I heard that Tower Records is closing for good. I guess another casualty of direct and on-line marketing? For one who has been a long time customer and appreciated their vast selection of music, it is a sad day!
I heard that Tower Records is closing for good. I guess another casualty of direct and on-line marketing? For one who has been a long time customer and appreciated their vast selection of music, it is a sad day!
Yeah, they have been auctioned off, and the chain will be liquidated. 3000 people LOSE their jobs.
Sales have declined due to downloading, and online purchasing, and Tower is 200mil in debt, and they couldnt get out from under.
And, it is sad as they had a major vast selection of everything, I shopped there big time, as well as the small specialty stores.
The machines are taking over.
scottyj
Thats a shame, I see the same happening here with an old established chain called A&B Sound.
Yeah, no kidding... I have a small used book/recprd store I have been running for 20 yrs now and the sales just keep dropping and dropping.. wondering where the bottom might be. What ever happened to serendipity? How will you find something you never heard about if you don't see it somewere? Everything - audio included - is being 'dumbed down'.. sad really.Originally Posted by scott fitlin
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There was a chance to save some of the stores and some of the jobs, but the judge said no. So it all goes.
Hopefully there's one market supply source that won't dry up soon, and that's the flea market. Yes, it's dirty, smelly, and filled with hucksters, but there's gold in those heaps of rubble.
Out.
In the early 80's this was one of the great record shops to get MF half speeds and their UHQR albums. Towards the end of the records the store
was selling off UHQR. The Rolling Stones Boxed set for $100.00 and the UHQR's for 20 to $25 each. About 4 months ago found the usual great finds.They are about 35 miles from me WILL MISS THEM
The real irony of the entire situation the music industry is in, that they wanted to push the digital technology forward, and now with downloads, and XM, and Sirius radio, NO ONE IS BUYING MUSIC ANYMORE!
Much pop music is almost totally electronic these days, no more recordings using session players, studios, recording and mastering engineers, etc.
It was the industry itself that pushed us into " Virtual Products " and now they are the ones crying they arent selling like they used to, and wonder why no one is buying music anymore.
They wanted it, They got it! Now deal with it!
scottyj
I was at Tower today, shopping, they have signs saying they are closing, but, they dont know when the last day is. They are selling off their stock at up to 30% off, get there and buy your music now.
Sad to see em go, but, Ill take the savings and stock up
Gonna miss their amazing jazz section!
scottyj
I agree but, an awful lot of people sounded a lot like that only more sincere when tower put them out of business. I don't have a hidden message there don't even know what it means and for sure I don't think it's a good thing but on their way from a drug store in sacramento to offices in new york at one time owning quite a bit of distribution they left bodies scattered all over.
Unfortunately, thats part of buisiness. Toys `R` Us did the same thing. Put all the local town toy stores under. Home Depot? Same thing.
Before Tower, you had your local record shops, and yes, Tower did put many out of buisiness, but, the really good specialty shops remained. Tower was a big store that had more than most local shops, thats why people went there.
I see a day, when there are no more music stores to go to. Youll buy it all online. Thats where we are headed!
scottyj
Friday I called our local Tower Records store to check stock on a certian CD..... they didnt have it in stock..... but the clerk also told me that only the retail stores are closing --- tower.com will remain open!!! news that I didn't hear on "the NEWS"
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Sure - but why bother - browsing through a local stores stock is one thing, but for online, I've always had great luck with Amazon.com. There I can choose to buy new, or I can buy a used copy for less (which usually look and play fine). Tower (and Best Buy selling CDs) drove out all the cool local music stores in the DC area (Kemp Mill Records and the like), so I've no real sympathy for Tower closing ...
Besides, when it comes to the big box retailers, Tower missed a lesson ... Sell it cheap! They were full list price (or close to it) every time I went in -
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the reason the prices were higher may have been to facilitate keeping that great jazz section afloat.most jazz titles do not sell enough to be priced as low as the mass market stuff.and if all of those places are gone why would amazon feel it necessary to be competitive.our a+b outlet was a great source but it could not compete.hmv is not in the same league when it comes to jazz or other music not aimed at a 12 year old audience.i like the low prices as much as the next guy but i sure do miss finding those gems at a+b.how does that saying go............the bitter taste of poor quality lasts long after the sweetness of the low price is gone
So treu, so true! Jim, you know, for jazz I always shopped Tower on W4th in manhattan. best damn jazz section anywhere, even better than the dedicated jazz music stores.
For me, it was worth the price, simply because they always had whatever I wanted, as well as stuff I was unaware of that the salespeople turned me onto!
Instead of having to special order it, and wait a week to get it!
scottyj
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