Tower Records to be liquidated; 3,000 are expected to lose jobs

Seattle-Times ^ | 10/7/2006 | Randall Chase

[Proud_USA_Republican]

I remember high school years going to tower records on Oahu to buy music on *gasp* vinyl.

Buh-bye Tower Records. Times they are a changing......

[BunnySlippers]

Time marches on ...

[Spktyr]

Who wants to go to Tower Records to have your musical sense insulted by a the clerk, who is invariably a surly teen, emo kid, or a liberal who hasn't bathed in months? That's the kind of staff they've had at Tower Records since before I left LA.

I prefer cutting out the abuse and buying stuff from eBay or the iTunes Music Store.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

The fact they haven't made records in 20 years is a pretty good clue your in the wrong business with a name like Tower Records. That, and something called an MP3.

[endthematrix]

Liquidation Sale?

[HEY4QDEMS]

The fact they haven't made records in 20 years is a pretty good clue your in the wrong business with a name like Tower Records.

A "record" is short for recording, an album on CD is a record, an album on a cassette is also record, the media that the record is recorded on doesn't matter.

They haven't made vinyl records for almost twenty years.

[vamoose]

Free markets punish poor businesses and reward good businesses. Tower has already been replaced by other retailers in the marketplace over they past 10 years. The 3000 jobs, and probably more, have shown up elsewhere in the economy. The auction and dissolution of Tower completes the process and allows successful businesses to redeploy what remains of Tower's assets, including its employees, in the form of new jobs.

[Proud_texan]

Doggone but I remember the Tower on Sunset back in the 60s as being one of the best people, well, semi-people perhaps, watching spots around.

But time and technology move on and Tower was probably the last big buggy whip company in the brick and mortar space.

I wondered when this would happen, was never able to come up with a viable model for them after technology changed.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

One of the big selling albums of the 1970's had it's album cover's location as in front of Tower Records on Sunset. Name it.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Its a damn shame, Tower was the employer of several good musicians. I remember seeing many of the Gin Blossoms working at the University and Mill branch in Tempe, AZ.

Times are changing.

[opinionator]

Who wants to go to Tower Records to have your musical sense insulted by a the clerk, who is invariably a surly teen, emo kid, or a liberal who hasn't bathed in months? That's the kind of staff they've had at Tower Records since before I left LA.

LOL. Maybe you and I go to the same one. The place is disgusting. Reminds me of a head shop without all of the paraphenalia. It's like a little trip to San Francisco.

[battlegearboat]

This is going to have a trickle down effect on the tattoo/body piercing/hair dyeing boutiques.

Maybe they can get jobs following the Dave Matthews Band around cleaning up band scat.

[endthematrix]

Mmmmmmm?

[Dane]

I'm dating myself but I remember when music came on 12 inch Lp's in covers that you didn't need a microscope to read the liner notes and 8tracks were in every car.

Record stores are going the way of the buggy whip, which used to be one of the main hangouts at the mall are going the way of the buggy whip.

[Dane]

Record stores are going the way of the buggy whip, which used to be one of the main hangouts at the mall are going the way of the buggy whip.

The above should be,

Record stores which used to be one of the main hangouts at the mall are going the way of the buggy whip.

Time for me to get some coffee.

[incredulous joe]

I cut Tower out of my budget for the surly clerks, as well as the pro-gay and pro-abortion views of their Pulse publication.

I try to make all my music purchases from spun.com now.

[Landru]

"Who wants to go to Tower Records to have your musical sense insulted by a the clerk, who is invariably a surly teen, emo kid, or a liberal who hasn't bathed in months? That's the kind of staff they've had at Tower Records since before I left LA."

True, and aside from the impact of Ipods & downloading individual songs instead of buying an entire recording.
What role has the "Rap" movement had on CD sales and the disintegration of record stores, nationwide?
There's a connection, but you can bet those responsible would never admit it.

"I prefer cutting out the abuse and buying stuff from eBay or the iTunes Music Store."

Amen to that, though I'm still an "old timer" I guess since I continue purchasing entire recordings.

...& almost always from Amazon.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

They haven't made vinyl records for almost twenty years.

Wrong. Vinyl records have resurged in the UK and sell great in Japan. New pressings are available here in the US in limited quantities and titles, but they're still around.

[endthematrix]

The Doors? Strange days?

[KneelBeforeZod]

hmmm Wherehouse is almost nothing, and Rainbow Records is nothing...

well before MP3s