man do I miss Tower records and

The real culprit is greed

Cd prices because of less overhead and costs should have gone done to $8.99 thereby beating iTunes

Napster should have been bought early on and turned into a monthly subscription for $20

Most CDs should be dual disc to give the masses video footage as a freebie to entice purchase. Dual disc option would be $10.99

Lp with dual disc for $19.99

Here is Los Angeles we still have SecondSpin, CD Trader (both on Ventura Blvd) and the awesome Amoeba records. But I do miss the 98% of CD/LP stores that are gone. But we have to get over it and move on. The old days ain't coming back. Record labels business model is over. The classic rock era is over. Brick N Mortar is over. CDs are over. Hey, if this economy keeps up - the #$%^ USA might be over soon.

Rhino Records demise in Westwood is sad (the store - not the label) - they supported live music - had lots of cool instore live shows - Ameoba still does. You can't get that on itunes.

I am a So Cal guy. IMHO: Ameoba in Hollywood today runs circles over the original Tower Sunset.

RIP. Not even missed.

PS: Aarons/Hollywood, Boo Boos/SLO, Pooh Bas/Pasadena, and Rhino/Claremont were the other places to seriously dig in LA and So Cal.

Poobah Pasadena is still around with new location on colorado blvd and is nice for vinyl

In Atlanta, try Decatur CD, it's no Tower but......