russell-solomon-founder-of-tower-records-dies-at-92

[rayj]

Originally a Sacramento store followed by the SF Bay Area. I remember the Oakland store in the mid 70’s was near Lake Merritt. I liked record stores back in the day. A chill runs .

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[exhippy]

Never had one in STL, but me and a buddy made the 5 hour trip to Chicago in the early '90s when they opened there. We arranged the visit around a Blues/Blackhawks game on a Friday night. Saturday morning (late!) we hit Tower Records. I think we dropped a couple hundred bucks there between us. Biggest damn record store I ever saw. Grabbed some lunch and then hit the highway home.

R.I.P. Russ.........

 

[grillebilly]

Another reminder of a bygone era. RIP.

 

[4-2-7]

If anyone wants to see a cool old vid of [Sunset Tower Records, Los Angeles] in 1971
https://archive.org/details/casacsh_000018

 

[ETLS]

RIP

 

[Nautiker]

I spent a lot of time and money at Tower Records, back in the day - Sacramento & Palo Alto, CA; Tysons Corner and Alexandria, VA... Was a fun place to just wander around and look at CDs... I'll have a whisky later this week, and lift a sip to Russell... RIP.

 

[BigElCat]

 

[Jenkster]

I too spent many hours, and a lot of money, at Tower Records on Watt Ave. in Sacramento. After that, a trip next door to Sam’s Hofbrau was always in order. Great memories Russ, RIP!

 

[rayj]

I can see myself in the picture. What a happy time.

 

[SA-708]

Also see: http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/rip-russ-solomon-of-tower-records.812926/