Iconic Hollywood Tower Records Building Faces Wrecking Ball

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  01.30.08 | 11:40 AM ET

imagePhoto by Alan Light via Flickr, (Creative Commons).

We recently noted the end of the rock ‘n’ roll balconies at Hollywood’s Hyatt “Riot House”—the very balconies where Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant once declared, “I’m a golden god!” Clearly, nothing is sacred in Hollywood.

Now comes word that another page from Hollywood’s rock past could soon disappear: the Sunset Boulevard Tower Records building.

Before it closed a couple of years ago, the record store was the place to go to buy music in Hollywood, for rock stars and tourists alike. Sadly, it looks as though it will be destroyed and won’t house a Hollywood rock ‘n’ roll museum, as preservationists had hoped.

Tags: Music, R.I.P., North America, United States, California, Los Angeles, News and Briefs


4 Comments for Iconic Hollywood Tower Records Building Faces Wrecking Ball

John M. Edwards 01.30.08 | 1:12 PM ET

Hi Jim:

That makes me sad, very, very sad: the loss of Hollywood’s Tower Records.

I almost had a heart attack when we lost our own iconic Tower (of musical babble) here in New York. I had an apoplectic fit when my entire collection of vinyl became obsolete a long time ago also. I guess everybody buys their CDs online now, and soon the Ipod will make even those glorious spinning discs obsolete. Progress sucks!

I’d rather go to a great record shop and purchase retro Bob Welch’s “Ebony Eyes,” and slowly gyrate my hips to his sweet nothings, like immediatement, in my Discman, than stare vacuously into space like Ms. Quinlan, waiting centuries to download the compleat workes of Noel Coward (who was indeed a notorious coward) from some arcane Internet depot—without paying a nickel.

Indeed, the finer things in life come with a pricetag.

John D 02.01.08 | 5:51 PM ET

Record shop now that would be fantastic to see something like that come back around!

http://www.JohnDennerRocks.com

JohnD 02.03.08 | 4:22 PM ET

Any word on updates for Tower Records?


http://www.JohnDennerRocks.com

John 07.26.08 | 5:35 PM ET

Sad,sad,sad:(

Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.