45 rpm (Season 1)

45 rpm (45 Revoluciones, 2019) is a Spanish period drama you can watch online on iFILM — set in Madrid during the era of vinyl singles, about three people trying to start an independent record label. Carlos Cuevas, Guiomar Puerta and Iván Marcos head the cast.

The young singer wants fame. The producer wants to keep his head above water. The label owner wants to prove there is room for something honest in a market that doesn't particularly want it. Their interests line up long enough to get the thing started. Then the money questions arrive, and each of the three turns out to mean something slightly different by the word "success."

The show gets the music industry right — not the glamour of it, but the part where everyone's compromise comes at someone else's expense. Stream 45 rpm (2019) online on iFILM.