It's amazing to me that Tower is closing all their stores in the U.K. I have been told that Tower extended themselves too much opening up stores all around the world. As a chain store, I thought the store was suffering in L.A. but the stores in London and Tokyo were pretty good. 'Good' for me is when I find something unique in their merchandise. The only thing that I find interesting strange enough is the Morricone section in the stores. In L.A. it seems Tower carries different stock than the others. I haven't visited Tower overseas for awhile now - but is the Tokyo Shibuya branch still doing well? -- Tosh Berman TamTam Books http://www.tamtambooks.com
I've seen a decline in Tower even with in this year. Every time I go home--to Philadelphia--I find the selection becoming less diverse. The suburban one is almost better than the one in the city (South Street; haven't been to the Broad Street one lately--too disheartened). I could not find anything interesting at this particular store. This could be that I'm quickly exhausting the things that I would want to buy at a Tower, but I don't think so. I remember when I first went there they had at least 15 Zorn CDs; now they have two--they probably aren't moving and are the same copies. This just isn't about 'out' music, either. I've seen deficiencies in the jazz and mainstream rock artists. I have seen many record chains closing locations, so I'm sure Tower is feeling the economic hard times as well. For a chain, it was always a good place to find something interesting. Now I'm sorry that isn't the case. Zach
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