Tower Records Files for Bankruptcy

i looked at that today. ended up getting Scott 3 and Scott 4 for less than $20, though. there's still much to be had, but i'm waiting for the 50-60% off daze.

isn't thanksgiving uh thursday?

i saw that sacchrine trust cd there, brian!

anyway, somehow the schulze + tangerine dream reissues i wanted to grab are gone now, but i did get a copy of "zeit" and a copy of "alpha centauri" for 7 bucks each. not great, but whatever ...

they still have like 5 copies each of all of the soul jazz comps i don't own and the get physical releases. and a bunch of other dance import stuff that looks vaguely buyable. and a cluster disc i don't have. and they're all single discs marked at tower's default import price of $28.99. hey, at 50% off, they're down now to what i would be willing to pay for them if i was rich!

are they not serious about liquidating, or what?

isn't thanksgiving uh thursday?

I can't figure out your post, stencil. But yes, Thanksgiving is happening on Thursday this year. I might go before Thanksgiving, like maybe Wednesday, to avoid the Friday-Saturday retail frenzy.

Man, they have a LOTTA War of the Worlds DVDs.

I've been through 4 different Tower locations during this sale.

I'm confident that they will have tons of this particular CD left at the end. It may be all that is left, actually.

Sly and the Family Stone - Back on the Right Track
Phyllis Hyman - The Essence of Phyllis Hyman
Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies Man
Rob Base & DJ E.Z. Rock - It Takes Two
Jack Dangers - Loudness Clarifies
Superlongevity Four
Isolée - Western Store
Pharoah Sanders - Karma
Yello - Solid Pleasure
Mouse on Mars - Varcharz
Chick Corea/Return to Forever - No Mystery
John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
The Ornette Coleman Trio - At the Golden Circle Stockholm

Hehe, I snagged this as well (V. 2)

Not much left in classical music but rude people with backpacks.

Mark my words, it will be the deluxe boxed edition of the new RHCP cd.

Harry Taussig - Fate is Only Once
Henry Flynt - Raga Electric (they had a few other Flynt titles including both volumes of Hillbilly Music)
Michael Hurley - Blueberry Wine (have needed this since selling my "First Blues" on the Bay)
Jerry Yester and Judy Henske - Farewell Aldebaran

also from Blues I picked up

Otis Rush - All Your Love I Miss Loving: Live at Wise Fools Pub

(all 40% off)

Paul Westerberg - Open Season (soundtrack)
Johnny Cash -- Personal File
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band -- s/t
Billy Joe Shaver -- Restless Wind (1973-1987)
The Mountain Goats -- Get Lonely
Dead Kennedys -- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (re-issue)
Charlie Patton -- Primeval Blues, Rags, and Gospel Songs
Destroyer's Rubies
The DFA Remixes Chapter One
Billy Joe Shaver -- Billy and the Kid
The Firesign Theatre -- Shoes for Industry!
June Carter Cash -- The Best of June Carter Cash
Willie Nelson -- The Complete Atlantic Sessions
Mississippi Fred McDowell -- I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll (Complete Session Recordings)
The Golding Institute -- Final Relaxation
The Undertones -- True Confessions (Filed under: Blues)
Steve Martin -- The Steve Martin Brothers

Blues and Country sections >>>>>> everything else

also both patty waters cd's, which i JUUUUUST couldnt pull the trigger on.

-- hstencil (hstenc!...), November 21st, 2006. (hstencil)

yeah youve been big-uppin that - ill let you know what i think

-- Smegma Pi (plsmit...), November 22nd, 2006 3:06 AM. (plsmith) (later)

d'oh, YOU LOSE.

BTW THIS EM-BRO-YO CD IS SWEET

That's why I was super-psyched to find stuff by Taussig, Flynt, Henske/Yester, etc. And all without having to set foot on the north side thank god.

my vote for last record standing is the Bronson Arroyo CD...

Toots & the Maytals Funky Kingston/In The Dark
Downbeat The Ruler: Studio One Instrumentals
Dream Babes 5: Folk, etc
Thomas Mapfumo Spirits To Bite Our Ears: THe Singles Collection
Funkadelic Let's Take It To The Stage

$45 including tax and all.

This was posted on former industry bizzer Bob Lefsetz's e-mail thing:

A related recent circumstance involved many now former Tower Records employees.

Several hoarded the prime CDs and hid them in stores nationwide.

During the liquidation the best CDs were likely above anyone shopping the stores
hidden in the ceiling panels. Employees stayed on past Tower's handing over to
the liquidation companies at lower wages until the store closed, and then bought
that product at over 90% off on closing day. Odds are they all ended up on Ebay,
Amazon, or in used bins where those employees made a decent profit...

Wouldn't be in the least surprised.

wouldn't be in the least offended by this either.

makes me wanna sneak into the still-vacant Harvard Square location to see if any of those stashes remain...

wouldn't be in the least offended by this either.

Not in the least!

In memory of the one year anniversary of the final sales date. Or something like that.

Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo (and Shinjuku) still standing tall!

Tower sold their rights to the name and business in Japan years ago. It's not the 'same' Tower.