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RIP Tower Records
TOWER RECORDS, NYC | DEC 22, 2006 (VIA)
I stopped by Tower Records on Broadway yesterday - it was their last day open. I didn't even realize it ahead of time - just happened to be walking by after buying some Christmas presents at Other Music.
The front of the store looked like the above picture. Check out Triborough's Flickr for more pics.
Everything left in the store was 90% off, and sadly(?) there were still enough CD's left to stock a small independent store - mostly stuff I had never heard of though - stuff that STILL wasn't selling for $1.00. I didn't buy anything, but after a little digging, I did find a copy of Sound Team's new record (one of Britt Daniel's favorite albums), a whole bunch of Rogers Sisters, and about 100 Towers of London CD's.
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Posted on December 23, 2006 4:45 PM
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I did come by when stuff was like 70% and they still had pretty good music... I bought like 20 CDs. I like that Sound Team's album more than a bit. I didn't check it out before cause there's so much music out there and I kind of follow PFK advises so... but I think they were wrong with this one, I dig it.
Posted by Eduardo | December 23, 2006 9:53 PM
thats sort of sad. i just went to Tower Records in Japan though.
Posted by Emi Narasaki | December 24, 2006 8:48 AM
Pitchfork wrong????? noooooo.....
Posted by Anonymous | December 24, 2006 9:15 AM
and a TON of great Grand Royal vinyl!
Posted by HAMISH | December 24, 2006 10:09 AM
depressing
Posted by Anonymous | December 24, 2006 11:09 AM
really sad
Posted by Anonymous | December 24, 2006 2:17 PM
Reminds me, Spin magazine said the Compact Disc died in 2006. What a load of crap.
Posted by mel | December 24, 2006 10:34 PM
that's funny. i stopped by the last day at tower records here in denver a few days ago, they had at least 50 towers of london albums.
but here's what i bought after an hour of digging, 7 cd's and 2 dvd's for a grand total of $19.70-
herbert- scale
brightblack morning light (2 copies, one for a gift)
wilderness- vessel states
etsans
beck-mixed bizness single
lady sov- hoodie single
paper rad's trash talkin' dvd
andrew wk- "who knows?" dvd
Posted by mike | December 25, 2006 10:19 PM
can't believe that.
really really sad....
Posted by masato | December 26, 2006 7:02 AM
At some point the realization that CD's are dead, and at best they have a marginal audience left has to happen. The music industry will never move forward until that happens. Nobody is selling records and despite what people think there is a trickle down effect. If the major artists are selling a fraction of what they used to what do you think is happening to smaller indie artists. As depressing as I find it, Acceptance is the first step to moving forward .
Posted by Alrightok | December 26, 2006 5:32 PM
I realized the CD was dead when I gave one to my girlfriend's 60 year old parents for Christmas. They said "oh, let's put this on right now." Then they said, "oh, I hope we remember how to play this". For about half a second I thought they meant they were still using vinyl. Then I realized they'd actually switched 100% over to iTunes.
Posted by Anonymous | December 26, 2006 7:26 PM
Aren't iTunes downloads encoded at 128kbps? Why would you listen to such crappy quality on a home stereo?
Posted by Anonymous | December 26, 2006 10:20 PM
you have the option of encoding up to 320.
Posted by keight | December 26, 2006 10:41 PM
keight, note that 10:20PM Anonymous mentioned downloads, i.e., tracks bought from the iTunes store, not ripped from CD's.
Posted by yo | December 26, 2006 11:55 PM