Buying CD’s in 1999 at a Tower Records store

[milanoAT]

I don't remember Tower Records, but Sam Goody though..

 

[shopthatwrecks]

we did both. used to get mixtapes off the street or in the mall at some stores they'd just have them right there on the counter

shid bone creepin on a come up and mc eiht we come strapped was out around the same time...

they let me get the bone.... but gave me the with the mc eiht... i never went back to fye

 

[spliz]

I used to work at Tower Records back in the day. One of my fav jobs ever. Lol

 

[Nymbus]

limewire..


nikka this mirc 4life

pirate bay if that fails

 

[Lay Z]

Who remembers them Wall stickers with the lifetime guarantee? Now those were the days


Eta if only we knew by lifetime guarantee they meant THEIR life time?

 

[tremonthustler1]

Last album I bought at Virgin Megastore was probably the deluxe version of Juelz Santana's What The Game's Been Missing. Tower Records was the spot to go to across the street from the movie theater on 66th and Broadway. They had Tower Records, AMC and Barnes & Noble all right there.

All that's left is AMC and an Apple Store.

 

[Lv99 Slacker]

Used to hit up the Tower Records on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Virgin Megastore on Sunset was also one of my fav after school haunts, too. Best record store I've been to though was Amoeba Records on Hollywood Blvd. Haven't been in LA in years. Is Amoeba still around?

I still buy cds, btw. Usually rare/limited edition shyt that I can't find on Soulseek. Then I rip 'em to FLAC or 320kbps mp3s.

 

[Concerned Citizen]

Actually taking the time to go somewhere and physically buy a cd also made the enjoyment and the hate more intense. I remember copping Supreme Clientele 2 and having to pull over on the side of the road to gather myself cause it was so wack.

 

[Agent Mulder]

Am I the only one who brought most of my music from the bootleg man for 5 bucks? Maybe that's just an NYC thing, sometimes they'd have 2 for 5 deals


Paying 20 bucks for a CD

I did that in early 90s with tapes. Begged my older brother to buy me midnight marauders from an African dude on fordham road selling tapes. I loved low end theory and listened to it a lot right/late and not too far from when MM came out. When Award Tour dropped on video music box/funk master flex sessions( and yeah, i used to record flex on tape late at night too) I knew I needed that album. Sidenote, Midnight Marauders Still my all time fav hip hop album - maybe favorite album across all music genres actually. top 3 certainly.

 

[Dynamite James]

Used to hit up the Tower Records on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. Virgin Megastore on Sunset was also one of my fav after school haunts, too. Best record store I've been to though was Amoeba Records on Hollywood Blvd. Haven't been in LA in years. Is Amoeba still around?

I still buy cds, btw. Usually rare/limited edition shyt that I can't find on Soulseek. Then I rip 'em to FLAC or 320kbps mp3s.

Amoeba moved their location to another spot in Hollywood

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Was I the only one who would sign up for the 10 free CDs from the ad in the magazine, then when they would send the other CDs, I would keep them, and not pay, and I was a teen and couldn’t get sent to collections?

 

[Dynamite James]

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