Performed On Roof Of Tower Records

Tower records was always about curation.

Performed on roof of tower records.

With anthony lapaglia debi mazar maxwell caulfield rory cochrane. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules. On 30 january 1969 the beatles performed an unannounced concert from the rooftop of their apple corps headquarters at 3 savile row within central london s office and fashion district. In 1968 and 1970 tower opened larger locations in san francisco and los angeles respectively.

At 16 founder russ solomon cobbled together a vast inventory in the back of his sacramento calif shop tower drugstore. Joined by keyboardist billy preston the band played a 42 minute set before the metropolitan police asked them to reduce the volume. In 1961 the younger solomon opened the first official tower records complete with its famous red on yellow signage on sacramento s watt avenue. It was a weekday morning and my older sister and i traveled via the subway from our neighborhood in bay ridge.

From these humble roots grew the international empire of tower records. The life and death of tower records revisited. I still remember my first ever visit to tower records as a 13 year old in 1987. Directed by allan moyle.

The tower records in west hollywood that opened up shop at in 1971 was the first southern california location of the sacramento based chain and probably safe to say the most famous.