02-04-2025, 03:26 PM
Finally watched this. Enjoyed it. It made me nostalgic for going to Tower. And for record covers that showed off the artwork. I must say that digital is way more convenient.
They did not mention the head shop section in the stores. In ours anyway.
ED had a good take on Tower's demise in the linked thread. And as Greg said above, they were over-expanded. And Russ Solomon was not a money watcher. (Probably fair to say that none of them were very good businessmen, except the accountant who left.) It became (was always?) a house of cards that the rise of streaming knocked over. They only mentioned the price of CDs in passing, but the greed of the record companies in charging more than the price of an LP for something that cost less to produce was another factor, especially since Tower gave up stocking singles in favor of albums.
They did not mention the head shop section in the stores. In ours anyway.
ED had a good take on Tower's demise in the linked thread. And as Greg said above, they were over-expanded. And Russ Solomon was not a money watcher. (Probably fair to say that none of them were very good businessmen, except the accountant who left.) It became (was always?) a house of cards that the rise of streaming knocked over. They only mentioned the price of CDs in passing, but the greed of the record companies in charging more than the price of an LP for something that cost less to produce was another factor, especially since Tower gave up stocking singles in favor of albums.
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