Tower Records, which closed its U.S. physical locations in 2006 after filing for bankruptcy, has returned as an online store. By Mitchell Peters Tower Records has relaunched as an online music ...

Solomon founded Tower Records in 1960, opening his first store on Watt Avenue. “At its peak, Tower grew to more than 200 locations in 20 states and 18 countries, and more than 1 billion annual ...

Before Tower Records opened, all record stores were little mom-and-pop shops with limited inventory that kept business hours and charged list price. Tower sold records cheap, ...

Tower Records, the beloved music chain that shuttered all of its U.S. physical locations 14 years ago, has been revived as an online store. After nearly a year of teasing its return via a social ...

On top of the world: Tower Records founder Russ Solomon above his Sacramento, Calif., store in 1989. Courtesy of All Things Must Pass hide caption ...

Colin Hanks: When I found out how Russ Solomon started selling records, that was as close to a lightbulb moment as I’ve ever had from a creative standpoint.In 2006, an old family friend of mine was ...

Still, Tower Records says the relationship between the parties remains amicable, and they are open to reinstating the sign on the basis that there is a Tower presence inside the store.

Founder Solomon and Tower Records became a cultural icon nationally in the music business, known for in-store concerts and a deep selection of up to 180,000 titles in its largest stores.

A record store the size of a supermarket may not seem like a revolution in the age of the Virgin Megastore. But in 1968, the huge Tower Records on the corner of San Francisco’s Columbus and Bay ...

Tower Records, a venerable but bankrupt chain of more than 90 U.S. music stores, including two in Seattle, is going out of business after its sale Friday to a new owner.