Why Did They Cancel Vinyl

The decision not to.

Why did they cancel vinyl.

Sure the idea that vinyl drowned by the mid 90s under the weight of compact discs and their perfect sound forever is utterly conventional wisdom but a reason came up recently to. Vinyl didn t launch in the way we were hoping it would. Burns had been reportedly. Hbo wanted vinyl to be its next prestige drama.

They attached terence winter of boardwalk empire and the sopranos fame mick jagger and martin. Retailers fearing they would be stuck with anything they ordered only ordered proven popular titles that they knew would sell and devoted more shelf space to cds and cassettes. Record companies also deleted many vinyl titles from production and distribution further undermining the availability of the format and leading to the closure of pressing plants. The vinyl cancellation comes two and a half months after news broke that terence winter would not return for the second season due to creative differences scott z.

Sources say the decision to cancel vinyl rather than reboot the series for season two is part of. They expected it to be well exactly what it is. Why music fans of the 1980s ditched vinyl for cds a philips technician gives a demonstration on how to use the new compact disc cd on mar. Despite a renewal announced in february hbo s scrapped plans for season two of its much hyped series vinyl amid efforts to retool the series.

Nielsen music reports that vinyl sales for 2017 reached their highest level since 1991 with around 14 million records sold in the united states. Instead it was unceremoniously canceled wednesday in a surprising reversal of fortune after the premium cable network initially renewed it for a second season in february. 7 1981 in paris.