Name: Vinyl S01E01
Released: 2016-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

This guide currently identifies 54 songs from Vinyl season 1, episode 1, with scene and placement details where available.

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Vinyl S01E01 soundtrack songs

Sugar Daddy (Theme from "Vinyl")
Sturgill Simpson
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Theme song
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Stranded in the Jungle
David Johansen
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Richie enters a concert, and this song is being performed.
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Personality Crisis
David Johansen
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Richie wanders into a venue & sees (faux) New York Dolls perform this song Again toward end of episode(AFTER Bo Diddley "Pretty Thing")when we catch up w/Richie back at NYD concert at Mercer Hall
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Saturday in the Park - 2002 Remaster
Chicago
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Richie reminisces about Zak, the song playing in the studio.
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Tell Mama (Edited Single)
Savoy Brown
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Richie, Zak and Skip on the airplane after their meeting with the Germans.
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Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Slade
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Jamie walks through NY and into work at American Century Records
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Beggars Parade
Jack Ruby
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Cover version by Lee Renaldo for VINYL as Nasty Bits (see below for band info) Originally recorded by the Four Seasons but Lee is covering the Jack Ruby version as NASTY BITS
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Cum On Feel The Noize
Slade
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Plays in the background as Jamie and Clark talk in the office.
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Somethin' Else (Live BBC Sessions)
Led Zeppelin
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Right before Richie starts crying.
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You Shook Me
Led Zeppelin
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Finestra got dumped by Robert Plant and now he is crying while they are playing this song.
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Black Coffee
Humble Pie
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Richie in the car being driven around NY
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All the Young Dudes
Mott the Hoople
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Richie in the car being driven around NY
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No Easy Road (Single)
Wishbone Ash
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Ritchie asleep in back of car just after the traffic jam
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I Just Want to Make Love to You
Foghat
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Richie in the car being driven around NY
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Hand Clapping Song
The Meters
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Richie pulls over after hearing this song
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I Just Want to Celebrate
Rare Earth
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Richie pulls over after hearing this song
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Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
James Brown
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Richie gets a gun pointed in his face.
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The World Is Yours
Ty Taylor
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Richie puts a tape reel on to play while he relaxes at home.
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All the Way from Memphis
Mott the Hoople
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Richie enters the meeting with Zak, Scott and Zeppelin's manager.
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Ring Ring
ABBA
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Jamie enters the conference room carrying a box with lunch.
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Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Ruth Brown
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Flashback to when Richie signs Lester to Maury's label under the name Little Jimmy Little.
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Rotten Apple
Nasty Bits
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Jamie attends the Nasty Bits concert and witnesses the melee. Nasty Bits music are songs by band called Jack Ruby that have been rerecorded by Lee Renaldo for series See below for more details
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Pillow Talk
Sylvia
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Richie enters the club to meet with Buck Rogers.
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I Like It Like That
Chris Kenner
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Dream Sequence with four singers
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Cha Cha Twist
Ty Taylor
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Lester singing in the studio
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Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Single Version)
The Temptations
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Richie explaining to the Germans why most of his label's releases weren't technically flops.
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Soda Machine
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Start of Richie's birthday party.
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Heat Wave (Stereo Mix With Fade)
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
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Plays during the birthday party, Devon and Ingrid speak.
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Hey! Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
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Richie receives his birthday present
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Slippin' into Darkness
Soda Machine
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Richie and Zak talking at the birthday party about the lack of word from the Germans.
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(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Single Version
Bill Haley & His Comets
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Richie reminisces with Zak about going to see the movie Blackboard Jungle, and this song.
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I Only Want to Be With You
Dusty Springfield
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Richie and Lester talk in the office
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Iron Man
Black Sabbath
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At Buck Rogers house, he plays his drums along with the song.
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Frankenstein
The Edgar Winter Group
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Frankenstein comes on Buck Rogers' television.
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Oh, Babe What Would You Say
Hurricane Smith
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Buck asks Richie to dance with him, then they fight.
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Summertime Blues
Blue Cheer
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Jamie getting dressed up for a party and dipping into her cache of drugs.
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Drift Away
Dobie Gray
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Richie and Corso driving away from Buck's house, looking for a place to dump the body.
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Go Away Little Girl
Donny Osmond
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Richie and Corso take Buck out of the trunk and dump him.
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Suspicious Minds
Dee Dee Warwick
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Jamie talking to Richie about the band, Nasty Bits.
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Mr. Pitiful
Otis Redding
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Flashback to Richie selling his 25% interest in Maury's label for $150K and sells out his friend Little Jimmy Little
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Bored Stiff
Jack Ruby
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aka NASTY BITS Cover version by Lee Renaldo recorded for VINYL of Jack Ruby song plays as Richie smokes & listens to cassette of NB & sees on tv that a body has been discovered (SEE BELOW for details)
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Hit and Run
Jack Ruby
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(aka NASTY BITS) Richie searches for alcohol & picks up Bo Diddley guitar & then "Pretty Thing" begins (See below for more info about Jack Ruby and NEW Lee Renaldo versions of their songs for VINYL)
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Pretty Thing
Bo Diddley
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Richie playing his guitar along with Bo Diddley.
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Rock and Roll Music
Chuck Berry
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End credits.
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Salute Your Solution
The Raconteurs
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Plays during preview of "In the weeks ahead on Vinyl" just after Devin smashes mirror
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Highway Star
Deep Purple
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Plays during preview for upcoming season just after Richie is told the body has been discovered
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It's Just Begun
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
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No Good
Kaleo
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Ride Captain Ride (Single/LP Version)
Blues Image
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In the garage, Zac sitting in the car with his broken nose and a handful of prescription drugs.
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Rock and Roll - Remaster
Led Zeppelin
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"Better than the Hindenburg."
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Hocus Pocus
Focus
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End credits.
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Soul Sacrifice
Santana
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Kill The Lights (with Nile Rodgers) - Audien Remix
Alex Newell
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The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Count Basie & Tony Bennett
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Vinyl S01E01 Soundtrack

Vinyl S01E01 soundtrack songs