I still have some Tower bags!

Posted by M3 lover (A) on April 21, 2016 at 08:52:40

In Reply to: Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? posted by TheBrewmaster on April 20, 2016 at 20:29:41:

Yes, watched the video last Saturday evening and enjoyed it.

We had three Tower Records in San Diego and two of them had separate rooms for classical/jazz. That meant one could shop there in relative tranquility if not in the mood for rock or head-banger background. ;^)

I always had my "wanted" list ready whenever they had one of their famous sales and would drive around to all three stores, hoping to find the rarer items.

By the beginning of the CD era I continued buying LPs but the quality suffered. Sometimes it required 2-3 tries to get a particular LP that was not warped. I always wondered if rumors about a "shrink wrap" machine in the back room were true and staff simply "recycled" the returns, hoping the next buyer would not be so particular?

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made." Groucho

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Topic - Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? - TheBrewmaster 20:29:41 04/20/16 (20)

RE: Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? - fantja 16:06:35 04/21/16 (0)

Yep, great, second thread on it - Awe-d-o-file 12:14:19 04/21/16 (0)

RE: Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? - JimC 11:30:01 04/21/16 (0)

Yep, saw that. The NYC stores at 66th St. and 4th St. were my second homes. nt - Rick W 10:35:19 04/21/16 (2)

Most of my CD collection came from those two stores - SalD 11:27:55 04/22/16 (0)

Me too - Rob Doorack 06:27:20 04/22/16 (0)

RE: Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? - JamesV 09:21:49 04/21/16 (0)

The Tower in Seattle was really snobby - mbnx01 09:18:37 04/21/16 (4)

It wasn't always that way - Awe-d-o-file 12:19:16 04/21/16 (0)

RE: The Tower in Seattle was really snobby - Shaun E 10:06:51 04/21/16 (2)

RE: The Tower in Seattle was really snobby - mbnx01 11:58:06 04/21/16 (1)

RE: The Tower in Seattle was really snobby - Shaun E 12:00:36 04/21/16 (0)

I still have some Tower bags! - M3 lover 08:52:40 04/21/16 (0)

I visited one of the stores on Broadway in NYC .... - reelsmith. 06:38:03 04/21/16 (1)

RE: I visited one of the stores on Broadway in NYC .... - fin1bxn@msn.com 07:33:40 04/21/16 (0)

San Francisco's Columbus and Bay - M-dB 06:17:29 04/21/16 (0)

RE: Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? - hifipaul 05:18:24 04/21/16 (3)

RE: Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? - TheBrewmaster 11:42:54 04/21/16 (2)

RE: Anybody see the Showtime documentary about Tower Records? - Awe-d-o-file 13:02:29 04/21/16 (1)

Thanks, I just stumbled across it by accident flipping channels \nt - TheBrewmaster 14:44:33 04/21/16 (0)

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I still have some Tower bags! - M3 lover 08:52:40 04/21/16 (0)

I still have some Tower bags!

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