Tower Records Relaunches As Online Store
Tower Records has relaunched as an online shop selling vinyl, CDs and cassettes, with a website that will also feature livestream concerts and a digital version of the company’s Tower Pulse! magazine. While there had been plans to offer pop-up stores during SXSW earlier this year, those plans were interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading Tower Records to relaunch as a virtual store.
Founder Russ Solomon opened the Tower Records chain in Sacramento, California in 1960. Over four decades the record retail chain grew to 200 stores around the world, before shuttering in 2006 (with the exception of Japanese locations). Solomon died in 2018 at age 92. Tower Records was the focus of the 2015 documentary All Things Must Pass.
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