All Things Must Pass-The Rise and Fall of Tower Records

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Just watched this great documentary.....like so many people here.....spent a great deal of time there too.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3272570/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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I used to spend a lot of time at the TR stores. Too bad that age is behind us.
 
One thing I miss about living in the Dallas area was visiting Forever Young Records. The place is huge, and they have an incredible inventory of Vinyl and CD's
 
Tower Records in San Francisco was open 'til midnight seven days a week. In the late 60's I used to enjoying going down there late at night to shop for new music. They had a good sound system in there, too. I remember big McIntosh power amps up on shelves. The place was huge for a record store. Loved the $2.99 record prices.
 
Sam The Record Man in Toronto was my hang out for vinyl. They had a great selection and knowledgable people. There was a pride in ownership of music. Now most people just rent it or steal it in the case of Napster products. [emoji1304]


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Mike.......You're right. There was pride of ownership. I remember racing to Tower Records the day Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janice Joplin - Cheap Thrills was released. When I got it home I called a half dozen friends who came right over so they could hear it. I was proud to be the first to own it among my friends and be able to have them over for a listen. Great fun. It was like that for many albums in those days.
 
Big Apple Records and Independent Records were my hang outs in the late 1970's / 1980's. Both places always smelled like weed. LOL.

In Denver, we're still lucky enough to have Twist and Shout and a few others too. It's been real interesting to watch Paul Epstein grow Twist and Shout from it's roots on Pearl and Exposition (old Underground Records site), to the converted Safeway store on Alameda and Logan to their "new" location on Colfax. I love browsing there but ALWAYS must remember to take a list of music with me since I get so easily distracted and will otherwise forget what I'm looking for.

(link removed to the T&S site as my virus detection went off.....hmmmm)
 
Sam the Record man in Regina, Saskatchewan was also one of my routine stops for vinyl when I was a University student. I also shopped at a few other record stores and the Bay had a bargain bin that sometimes had decent records as well. Every Sunday I would walk 3 miles from the University dorm to a Chinese Restaurant for the Sunday buffet then visit 4 places for records. I'd then walk back the 3 miles to the dorm. I couldn't get anyone else to come with me but it sure was fun and I got in good shape, too.
 
Australia had Brashs. JBHiFi had taken the slack for awhile but recently there has been a stock decline in many stores.

Virgin Records Megastores was also another. Who could ever forget the prominent Piccadilly Circus, London store.
 
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