Bye Bye Tower Records

[innerSpaceman]

Tower was one of the only record chains I never worked for in my youth (and, heheh, Licorice Pizza was my first ... hence why I have long ago eaten my lifetime quota of licorice and you won't see me ordering any at the multiplex snackbar ... but I digress)

This is a sad end of an era for me ... Tower was always the place that had the generally biggest selection. Amoeba eclipsed them, but they have only one So.Cal store, and Tower had many ... including my local one in Marina del Rey. Having to head to Hollywood just to buy music will be the coffin nail in my CD-purchasing habit.

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

Good riddance. They were always way overpriced.

Pfft, with Tower gone .. and before them Wherehouse and Music Plus and Licorice Pizza ... and every mom&pop operation ... all that's left is Borders. If you think Tower prices were high, check out what CDs sell for at Borders for the height of chutzpa.


Sad though it is, I'll probably wait a week or so for the discounting to get really steep before I go on my carrion-run to the local falling Tower.

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Pfft, with Tower gone .. and before them Wherehouse and Music Plus and Licorice Pizza ... and every mom&pop operation ... all that's left is Borders. If you think Tower prices were high, check out what CDs sell for at Borders for the height of chutzpa.

Internet dude, internet. F' borders. I hate that joint anyway. It is sad that all the smaller joints are gone. The place I bought my discs at growing up used to sell CD's for around $11 when tower wanted $18. They deserve what they got. The people have spoken.

Now...was there really a joint called Licorice Pizza? Did they sell Pizza too, or just music?