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Bought For A Song: Even More Deals From Under Tower Records’ Deathbed

Tower Records is closing down, and readers are sending in their favorite deals–along with price info and MP3s–to tips@idolator.com. MORE »


Bought For A Song: Finding Yet MORE Deals Under Tower Records’ Deathbed

Tower Records is closing down, and readers are sending in their favorite deals–along with price info and MP3s–to tips@idolator.com. MORE »

At Tower 66th St. in NYC they had enough copies of this as well as the two-disc version of the newest Pet Shop Boys CD to tile a bathhouse.

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Bought For A Song: Still More Deals Under Tower Records’ Deathbed

We’ve been getting so many reader tips about deals at Tower Records, we decided to double-dip our “Bought For A Song” feature today. MORE »

Adding Tower into the Valhalla of past chains kaput: Camelot, Licorice Pizza, Moby Disc, Music Plus, Penny Lane, Tempo, Sam Goody, Wherehouse.

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Bought For A Song: Even MORE Deals Under Tower Records’ Deathbed

For the last week, we’ve been reporting on various Crazy Eddie-like deals to be had at Tower Records stores around the country; now our readers are starting to share the wealth. MORE »


Bought For A Song: Even MORE Deals Under Tower Records’ Deathbed

For the last week, we’ve been reporting on various Crazy Eddie-like deals to be had at Tower Records stores around the country. Starting today, we turn to our readers for reports. MORE »

Now that even $19.99 list price stupidity translates to $8 things are...promising.

Based on checking with various folks, the label overstock seems to be highest with the Blue Note catalog (Rudy Van Gelder remasters, people!) and Six Degrees. In fact there's a whole double sided set of racks at my local one that's NOTHING but Six Degrees releases. I might have to experiment at 90% for the hell of it.

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Bought For A Song: Looking For Deals Under Tower Records’ Deathbed

Now that Tower Records stores around the world are closing their doors, we’ve dispatched some specially trained consumer-crazed hobgoblins to the discount bins, in search of a good deal. Alas, all we’ve found so far is a lot of so-so crap. But it’s cheap so-so crap! MORE »

haha, i was actually staring at the felt section a few days ago at the pasadena tower, but i didn't get anything.

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Bought For A Song: Looking For Deals Underneath Tower Records’ Deathbed

Now that Tower Records stores around the world are closing their doors, we’ve dispatched some specially trained consumer-crazed hobgoblins to the discount bins, in search of a good deal. Alas, all we’ve found so far is a lot of so-so crap. But it’s cheap so-so crap! MORE »

The Tower in Glendale, CA still has a surprising amount of stuff left, including a gazillion copies of Danzig's latest album.

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