Tower Records (Piccadilly Circus)

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Name: Jon Wozencroft
Comment: Goodness. I'm surprised that there are no reflections on this important outlet, it was the epitome of the CD revolution in the mid-1980s and onwards to that demise.

As you entered Tower, you'd be blasted by racks of the new releases, attractively priced (or not, depending on...), stacked up like a wall of record company promotion. However, go upstairs and you'd find an amazingly curated selection in the jazz, classical, folk departments, etc.

I could find a Jon Hassell CD that they wouldn't have in Virgin or HMV, and in the international section, a great selection of Serge Gainsbourg French imports. For a short time in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tower was at the top of the record retailing pile.

Dave Harwood

20 Feb 2024 at 04:37

I found this advert in the 'Marylebone Mercury' dated 20th April 1989: “TOWER RECORDS, Kensington High Street are offering hundreds of LP's, Cassettes and Compact Discs from the Philips, Deutsche Grammophon and Decca labels at specially reduced prices.”
… and this advert in the 'Daily Mirror' dated 17th December 1990: “MEET THE BEE GEES AT TOWER RECORDS, No.1 PICCADILLY CIRCUS W.1. ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20th FROM ?p.m. ONWARDS. THEY WILL BE SIGNING COPIES OF THEIR NEW ALBUM - 'THE VERY BEST OF THE BEE GEES' - Includes 5 No.1 Singles. No.1 PICCADILLY CIRCUS W.1.”

Xavier S. Delpuech

09 Sep 2024 at 04:40

Hello ! In 1969, before the Rolling Stone concert in Hyde Park to celebrate the death of Brian Jones, it was this very famous record store in Piccadilly Circus playing all the song of the band in the entrance. Every body could listen it, I did it for one hour. But nobody, I say, nobody on the web is able to give the name of this famous record store. Can you help me, I really need to know. Thank you so much !