Tower Records going out of business?
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Topic: Tower Records going out of business?
Posted By: Minimalist777
Subject: Tower Records going out of business?
Date 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. ------------- WWOSD? What Would OliverStoned Do? |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date 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...
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Posted By: Zac M
Date 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.
------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 14 2006 at 04:50
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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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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 14 2006 at 08:47
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The entire chain is done for.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/media_nm/tower_dc_2 - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/media_nm/tower_dc_2
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date 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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Posted By: The Miracle
Date 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? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: October 14 2006 at 18:11
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Ahh, here: http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/9945 - http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/9945 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 05:07
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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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Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: October 15 2006 at 22:26
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Havn't seen any down in NZ for years. ------------- |
Posted By: mina
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:05
| 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. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:18
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who cares? Overpriced merchandising  Market wins, and it takes no prisoners |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:19
W00t.  They did have a good selection, but the prices are too high. I'm glad to see them go. |
king of Siam wrote:Posted By: mina
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:23
| amoeba is where it's at. |
Posted By: KoS
Date 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) |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: October 16 2006 at 23:38
This is true.  ------------- 
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 01:26
i Agree |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 01:39
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Oh yeah. Oldish news. Finally did get my Cream Live II though... ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 17 2006 at 01:48
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date 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. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |