Performed On Roof Of Tower Records

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.

Performed on roof of tower records.

They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules. 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. Twenty four hours in the lives of the young employees at empire records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. In 1968 and 1970 tower opened larger locations in san francisco and los angeles respectively.

From these humble roots grew the international empire of tower records. Tower records was always about curation. With anthony lapaglia debi mazar maxwell caulfield rory cochrane. I still remember my first ever visit to tower records as a 13 year old in 1987.

The life and death of tower records revisited. At 16 founder russ solomon cobbled together a vast inventory in the back of his sacramento calif shop tower drugstore. The tower records in west hollywood that opened up shop at in 1971 was the first southern california location of the sacramento based chain and probably safe to say the most famous. In 1961 the younger solomon opened the first official tower records complete with its famous red on yellow signage on sacramento s watt avenue.

Directed by allan moyle.