“Vinyl: Music from the HBO® Original Series – Volume 1,” a full length musical companion to HBO’s new drama series, Vinyl, distributed by Warner Music Asia in the Philippines, is set for release on February 13, ahead of its Monday, February 15 series premiere on HBO and HBO GO.
A new EP featuring music in the upcoming episode will then be released weekly. This first-of-its-kind slate of musical offerings will culminate with a second full-length soundtrack, “Vinyl: Music from the HBO® Original Series – Volume 1: Finale,” to be released in April, in conjunction with VINYL’s season finale on HBO.
From Academy Award® winner and Emmy® winner Martin Scorsese, Golden Globe winner and Emmy®nominee Mick Jagger and Academy Award® nominee and multiple Emmy® winner Terence Winter, VINYL is set in 1970s New York. A ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop, the series is seen through the eyes of record label president, Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale), who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path. The series also stars Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, P.J. Byrne, J.C. MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger and Paul Ben-Victor.
The 10-episode first season of VINYL debuts in the Philippines same time as the US, Monday, February 15 at 10am on HBO, with a same day primetime encore at 10pm. New hour-long episodes debut every Monday on HBO at the same time, or catch them anytime anywhere on HBO GO.
Informed by Scorsese’s renowned innovative use of music in film and Jagger’s intimate insight on the era“VINYL: Music from the HBO® Original Series – Volume 1” takes the listener on a musical journey with new and previously released material – all featured in the season premiere – from an array of rising stars and legendary artists, including David Johansen, who revitalizes a pair of classics by his seminal group the New York Dolls with re-recordings exclusively for the series.
“VINYL: Music from the HBO® Original Series – Volume 1” further showcases material featured in the series premiere, including the original song Rotten Apple, co-written by VINYL co-star James Jagger along with Mick Jagger, Luis Felber and James Dunson and performed by Nasty Bits, a band featured in the show that is fronted by James Jagger. Additional highlights include tracks from Soda Machine and Vintage Trouble’s Ty Taylor – who has also been cast as the singing voice of the series’ character Lester Grimes. The soundtrack also captures the electric energy of New York City in the 1970s via a bounty of indelible pop, rock, disco, and soul favorites from such iconic stars as Otis Redding, Foghat, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Dee Dee Warwick, Edgar Winter, The Meters, and much more.
About the soundtrack
“Vinyl: Music from the HBO® Original Series – Volume 1”
Complete track listing
- Ty Taylor – The World Is Yours
- David Johansen – Personality Crisis
- Kaleo – No Good
- Sturgill Simpson – Sugar Daddy (Theme from Vinyl)
- Ruth Brown – Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
- Otis Redding – Mr. Pitiful
- Dee Dee Warwick – Suspicious Minds
- Mott the Hoople – All The Way From Memphis
- David Johansen – Stranded In The Jungle
- Chris Kenner – I Like It Like That
- Ty Taylor – Cha Cha Twist
- The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun
- Soda Machine – Want Ads
- The Meters – Hand Clapping Song
- Soda Machine – Slippin Into Darkness
- Edgar Winter – Frankenstein
- Nasty Bits – Rotten Apple
- Foghat – I Just Want To Make Love To You
