Buying CD’s in 1999 at a Tower Records store

[Agent Mulder]

I worked at HMV records on 42nd and 8th ave when I was 18 for about a year and a half before they closed down. That was a lot of fun. I worked 4pm til close at midnight.

When they shut down lots of staff went to work at the virgin megestore a few blocks away. I did too but didn’t like it there and quit after a few shifts. Virgin had a HUGE staff and everything felt way too serious and stiff. HMV had a small, cool staff. They’d let us DJ upstairs and play what we wanted throughout the store. Nice memories. Also was put on to and learned about a lot of bands and music that I wouldn’t have otherwise during my time there. Record label promos/giveaways and a decent discount on DVD, CDs and merch didn’t hurt either.

 

[invalid]

The Virgin Megastore

It was the Virgin Megastore for us in Chicago, too.

I just found out there was a Tower Records location directly across the street from my first apartment out of college. But they had shut down long before I moved there. Seems like that was the only location too.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

The disappointment of going to the store the day a album dropped and they were sold out

 

[CJ]

HMV or Music World for us in Canada. I remember getting every new Cash Money release and those things were damn near 34.99 CAD cause of the Universal Records markup

Even the releases that predated when they signed to Universal like BG True Storyz/Hot Boyz Get it how I live and shyt was crazy expensive.

Still have them. Good times though

 

[8WON6]

7th heaven in KC.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

A great year to buy Amazing Jeckel Brothers and Mostasteless

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Streaming is convenient and I’m glad we are able to have more music…. But does anyone miss the experience of just walking around these stores? I know like going to Barnes and noble still… even if I buy nothing

i do.. sometimes we'd spend over an hour in a record/video store etc. browsing..

 

[Stir Fry]

My favourite physical purchase was HNIC in about 2000, 2001 whenever it came out.. in the London store.. Camden I think it was, or maybe that was the smaller one where I first heard Gravel Pit playing

Idk my memory's shot.. but I don't shop physically for anything much any more, like most of us, so the thought of my old self just wandering round a record store for an hour or whatever.. That was a time..freshly dressed with a half oz of hash in the timberland jacket, headphones on listening to music while buying other music, just bopping about

Someone drop a Larry for me my smilies are broke lol

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[MurderToCassette]

I miss Tower records and a Virgin Megastore. Bought some dope OG dead stock vinyl from them in the early-mid 00’s.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Sam Goodie’s was my preferred trap house since I didn’t see any tower records in Miami. Next was FYE and Virgin Megastore in South Miami .

I literally just had nostalgia.

 

[areohbee824]

Frequented all of these places growin up. I know for sure I was at Warehouse Music every Tuesday since it was the closest one by

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Buying an album in store was an amazing experience. Hoping the shyt wasn’t sold out. Finding it. Looking at the front cover. Taking it to the cashier. Tearing all that plastic off to see the back cover. Popping that bytch in while looking at the liner notes to see who produced what tracks and who got a shout out.

I remember staring at tribe called quest Midnight Marauders album cover thinking how dope it was they put other rappers on the cover and going face by face to see who I recognized.

The world changed for the worse with streaming IMO. It’s too easy to produce so people put minimum effort into the “artform”.

 

[flea]

Forcing yourself to like an album because you paid $20-$25 for the cd but deep down in your heart, you know it sucks

 

[Rancor]

Strawberries was my spot.

 

[I love Latina women]

They were expensive as hell