In the grit-streaked heart of 1970s New York, where CBGB reeks of spilled beer and revolution, one record shop war is about to turn into the greatest duet the city’s never heard. Jamie Finnegan is a Lennon-loving music critic in the making, armed with a notebook, a Beatles back catalog, and a hopeless belief that melody can still change the world. Stevie “Riff” Malone is a scuffed-up punk guitarist shredding through the Lower East Side, fueled by Jagger’s swagger, busted amps, and a refusal to play by anyone’s rules, least of all Jamie’s.

Their feud starts over a scratched White Album and a sneer aimed at Some Girls. It escalates through dive bar gigs, bootleg trades, poetry slams, and blackout chases down Avenue B. But somewhere between the bickering and the basslines, their insults turn flirtatious, their debates get intimate, and their mixtapes start sounding a lot like love letters.

From the sweaty chaos of Max’s Kansas City to the candlelit hush of Nuyorican Poets Café, from the blare of Patti Smith on WNEW to late-night confessions over scratchy Lennon bootlegs, Jamie and Stevie find themselves tangled in more than just musical taste. As the decade dies and New York shifts beneath their feet, they’ll have to choose: keep arguing in perfect disharmony, or risk everything on a love that might just be vinyl’s most unexpected B-side.

Vinyl Vows: A Beatles vs. Stones Love Story is a swaggering, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance set at the intersection of punk rebellion and classic rock nostalgia. With zine kids, dive-bar philosophers, broken guitars, and one unforgettable kiss under the Strawberry Fields mosaic, this is a story of rivalry, redemption, and the raw, radical sound of falling in love.

For fans of Empire Records, Daisy Jones & The Six, and anyone who ever picked a side in the Beatles vs. Stones debate. Turn the volume up. Drop the needle. And let love riot.