Scorsese and Jagger's 18-year labour of love

THE 1970s may have been the decade that fashion forgot, but Martin Scorsese believes that was because the world was too busy with drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll to care.

The acclaimed director has brought all that excess to the small screen in his new hard rocking television series, Vinyl, set in the bacchanalian world of a New York record company.

Scorsese, who made his name with Mean Streets in 1973 as the city's music scene roared its loudest, has been working on and off on the project for 18 years with none other than Mick Jagger.