The late ’70s in downtown New York City was an incredibly storied and colorful era on many fronts. The city teemed with a palpable and kinetic energy, wherein ideas, inspiration, access, were cut by a disenfranchised youth and rampant street violence.

People walked with excitement and fear, stalked by urchins, aware that their worlds could end, or elevate, in an eye’s blink. This place was a jungle, and it created the condition precedent for an anarchic, hedonistic, scathing post-punk music scene that reflected that combustible spirit of vicissitude, and remains influential to this day.

All that said, it’s a wonder it took Martin Scorsese this long to sink his teeth into it. The storied filmmaker has joined forces with Mick Jagger and HBO for “Vinyl,” a drama series set against a backdrop of the music industry in the ’70s, and it already seems like a must-see. The trailer is out today (October 5), with Bobby Cannavale as hopped-up record honcho front and center, as we see flashes of scenes that contain direct references to (or direct plays on) Andy Warhol, the Ramones, Velvet Underground and the rock club that sat center stage, CBGB.

Watch it. You get 90 seconds now, and the series premiere come January.