I don't know for sure, but the rock section is the store's bread and butter, so the fact that they would cut it basically in half doesn't bode well, or at least signals that they're shifting even more toward DVD sales, which is not something I'm looking for in a record shop. Since all three are owned by the same people and the other two are so damned profitable, I doubt they'd ever sell the store, but I believe that particular store is going to grow increasingly irrelevant.... which sucks, because I hate going to that goddamned bowling alley in the haight.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 4 August 2006 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Quoting their MySpace profile:TOWER RECORDS is a LEADING specialist in MUSIC, DVD, BOOKS and GAMES Retailer based in DUBLIN and is wholly IRISH owned by RECORDS and DISCS Ltd since JULY 2003
Folks you can go leave comments on the Tower Records MySpace Profile for your town! Inc Tower Records Dublin, Calafornia. Wish them all well seeking new jobs!
― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Is the version of Shine A Light on there better than the Albert Hall one?
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link
Rockaway was better when it occupied the entire building instead of the one-quarter or one-third that they have now. Rockaway is great because they are so completely myopic over '67-'71 era "Rolling Stone Magazine Rock" that they don't know/realize the other things that churn through the used bin.
That's how I got most of Flying Nun for a $1 each, etc.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link
Absolutely yes.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Second question: Is the FUI Medication better than the album version on Pure Phase?
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes. However there are two even better versions... In order:
1. The live Glastonbury '93 one on the _Let It Flow_ CD EPs. Recorded when Darkside guitarist Kevin Cowen was in Spz. for a brief time, and it really shows.2. The studio one on the _Medication_ EP.3. _Fucked Up Inside_4. _Pure Phase_
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link
Elvis otm tho
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
(Or Amazon, or whatever.)
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Let It Flow and Medication are my favourite two songs on PP (These Blues arguably up there also), so their respective EPs are probably worthwhile purchases going by that...
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 August 2006 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link
actually, both of the above songs hit me real hard, real deep. The moment 7:01 into WGTH(TSII) is one of my all-time favourites.
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 4 August 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
will fuck with you
― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Friday, 4 August 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 4 August 2006 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 August 2006 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Toptop.jpg
oh well
― Major Alfonso (Major Alfonso), Friday, 4 August 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 4 August 2006 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link
this is true, the Pasadena Tower has a killer huge jazz room, which is in turn dwarfed by Amoeba's jazz wing. Sorry I brought it up.
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 4 August 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link
I wish Jason would release the full Glastonbury 1993 live set. They also played a terrific version of "Good Times" (one of the only times they ever played it live).
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 4 August 2006 23:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 4 August 2006 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Rockaway was better when it occupied the entire building instead of the one-quarter or one-third that they have now.
Elvis stole my Rockaway comment, and I'll miss the Pasadena Tower. I drive by it on the way home (always easy parking) and their DVDs are well-priced when they're released. Lately they've been having 20-25% off sales on CDs, which would make the prices good if I bothered to look around hard enough. It's probably been a year since I went to PooBah's, also a shadow of their former selves.
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 4 August 2006 23:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 5 August 2006 02:15 (seventeen years ago) link
OTMFM
― rudy huxtable can't fail (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 5 August 2006 02:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 5 August 2006 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 05:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 05:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:27 (seventeen years ago) link
Bankrupt yet still in business! Whatta country! I guess the idea is to just keep going farther into debt and tack that onto the purchase price for whoever buys them up?
― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:30 (seventeen years ago) link
It's a bit like downloading porn, mate.
Seriously, that's sad. I really loved Tower Records.
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link
thank you Hank (and Ned, and everyone else with good words)
― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rodn y Greene (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 12:59 (seventeen years ago) link
yes, a huge promo display for esp-disk reissues.
― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link
Tower's brand is used by 144 international stores, but those licensees will not be affected by the bankruptcy process.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Igor Adkins (Grodd), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Tower's popularity extends beyond its customer base, said Geoff Mayfield, an analyst with Billboard.
"The industry wants it to survive," he said. It got a standing ovation from the crowd when it recently won retailer of the year from the major recording merchandisers' trade group, he said.
― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― hector (hector), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link