{"product_id":"9781068710384-black-vinyl","title":"Black Vinyl","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years after their single hit, \u003ci\u003eLa Plage \u003c\/i\u003ebassplayer Maxwell Reid investigates singer Jimmy Endicott's death, confrontingex-bandmates, post-pandemic cults and his own past in a darkly comicmemoir-mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Jimmy Endicott was murdered.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxwell Reid was part of something big once. At least for alittle while. As bass player for post-punk darlings \u003ci\u003eLa Plage\u003c\/i\u003e, he touredthe world with their wondrous hit single (and single hit) \u003ci\u003eKreuzbergWiedersehen\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat days. So he keeps getting told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty years on - and now a part-time lecturer, part-timeNorthern Soul DJ - Max investigates the death of his old lead singer, JimmyEndicott.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet on a journey that brings him face to face with bitterex-bandmates, post pandemic cults, corrupt council employees, conspiracytheorists and a messianic club owner - all the while helped (or hindered) byDebs Endicott, volatile adult daughter of the deceased - Max discovers that thesecret behind Jimmy's death lies in a past he has mostly managed to forget. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold over 45 tracks, and divided into Side A and Side B,\"Black Vinyl\" is part mystery, part alternative history, part fracturedmemorial to the ghosts of the 80s music scene, all played out as though on ascratched record that keeps skipping back to the same haunting refrain: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Jimmy Endicott was murdered.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57769392406902,"sku":"9781068710384","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41098484_3324cc6d-240b-47b7-b321-b54d7afa3e89.jpg?v=1777640915","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781068710384-black-vinyl","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}