History Trivia / Vinyl

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The show was renewed for a second season, after the pilot aired but after the critical reception of the later episodes wasn't very positive, HBO nixed it. The network's head of programming Casey Bloys said of the decision, "[[http://deadline.com/2016/07/hbo-vinyl-demise-violence-game-of-thrones-1201795652/ It didn't land. With limited resources, we didn't think the retooling was worth the producers' time if it would only move the needle a little bit.]]"

* CreatorKiller: Terence Winter was riding high with HBO and Scorsese. He'd gone from a celebrated gig on Series/TheSopranos (by the final season, half the episodes were credited purely to Winter) to Series/BoardwalkEmpire (which was never a massive hit, but had a devoted fan base and ran a respectable 5 seasons). He'd even written "Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet" for Scorsese. Vinyl seemed to grind his career to a sudden halt. He was embarrassingly forced to leave or maybe even fired, the show was cancelled after just a single season and since then Winter hasn't a single produced credit in four years. He was later attached to co-write a Film/TheBatman2022 spin-off series for HBO Max but then left the project while it was still developing.

* CreatorKiller: Terence Winter was riding high with HBO and Scorsese. He'd gone from a celebrated gig on Series/TheSopranos (by the final season, half the episodes were credited purely to Winter) to Series/BoardwalkEmpire (which was never a massive hit, but had a devoted fan base and ran a respectable 5 seasons). He'd even written "Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet" for Scorsese. Vinyl seemed to grind his career to a sudden halt. He was embarrassingly forced to leave or maybe even fired, the show was cancelled after just a single season and since then Winter hasn't a single produced credit in four years. He has though been attached to co-write a Film/TheBatman2022 spin-off series for HBO Max, leaving a possible opportunity for a comeback.

* CreatorKiller: Terence Winter was riding high with HBO and Scorsese. He'd gone from a celebrated gig on Series/TheSopranos (by the final season, half the episodes were credited purely to Winter) to Series/BoardwalkEmpire (which was never a massive hit, but had a devoted fan base and ran a respectable 5 seasons). He'd even written "Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet" for Scorsese. Vinyl seemed to grind his career to a sudden halt. He was embarrassingly forced to leave or maybe even fired, the show was cancelled after just a single season and since then Winter hasn't a single produced credit. It's highly unlikely HBO or Winter will get back together.

** Music/RuthBrown's "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" also became well known, as did Music/BuddyHolly's "Rave On".

** Music/RuthBrown's "Mama, He treats your daughter mean!" also became well known. As did Music/BuddyHolly's "Rave On".
* InMemoriam: "Cyclone" the sixth episode is dedicated to Music/DavidBowie, which is fitting since he appears in that episode (played by Noah Bean) and two of his songs "Suffragette City" and "Life on Mars" are covered on the show. Music/MickJagger added the dedication after Bowie's death in January.

** Ruth Brown's "Mama, He treats your daughter mean!" also became well known. As did Buddy Holly's "Rave On".

* InMemoriam: "Cyclone" the sixth episode is dedicated to Music/DavidBowie, which is fitting since he appears in that episode (played by Noah Bean) and two of his songs "Suffragette City" and "Life on Mars" are covered on the show. Music/MickJagger added the dedication after Bowie's death in January.

* ColbertBump: Barrabás's "Wild Safari" featured on the eighth episode and renewed some interest in the group's work.