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. If you've found a great buy, please send the album info, discount details, and a sample MP3 to
tips@idolator.com (and please let us know if/how you'd like to be credited). Our first from-the-field entry is from
Paul:
Thanks for the tip about the Lincoln Center Tower Records. It's worth mentioning that while the first floor has been picked over thoroughly, a lot of gems are in the annex of rock discs that they've squirreled away in the classical section upstairs.
As of a few hours ago, they still had quite a few copies of the Liars's first album, plus a few copies of The Dismemberment Plan's Emergency & I, and shockingly, a copy each of Fugazi's 13 Songs and Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville. (Plus about 20 copies of "The Obliterati" by Mission of Burma). My favorite find, though:
Artist: The Make-Up
Album: Destination Love
List Price: $11.99
Minus 60% discount: $4.80
Deal or no Deal: An absolute deal. The Make-Up's reputation was made on stage, not in the studio. This, their first album, was recorded live, and no other disc recorded their shows as faithfully. When Ian purrs, "All right, Make-Up?" and the band, in unison, replies "Yes, Ian?" in "Evidence Is Everywhere", it's like the band never broke up.
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Tower Records' long death march is entering its last week, but that hasn't stopped readers from sending their favorite deals—along with price info and MP3s—to tips@idolator.com. We got the following note from a tipster who found more than 20 dollar-or-less CDs—including a relic of our time, a Track Marks alum, and an album in one Idolator's 2006 top ten—at the Rockville, Md., outpost:
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