The TV series was made by Isis Productions and distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Various directors have been used for the series but the majority of the programmes have been directed by Bob Smeaton, Matthew Longfellow and Jeremy Marre.

The first hour-long series, produced independently by Pidgeon and Scott, opened with Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms in May 1989, followed by The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet, Genesis' Invisible Touch, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, The Who's Who's Next, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, The Police's Synchronicity, Eagles' Hotel California and U2's The Joshua Tree.

It aired in 1992 both on the Disney Channel in the United States and ITV's The South Bank Show in the UK.

The three exceptions have been the Grateful Dead, Rush, and Frank Zappa, each of whom had a pair of albums featured in a single episode.

The Who and The Doors were each featured in three episodes, and Frank Zappa in two – first as a solo artist, and later as a member of The Mothers of Invention.