Tower Records closing it's doors!

[hjames]

Guess you all had a much better Tower in New York than the one we had here in Fairfax. I'd try looking for Celtic music and would find no one knowledgable - world music was a pretty small section ...
When I asked questions on Classical (Hilliard Ensemble, for instance) I was mostly on my own.
When I was looking for Great American songbook stuff (anything much beyond Frank or Tony Benett, ...nada ...)
I gather they knew more youth market stuff than Jazz or much of anything else. If there was no personal service, then no reason to pay a premium, heh?
At least online I can google it myself and find quite a bit - and lots of good leads on music from the folks here (Jennifer Warnes, Boz - Dig, etc) tho I haven't aquired the taste for Patricia barber yet, I did try ...

[jim campbell]

thats a shame.the manager from our now closed a+b was always willing to go the extra mile for the special orders and the selection was way better than what you describe.thanks leanne.but i still feel that the towers and the a+b's were far better than the mass market outlets like hmv.at least they made the effort to stock things that were not going to sell tons.i must have bought 200 discs while they were here and they even stocked a good selection of new vinyl.i use amazon too but i had to be dragged in kicking and screaming.i always liked hanging out in music stores and have been turned on to so many great acts by just talking to the more knowlegeable sales people.getting out and doing stuff is much better than sitting at a keyboard.sign o the times i guess

[Zilch]

World and Traditional?

Down Home Music, Zilch's favorite music store:

http://www.downhomemusic.com/

Right next to Arhoolie!

[jim campbell]

thats good to know z,i wonder if we should consider devoting space for a reference area for those websites or would it deteriorate into a mish mash of ads for god knows what

[scott fitlin]

Guess you all had a much better Tower in New York than the one we had here in Fairfax. I'd try looking for Celtic music and would find no one knowledgable - world music was a pretty small section ...
When I asked questions on Classical (Hilliard Ensemble, for instance) I was mostly on my own.
When I was looking for Great American songbook stuff (anything much beyond Frank or Tony Benett, ...nada ...)
I gather they knew more youth market stuff than Jazz or much of anything else. If there was no personal service, then no reason to pay a premium, heh?
At least online I can google it myself and find quite a bit - and lots of good leads on music from the folks here (Jennifer Warnes, Boz - Dig, etc) tho I haven't aquired the taste for Patricia barber yet, I did try ...

The Tower on W4th and Broadway in NYC was a great, great store. But, your in NYC, the melting pot, they had a huge and diverse catalog of product.

Their pop and rock music stock was great, the jazz, you found everytthing you wanted, my mother loved the Manhattan stores classical selection.

The ONLY thing they werent the best at, which I shopped the specialty import shops for, was dance music. Serious club music was still the domain of the small store, specialty retailer that catered to DJ clientele. But, even this has changed, now, its all about downloads from www.beatport.com and www.traxsource.com.

I have to say, that even I shop online now, because if you want the serious selection avalability, this is where its at, online!

[Ken Pachkowsky]

lots of good leads on music from the folks here (Jennifer Warnes, Boz - Dig, etc) tho I haven't aquired the taste for Patricia barber yet, I did try ...

I have aquired some great music through the help of feelow members as well.

Patricia Barber is not for everyone. I like much of her stuff till she gets into the high pitched wailing/howling style.

Ken

[Titanium Dome]

The Tower on W4th and Broadway in NYC was a great, great store. But, your in NYC, the melting pot, they had a huge and diverse catalog of product.

Their pop and rock music stock was great, the jazz, you found everytthing you wanted, my mother loved the Manhattan stores classical selection.

The ONLY thing they werent the best at, which I shopped the specialty import shops for, was dance music. Serious club music was still the domain of the small store, specialty retailer that catered to DJ clientele. But, even this has changed, now, its all about downloads from www.beatport.com and www.traxsource.com.

I have to say, that even I shop online now, because if you want the serious selection avalability, this is where its at, online!

Dance tracks, yes!

Have you cruised DJ Rhythms Dance Music Database? Like Lansing Heritage, it's a resource--no sales.

http://www.djrhythms.com/db/