Black Vinyl

Paperback Published on: 16/05/2026
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Synopsis

"Jimmy Endicott was murdered."

Maxwell Reid was part of something big once. At least for a
little while. As bass player for post-punk darlings La Plage, he toured
the world with their wondrous hit single (and single hit) Kreuzberg
Wiedersehen
.

Great days. So he keeps getting told.

Forty years on - and now a part-time lecturer, part-time
Northern Soul DJ - Max investigates the death of his old lead singer, Jimmy
Endicott.

Set on a journey that brings him face to face with bitter
ex-bandmates, post pandemic cults, corrupt council employees, conspiracy
theorists and a messianic club owner - all the while helped (or hindered) by
Debs Endicott, volatile adult daughter of the deceased - Max discovers that the
secret behind Jimmy's death lies in a past he has mostly managed to forget.

Until now.

Told over 45 tracks, and divided into Side A and Side B,
"Black Vinyl" is part mystery, part alternative history, part fractured
memorial to the ghosts of the 80s music scene, all played out as though on a
scratched record that keeps skipping back to the same haunting refrain:

"Jimmy Endicott was murdered."

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hawkwood Books
  • ISBN: 9781068710384
  • Number of pages: 256
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm

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