Performed On Roof Of Tower Records

The life and death of tower records revisited.

Performed on roof of tower records.

I still remember my first ever visit to tower records as a 13 year old in 1987. Directed by allan moyle. Tower records was always about curation. The power of tower records the chain of record stores run by russ solomon who died on sunday at 92 defined the retail music business in the predigital era with stars and fans embracing its.

From these humble roots grew the international empire of tower records. On 30 january 1969 the beatles performed an unannounced concert from the rooftop of their apple corps headquarters at 3 savile row within central london s office and fashion district. In 1961 the younger solomon opened the first official tower records complete with its famous red on yellow signage on sacramento s watt avenue. Joined by keyboardist billy preston the band played a 42 minute set before the metropolitan police asked them to reduce the volume.

It was a weekday morning and my older sister and i traveled via the subway from our neighborhood in bay ridge. The record a new documentary from colin hanks looks back on a business empire that helped shape the tastes of many music fanatics. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules. With anthony lapaglia debi mazar maxwell caulfield rory cochrane.

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