2500 DelMonte Street: The Oral History of Tower Records

Get the detailed story of the World's Greatest Record Store Chain, told by the people who worked and

Episodes

Total: 103

Send us a textIf you worked in a Tower Records store or at the corporate offices in Sacramento and h

Send us a textThis week’s episode takes us away from the coasts and back into the heartland. Jen Gie

Send us a textDon Erwin started with Tower in 1972 and was a Manager for Tower Posters from 1973-197

Send us a textTravis Michael Anderson grew up in Yakima, WA more than 2 hours from Seattle. A classi

Send us a textWhen Tim Wessman started working at Tower, it was never previously on his radar. Tim w

Send us a text“College Boy” Greg Harrington started working at Tower Records Burlington MA and did s

Send us a textPam Hopson first began working for Tower Records/MTS Inc. in 1976. But unlike many, Pa

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Send us a textAs a 13 year old from Southern California Russ Eisenman listened to KROQ, stole quarte

Send us a textBill Duffy was from a particular generation of Tower Store Managers; started in the mi

Send us a textIt’s our one year Anniversary and we’ve got former Tower Records COO Stan Goman back t

Send us a textImagine working in the largest, most prestigious record store in Manhattan in the 1980

Send us a textWas Arthur Moorhead the greatest jazz buyer that ever worked at Tower Records? Stan Go

Send us a textJay Gilbert started his Tower career working at Tower Portland with legends like Rick

Send us a textHoward Cespedes worked at seven Tower Records locations during his 19-year career. He&

Ep. 46 Dan Navarro (Westwood)

2023/4/11

Send us a textDan Navarro has had a long & fruitful career in the recording industry. He release

Send us a textThe last time Kevin Ertell saw Russ Solomon, at the premiere of “All Things Must Pass”

Send us a text“That was the first time that music really hit me on an emotional level” says this wee

Send us a text“This is the worst handwriting I’ve ever seen” is a pretty common refrain this week’s