Pros: Marty's taste of music as always (lest we forget Jagger co-created this show), morality tale of excess (art and commerce aren't easy to get along) Cons: A rock snob's fantasy (sex, drugs and American Century's lineup of artists)

I loved this show. I just subscribed to HBO because of this show and after bingeing on it discovered it is not renewed. I'm really disappointed. I loved the music and the acting. I grew up in the 70's and it really takes me back (to the music). Loved it! I highly recommend this to anyone who grew up in the 70's or that is just curious about how the recording industry was at that time.

My husband complained about episode 1, then told me he struggled to survive the first season.I did not believe him and thought he was being too critical. I don't think he wasn't being critical enough.There are no redeeming qualities about this show. The own creators had zero confidence in the story as it is (a story about music) and had to stuff a murder and murder investigation in it. It's like making a turkey for Thanksgiving but ordering pizza as a backup. Except here it wasn't a backup. The music was the background to some random story of a couple who have problems with drugs and infidelity, together with random things such as gambling addiction, a Fight Club imaginary friend episode and a murder investigation.There's also tons of full songs to waste time.I watched the whole season and give it 1 star. One of the worst shows I've ever seen.

So many reviews,so many complaints, so much picking at little nothings! The problem with "Vinyl" is really simple -there's not one character that's likable, not even one you can feel a little sympathy for. It's full of clichés? History that's recent is always going to seem that way since we just heard the story. The actors are terrible? Not so much, but the characters they're playing are just about all people you'd rather not meet; Lester comes closest to being human, but you don't see him enough- maybe telling the story from his perspective in the beginning would have let people get involved, but Ritchie's just a spineless slimebag that screams and breaks things- who's going to give a damn? So...we get a well produced train wreck with a good soundtrack. Yeah, it's a waste, I wanted to like it too.