Tower Records Stockton Store Closes
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Excerpts from Vanderwal.net: Tower Records is No MoreMy musical youth has a chapter closed with the Sale and Liquidation of Tower Records. In Central California, where I Went to high school there was rather little constructive to do. I was a fan of music and played in school bands and some pick-up bands. But the place where much of the talk aboution about music took place was Tower Records.The Social Gathering SpotTower Records was one of my first non-formal social meeting places. I would meet friends there to talk about new bands and music of interest, which included things that Were not quite on local radio that embraced a mono-culture of rock, more rock, some rock, and light rock. Radio did not venture too far from "Top 40" radio, but Tower Records did. Not only did I find out from friends music that could be of interest to me, but the staff was insanely knowledgeable. I had my jazz interests broadended and found out about non-American bands.Tower Grew with MeAs I moved around to university and life beyond, Tower Records remained a resource of smart musically engaged staff that could make great recommendations or do a deep dive on nearly any genre of music. In the past few years I have been trying to find similar recommendations services that are as broad as the human staff at Tower Records, but nothing can quite match it. I still have been shopping at Tower Records as my off-center music interests can be satiated at Tower on a Saturday looking through the new music discount stack or bin. I could walk into the nearest Tower to me and have a half-brained request with remotely partial information and the staff would nail what I was seeking. I continued to discover more music of interest that I was not getting turned on to anywhere else. The prices at Tower for much of the new music farther out in the long tail met my price point metric of less than 12 US dollars.Replay Records History: Northern California Replay Records opened in Lincoln Center in
Stockton, California in 1987 with a modest inventory of used vinyl
LPs and cassettes (and a Kiss pinball machine once signed by Ace
Frehley!). Fast forward to 1990. CDs are coming down the pike and
former Record Factory manager Willie Hines takes the helm. A devout
music enthusiast and professional musician as Well, Hines’ vast
knowledge of most musical idioms and artists endears the store to
local music lovers. Jump to 1992, where Hines has moved the store
twice within the confines of the shopping center, always into
leading square footage. Tracking down obscure vinyl titles and
bringing import cds to the masses
solidifies Northern California Replay Records as Stockton's’ leading
independent record store. Promoting all local artists and having
in-stores with the likes of Steppenwolf, Blue Oyster Cult and
countless Indie bands brings Replay to the forefront of the Stockton
music scene, despite heavy retail competition from the Wherehouse,
Tower Records, Circuit City, Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy.
Replay Lives:In 2004 Northern California Replay Records sheds the confines of its’ former landlords and relocates to the Hammer Ranch shopping center, where it continues to thrive to this day Northern California Replay Record Store is located in the central valley city of Stockton California, about 80 miles from San Francisco and the greater bay area.
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