Tower Records To Be Liquidated starting 10/7

foggy bottom seems stuck there - just called today to check

Originally posted by bellenseb:
Is any Tower going over 50% off for pop/rock CDs?

Eventually they will, but the pickings will be slim at that point.

Timing is important on those discounts. Great American Group is handling the liquidation of Tower Records and they have a 6-8 week plan from the middle of October to close all of the stores. That means they may not be open through Xmas, or they may have a ridiculous "take it all" sale the day after Xmas. You never know.

Did anyone even know that Tower Rockville had gay porn?

I've heard they're planning on closing down by "mid-December". My guess is they'll just keep dropping the price 10% per week until Xmas, then write the rest off.

Just went to Landmark Tower today.. dvds 50%, cds 60%, etc.

$300 later we walked out with:

My roommate got one APC dvd, some random Japanese horror flick, and a Jet cd.

I picked up a Hanson DVD, Earl Scruggs Documentary, Dream Theatre DVD, and Semisonic Import for gifts..

I got (as my christmas gift):
cds..
Kathleen Edwards - Back To You and Failer
Matt Nathanson - At The Point
Rachael Yamagata - Happenstance
Anna Nalick - Wreck Of The Day (le)
Gomez - How We Operate
Josh Rouse - Subtitulo

DVDs:
Bulletproof Monk (sp ed)
Little Britain: Complete First Series
The Boat Is Full (WWII movie)
Gray Matter (Also WWII Documentary)
Dolls (looked good)
DJ Shadow - In Tune.. live (lost my copy when I moved)
Shopgirl
Rush Chronicles (replacing VHS copy, lol.)
Keane - Strangers
Gin Blossoms - Just South of Nowhere
Something Corporate - Live at the Ventura Theatre
Into The West series
Multiplicity
Drop Dead Fred
Tristan and Isolde

yeah… so there's still a lot of stuff there. I didn't make it through all the CDs.

Was there still bareback Gay Porn available, and boat -loads of it?

Originally posted by Relaxer:

Radio Dept.

Which one did you get?

Originally posted by Surly Bonds:
Philip K.Dick's book UBIK.

I just got ahold of the soundtrack for that film, which, apparently, was never made…or completed. I love the CD, "The Psychedelic UBIK" by Sterling Roswell (ex-Spacemen 3 and The Darkness). I got interested after receiving a couple emails from Roscoe. Apparently, he's a fan of my show.

Originally posted by Jaguar:

Originally posted by Relaxer:

Radio Dept.

Which one did you get?

Pet Grief. I like it a lot. It's kind of got that hushed menace sound of J&MC's Darklands.

Tower Foggy Bottom had a $2 managers special on a number of overstock items. I bolstered my World/pseudo-World collection with cd's by:

Bebel Gilberto (2)
Zuca 103
Dengue Fever
a Brazilian comp
Cibelle
Karsh Kale
Im probably forgetting one or two…

and I got the Thom Yorke album for $5.

Originally posted by Relaxer:

Originally posted by Jaguar:

Originally posted by Relaxer:

Radio Dept.

Which one did you get?

Pet Grief. I like it a lot. It's kind of got that hushed menace sound of J&MC's Darklands.

Ah, yes. That is a good one.

If you like Radio Dept., you should check out my friends' band, Hearts Of Black Science. They sound a lot alike but I think they are a bit more versatile than Radio Dept. without getting lost.

Alexandria Tower is pretty well picked over. I got the last Hawkwind. No more Wilco, XTC, DBT, Brian Jonestown or The Jam. There is still plenty of standards such as Bowie, The Beatles, Stones and some Sonic Youth and Elliot Smith.

I was told that Tysons' Tower is getting 50K more albums to liqudate before closing.

Originally posted by Jaguar:

Originally posted by Surly Bonds:
Philip K.Dick's book UBIK.

I just got ahold of the soundtrack for that film, which, apparently, was never made…or completed. I love the CD, "The Psychedelic UBIK" by Sterling Roswell (ex-Spacemen 3 and The Darkness). I got interested after receiving a couple emails from Roscoe. Apparently, he's a fan of my show.

So then, you've read the book..?

No, not yet. Have you? What are your thoughts?

Note to self: Place on my 'to read' list. ;)

Originally posted by renton007:

I was told that Tysons' Tower is getting 50K more albums to liqudate before closing.

Not true.

Really, bummer. I heard it from one of their employees so I thought it was solid enough info to pass along.

Originally posted by Jaguar:
No, not yet. Have you? What are your thoughts?

Note to self: Place on my 'to read' list. ;)

Absolutely. It is PKD's best.

Drove past the rockville store and noticed that they had a 60-80 percent off sign up. Two dollar manager special on CDs.

Went to the Rockville Tower after work… If you are looking for a Six Degree's comp you in luck as they have hundreds of them for a couple bucks.

I find some interesting things in the preview section for three bucks including the DVD audio version of Refused "The Shape of Things to Come" which I'll be a few of you would like to crank up…

As usually those expensive imports ended up in my stack including a $40 Bluetones singles collection marked down to $16, the excellent new Roddy Frame solo album and the Mystery Jets.

Still about a dozen or so things worth getting in the Pop/Rock sections that I may go back to pickup when the percentage goes up again, which maybe pretty soon as the employee said he thinks the store will be closed around the 15th.

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
If you are looking for a Six Degree's comp you in luck as they have hundreds of them for a couple bucks.

This one is a must at that price:

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Especially you Xmas music haters. This will change your mind.