Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with 200 stores, in 30 countries, on five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower Records eventually became the heart and soul of the music world, and a powerful force in the music industry. In 1999, Tower Records made an astounding $1 billion. In 2006, the company filed for bankruptcy. What went wrong? Everyone thinks they know what killed Tower Records: The Internet. But that’s not the story. Directed by Colin Hanks, and featuring music icons like Dave Grohl, Elton John and Bruce Springsteen, “All Things Must Pass” is a feature documentary film examining this iconic company’s explosive trajectory, tragic demise, and legacy forged by its rebellious founder Russ Solomon.
vinyl is coming back,history does repeat itself you know…my daughter has a record player she loves spinning albums,god i wish i had my collection now to pass on to her, ishe worked at local record store just last year in maryland my collection about 1500 albums including picture disk and colored vinyl is in a friends attic in birmingham al.
Ill be checking up on that..soon!
Dingding light went off how exciting to get that back
This was how I purchased music as a kid. You would hear a song on the radio. You may or may not know the name. You’d go to the record store, look for the record by the name of the singer or the song. I can’t tell you how many records I bought that turned out to be the wrong song. Unless you bought a 45, you were stuck with basically a huge cup coaster..
What is there to miss? It cost money to buy all that music, it wasn’t free. You can still carry it around in a little box – it’s called your phone. And the music industry is still charging good bucks for the music. The needles wore out to play the music, the records wore out, had static over time, got scratched. The fidelity of music now is far superior. Over and done, nothing to miss except memories – just remember those, but the idea of missing the physical store and records is a non starter.