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 shopped in them.
Podcasting since 2022 • 106 episodes
2500 DelMonte Street: The Oral History of Tower Records
Latest Episodes
EP. 104 Kevin Ertell, Bill Duffy, Dalia Goldgor and Jayson Munyon: "The Strategy Trap" Episode
On this episode we welcome back our old friend Kevin Ertell, who is releasing a book today entitled “The Strategy Trap”. From Amazon.com;“In The Strategy Trap, veteran operator and former Ni...
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Ep. 103 Remembering John Fonvielle (Washington DC, Cherry Hill NJ & Paramus NJ)
We just became aware of the recent passing of our old friend John Fonvielle. Please enjoy this repeat episode with one of the sharpest, funniest people I ever had the pleasure of working with at Tower Records. ++++++++++++++++++++++...
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Episode 103
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Ep. 102 Peter Ames Carlin (Author "Tonight In Jungleland: The Making of Born To Run"
Growing up in Seattle, Washington, this week’s guest, Peter Ames Carlin, has a distinct memory of the hubub surrounding the release of The Beatles “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band” even though he was only 4 years old at the time. “I have ...
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Episode 102
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Ep. 101 Remembering Charles R. Cross (Author, Editor, Customer)
On Friday, August 9th, Charles R. Cross passed away from natural causes. For those who knew Charley in the Pacific Northwest music community, the Springsteen community and in real life, it was a shock. Charley was only 67 years old and was in t...
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Episode 101
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Ep. 100 Greg Wallis (Tacoma, Hawaii, Boston, Chicago)
When Greg Wallis was hired at Tower Tacoma by Dave Coker, Greg had never heard of Tower Records. It was simply the big, new record store to move into his town. When Coker left to open and run the Seattle U District store, Rob Bruce came up from...
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Episode 100
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