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Tower Records is an international retail franchise and online music store [1] that was formerly based in Sacramento, California, United States. From 1960 until 2006, Tower operated retail stores in the United States, which closed when Tower Records filed for bankruptcy and liquidation. Tower Records was purchased by a separate entity and was ...
Tower Records was an American record label active from 1964 to 1970. A subsidiary of Capitol Records, Tower often released music by artists who were relatively low-profile in compared to those released on the parent label, including artists—such as The Standells and The Chocolate Watchband —later recognized as "garage bands".
The film is about the rise and demise of Tower Records, the retail "giant" that once advertised its East 4th Street and Broadway New York City location as "The Largest Record-Tape Store in the Known World". It also offers insights into the critical upheavals in the 21st-century recording industry. Production
Tower Records founder Russ Solomon was on hand as the 30-foot neon sign above the first Tower Records store on Watt Avenue came down in 2009. The sign was donated to the Sacramento History Museum ...
September 22 1925. Sacramento, California, United States. Died. March 5 2018 (age 92) Occupation. Retail executive. Known for. Founder of Tower Records. Russell Malcolm Solomon ( September 22, 1925 – March 4, 2018) [1] was an American entrepreneur and most notable as the founder of the worldwide retail music store empire, Tower Records .
360 Newbury Street. / 42.347944°N 71.087694°W / 42.347944; -71.087694. 360 Newbury Street (also known as the Transit Building and the Tower Records building) is a nine-story commercial and residential building located at the intersection of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as ...
The Capitol Records Building, also known as the Capitol Records Tower, is a 13-story tower building in Hollywood, California. Designed by Louis Naidorf of Welton Becket Associates, it is one of the city's landmarks. [5] Construction began soon after British music company EMI acquired Capitol Records in 1955, and was completed in April 1956.