Performed On Roof Of Tower Records

I still remember my first ever visit to tower records as a 13 year old in 1987.

Performed on roof of tower records.

It was a weekday morning and my older sister and i traveled via the subway from our neighborhood in bay ridge. Twenty four hours in the lives of the young employees at empire records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. With anthony lapaglia debi mazar maxwell caulfield rory cochrane. Directed by allan moyle.

Joined by keyboardist billy preston the band played a 42 minute set before the metropolitan police asked them to reduce the volume. The power of tower records the chain of record stores run by russ solomon who died on sunday at 92 defined the retail music business in the predigital era with stars and fans embracing its. Tower records was always about curation. From these humble roots grew the international empire of tower records.

In 1968 and 1970 tower opened larger locations in san francisco and los angeles respectively. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules. The tower records in west hollywood that opened up shop at in 1971 was the first southern california location of the sacramento based chain and probably safe to say the most famous. On 30 january 1969 the beatles performed an unannounced concert from the rooftop of their apple corps headquarters at 3 savile row within central london s office and fashion district.

The record a new documentary from colin hanks looks back on a business empire that helped shape the tastes of many music fanatics.