Tower Records is back, sort of.

[kroqken]

Tower Records founder Russ Solomon is trying to bring back a Tower Records clone, with R5 Records scheduled to poen this month in Sacramento. I think Tower Records may be back soon, and that is good news. You can read about this at http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/213184.html and the official website is http://www.r5records.com where the R5 logo is similar to the old Tower Records logo. Are you folks excited? Also, a separate company owns the rights to http://www.tower.com

[DeltaSigChi4]

Not excited.

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[kroqken]

Oh come on, there needs to be more record stores, not less.

[kimery08]

did you ever get your damn tapes back?!

[disgustipated]

so how about more that dont charge $18 for a cd.

[invisiblerobots]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/rte/lowres/rten86l.jpg

[kroqken]

Part 5 will answer if I get my tapes back. As for R5 Records, I believe Russ Solomon plans to keep his prices on the competitive side, not on the higher end of the market.

[kroqken]

IF anyone is in the Sacramento area, please give us a report of if R5 Records is good and how similar its layout is to Tower Records.

[JustSteve]

uh, is there really any difference in how record stores are laid out?

[DeltaSigChi4]

Yes. My favourite layout is the glasshouse. Alphabetical order. No genres.

And a Coachella corner.

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[noisemachine]

I hardly ever go to record stores to shop for CDs anymore. Most of the time they don't have the stuff I want and when they do, its pretty overpriced. The few exceptions are Amoeba's, Rasputin's and a few local independent stores. And often times I just browse the vinyl section.

[downingthief]

so how about more that dont charge $18 for a cd.

Unfortunately, that won't happen. Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, etc all use CD's as "loss leaders" to get people into the stores. That's why it is so much cheaper. Places like Tower couldn't compete with that.

I hope they do figure out a good business model. Relying on straight CD sales is not the way to go.

[fatbastard]

The model has died (several times in my lifetime).

http://66.113.169.125/ahs83/the_police_synchronicity_album_cover.jpg

http://binarybonsai.com/images/tape.jpg

http://www.sabbathlive.com/gallery/pics/album1297/Sab_Bloody_Sab_8_Track.thumb.jpg

http://991.com/newgallery//The-Police-In-The-Studio-265284.jpg

http://www.ipod4all.com/images/ipod/ipod-nano.jpg

[kroqken]

R5 may be ok, I hope they come to Los Anglees.

[i_like_cake530]

i, personally am excited, cause there are no amoebas or any other good records stores near where i live, so if R5 comes to where i am, ill be happy

[kroqken]

What does R5 mean anyway?

[Mr.Nipples]

isnt that the name of the smart-ass robot from short circuit...

[DeltaSigChi4]

Johnny-five*.

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[suprefan]

You missed vinyl there Henry.

[kroqken]

R5 > Best Buy > Walmart