Tower Records To Be Liquidated starting 10/7

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  it's been reported that there is a buy four get one free sale going on today... haven't confirmed it.

Its definitely confirmed.  Was in the Weekend section of the Post today.

[kosmo vinyl]

yup just back from the rockville tower, took the plunge for some the expensive imports i've been eyeballing...  Appears to be lots to choose, whether of not any of it's worth getting.  Will go back at 70% off as there are several Northern Soul and electronica collections still in the racks now that if their gone their gone no biggie.
 
 Sampled Vol 3.
 Rough Trade Best of 2004
 A Merseybeat collection
 The Trip curated by Jarvis Cocker and Steven Mackey
 Mutant Disco - Ze Records compilation
 
 and the Russian reissue of
 
 
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[Medusa]

Went to the Tower Records location in Foggy Bottom 2 days ago (ah, recalling the days of my youth!) and bought a lot of music DVDs (40%), and a few CD singles (now 70% off).  Definitely good buys.
 
 Sad to see the demise of this place, where (as mentioned above) I spent a WHOLE lot of time (and money) many years ago.
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa.

[Driveway]

Just got back from Tower in Fairfax.  They have CDs at 40% off and buy 4 get 1 free.   Maybe buy 1 get 1 free is only in Rockville?  Fairfax stock is starting to dwindle, but they still have a lot more than Rockville.  I picked up:
 
 Editors - The Back Room $7.79
 Longwave - There's A Fire $7.79
 Mates of State - Bring it Back $8.99
 Lemonheads - S/T (New one) $11.39
 Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves 5.99/Free
 
 I guess now is the time.  I really wanted to get some Johnny Cash stuff but it is pretty much gone.  Weezer & U2 are completly out.
 
 I also purchased the Big Fish DVD at Best Buy today for $2.99.  Quite a day!

[kookiemnstr8]

It's buy four get one free at Rockville too.  I was there around noonish. . alot of stuff was gone, all the Sonic Youth, Pavement, etc.  Lots of imports and singles left, and a lot of crap.  I managed to pick up some of the stuff I missed over the course of the year, maybe my best of list will me modified. .

[El Jefe Design]

Pretty much everything I wanted was not there but i picked up the the Jimmy Buffet Live at Fenway for my mom, the latest Cat Power for my wife, and she got the latest Camera Obscura and a few David Bowie disks.
 
 I believe the people working there have just given up trying to keep disks in order.

How much percentage off are the action figures at Rockville?

[Driveway]

I think the Seth action figure is 5% off.

[eltee]

Originally posted by El Jefe Design:
  I believe the people working there have just given up trying to keep disks in order.

Yeah, I decided not to ask for anything I may be looking for   :p   ...Plus, the employees I saw were slightly grumpy. (Can't blame them, I guess.) One guy mumbled something about Ticketmaster being a pain in the ass b/c people would come in for tickets and never shop.
 
 I only looked at books thus far. Shakespeare, Health/Personal Growth, and Travel sections still have a lot of inventory.   :p  
 
 Anyone know if the Rt. 7 store is picked over?

[eltee]

Originally posted by DriveWay:
  Just got back from Tower in Fairfax.  They have CDs at 40% off and buy 4 get 1 free.   Fairfax stock is starting to dwindle, but they still have a lot more than Rockville.  I picked up:
 
 Lemonheads - S/T (New one) $11.39
 
 I guess now is the time.  I really wanted to get some Johnny Cash stuff but it is pretty much gone.  Weezer & U2 are completly out.
 
 I also purchased the Big Fish DVD at Best Buy today for $2.99.  Quite a day!

I didn't even go on the other side.
 I might head back this week. Is the buy 4 get 1 free over? I bet since the day of your post things have moved a bit more.
 Curious:
 -Did you see a few Lemonheads' cds?
 -I'm also looking for Damien Rice...
 -DVDs - status of inventory and percentage? (I saw a ton of empty movie shelves on the book side. Speaking of, bookcases and fixtures are for sale. I would buy a couple, but no flat bed truck!)
 
 DriveWay: I don't have Cash albums, but I have some swag I can pass along.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

They had the Lemonheads album at the Alexandria Little River Turnpike location, as well as some porn. I didn't purchase either.

[Relaxer]

I just returned from a particularly useful trip to the Foggy Bottom Tower. I was surprised and happy to see so many good discs there. Seemed like most of the boring mainstream discs were gone, and most of what was left were the more interesting obscurities. Was also amazed at how many imports they have there. I'll go back when the prices drop more to pick up some of those. For the moment though, I bought:
 
 new Califone
 new Calexico
 new Bronx
 new Dears
 Riverboat Gamblers
 Be Your Own Pet
 Phonix
 Heartless Bastards
 new Sleepy Jackson
 Margot & Nuclear So-Sos
 Live 2cd Gomez
 CSS
 newish Futureheads
 new Hold Steady
 Radio Dept.

[Driveway]

I am under the impression that I am the only person to actually purchase the Lemonheads cd at the Fairfax store.  I went there when it came out to buy the cd, but an $18.99 price tag quickly chased me away.  It doesnt look like they have any less on the shelf than they did that day (except for the one that I finally bought).  I garuntee they will have it there.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

At 40% off $19, you're still not getting any kind of bargain. You could match the prices by just sitting at your computer and ordering off of Amazon used. And you wouldn't have to put up with the horrible "music" they play over their sound system.

[Relaxer]

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
  At 40% off $19, you're still not getting any kind of bargain. You could match the prices by just sitting at your computer and ordering off of Amazon used. And you wouldn't have to put up with the horrible "music" they play over their sound system.

Not all discs are $19. All of the discs I bought ultimately cost less than $8, except for the double-disc one, which was maybe 9 bucks. At least at the Foggy Bottom store, it's 40% off, and then an additional %20 off, which made everything fall into the range of $6-$8 each.