Performed On Roof Of Tower Records

In 1968 and 1970 tower opened larger locations in san francisco and los angeles respectively.

Performed on roof of tower records. Tower records was always about curation. The record a new documentary from colin hanks looks back on a business empire that helped shape the tastes of many music fanatics. Directed by allan moyle. 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.

With anthony lapaglia debi mazar maxwell caulfield rory cochrane. It was a weekday morning and my older sister and i traveled via the subway from our neighborhood in bay ridge. 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. Joined by keyboardist billy preston the band played a 42 minute set before the metropolitan police asked them to reduce the volume.

From these humble roots grew the international empire 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. 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. 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.