Remember then?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[LogDog75]

1. I remember record stores

Local record stores were fun to browse for new and older albums when I was a teenager in the 60s.

When Tower Records went nationwide as well as overseas, I shopped for records there. Stationed in England, whenever I traveled to London I'd visit the Tower Records store in Piccadilly Circus. It was a multi-storied building but not very wide. It had just about any genre of music you were looking for.

The Tower Records store in Sacramento also carried a variety of non-music related books as well as records.

I miss Tower Records.

[hlthe2b]

4. Yeah. The Tower Records in Cherry Creek-Denver was a landmark--open 365 days/year

It was the go-to spot later on Christmas Day or Thanksgiving when both staff and shoppers were clearly looking for a "break" from family, visitors, and probably some overly alcohol-imbibed relatives. The employees were so fun and they always played music I like. But, given this was central Denver, you'd come across the most interesting people from everywhere so that was reflected in all the genres of music tucked away in the armchair and listening stations around this really big store. Boy, do I miss it.

The youngsters will never know what they missed.

[SheltieLover]

2. Yup.

[quaint]

3. Also playing...

How many friends fit into the listening booth before the manager gets steamed?

[rsdsharp]

5. Ken Levine, who was head writer of Mash with his partner in the middle years,

worked at a Tower Records in LA when he was in his teens. He used to regularly throw out Neil Young for smoking pot in the listening booths.

[Srkdqltr]

6. Used to drive on West Grand Blvd in Detroit, passed Motown records. Thought it was a record store.

That was in the 50's. They were small then. It was just a house on the block.

[surrealAmerican]

7. I remember record stores, but not listening booths.

I do remember buying records that were warped by shrink wrap.