Some of the greatest (and grooviest) music ever committed to vinyl has come out of Italy. And
some of the greatest music to come out of Italy is the rich diversity of soundtracks composed
for the indigenous film industry - particularly for gruesome thrillers known as 'gialli'. The
maestros who composed for these include Ennio Morricone Piero Piccioni Armand Trovajoli...
And Valerius Passeri. He was one of the finest composers of this genre and his original LPs
from his 1960s heyday fetch a fortune from collectors. No one disputes that Passeri was a
genius... The argument is whether or not he was a murderer. Passeri's mistress was killed in
London in the 1960s while he was here on location for a film shoot. There was never enough hard
evidence to lead to a prosecution but the stink of scandal has never gone away. Passeri's
granddaughter Chloe has come to England to hire the Vinyl Detective. She wants him to negotiate
for a collection of her father's LPs. The mastertapes of the albums have been destroyed and she
needs immaculate vinyl copies to provide the source for a series of reissues - Chloe's mission
is to preserve her grandfather's heritage. And also it transpires to clear his name. So it
turns out that the Vinyl Detective's real job will be to find out who actually committed a
murder - over half a century ago in Swinging London. But the real killer is not enchanted with
the notion of being exposed. And having killed once before they see no problem in doing so
again.
