album of the same name. It's there for most of the song, then switched off and back on. It really works.
Listen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T31TsoktkAc&feature=related