The red carpet is usually rolled out for HBO prestige shows, but they’ve had a difficult time with their troubled 1970s-set rock n’ roll series, “Vinyl,” from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and “Boardwalk Empire” creator Terence Winter. Many critics weren’t too kind to the show (including our series review) and ratings and word of mouth got so bad the cable channel made the tough decision to part ways with its showrunner, the aforementioned Terence Winter— a move that must have proved extremely difficult given the fact that Winter has become Scorsese’s righthand-man-screenwriter of late, not to mention his longstanding creative relationship with HBO.
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At the very least, the show is no slouch in terms of its music. As the season one finale nears, the soundtrack, “Vinyl: Music From the HBO Original Series – The Essentials: Best of Season 1,” hits stores today
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