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Minimalist777 
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 Topic: Tower Records going out of business?
Posted: October 13 2006 at 22:26 |
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The Tower Records near me is going out of business. I am wondering if this is true of the whole chain or just the one in my location? While I still had to go online if I wanted something obscure, Tower records definatly had a good selection from almost all the well and fairly well known Prog and Metal bands. Sad to see them go, at least I was able to pick up a Hawkwind - Stonehenge Free Festival 1984 and Ozric Tentacles Pongmasters Ball dvd for cheap in their going out of business sale.
Edited by Minimalist777 - October 13 2006 at 22:26
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 22:30 |
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That *would* be too bad-- good for DVDs, too, and just browsing. It's possible that Borders, Virgin,etc. are pushing them out. Haven't noticed my local ones disappearing luckily...
Edited by Atavachron - October 13 2006 at 22:31
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Zac M
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Posted: October 13 2006 at 22:33 |
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They all are closing as far as I know. We don't have any of them here, but I read about it on RYM.
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 04:50 |
They disappeared in the UK a few years ago. To me, they seemed to take their eye off the ball, and forgot to move with the times.
Pity, when they arrived they were a breath of fresh air.
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zappaholic
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 08:47 |
The entire chain is done for.
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Bastille Dude
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 17:09 |
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I visited one of the locations that was closing last week, the CD's and DVD's were 10% off. I worked for a record store chain that went bankrupt and closed almost all of their stores a few years ago. During the liquidation we went all they way to 90% off, we even sold the fixtures, TV's and Stereo equipment.
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The Miracle
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 18:08 |
 
I thought that was just one...
We had two locations here and they were so convinient
What happpened?
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The Miracle
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Posted: October 14 2006 at 18:11 |
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superprog
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 05:07 |
here in sSngapore Tower opened w a big bang in 1993 and even had a second store by late 90s.........they were the first international record megastore in Singapore, followed by HMV and Borders.
They were really imot in making available lotsa new exciting musicks to us but as time went by i think they just lost the plot and were stocking really bad rubbish.....
v sad......they're all gone now......the ones in Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan are all gone too!!!
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Cheesecakemouse
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Posted: October 15 2006 at 22:26 |
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Havn't seen any down in NZ for years.
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mina
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Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:05 |
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although i'm sad to see the one in my area closing, i was still a
little disappointed to see their 'going out of business sale' was only
10% off cds and dvds.
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KoS
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Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:18 |
who cares? Overpriced merchandising  Market wins, and it takes no prisoners
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Arsillus
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Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:19 |
 king of Siam wrote:
who cares?
Overpriced merchandising
Market wins, and it takes no prisoners
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W00t.  They did have a good selection, but the prices are too high. I'm glad to see them go.
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mina
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Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:23 |
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amoeba is where it's at.
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KoS
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Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:31 |
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^never been
and I know exctly where its at(the store, not the state of mind)
Edited by king of Siam - October 16 2006 at 23:54
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Cygnus X-2
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Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:38 |
mina wrote:
amoeba is where it's at.
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This is true. 
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R o V e R
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 01:26 |
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The Whistler
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 01:39 |
Oh yeah. Oldish news. Finally did get my Cream Live II though...
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R o V e R
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 01:48 |
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video vertigo
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Posted: October 18 2006 at 03:25 |
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I won't miss it, I went by the local one and after their "sale" price most of their stuff was at least twice what I would normally pay.
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