Tower Founder Russ Solomon unveils new Brick and Mortar

Russ Solomon, the 81 year old founder of Tower Records, once the predominant recorded-music chain in the nation, is back! His new concept harkens back to the old idea of the information-rich record store: highly informed clerks in varied musical disciplines, deep inventory, intelligent layout. Everything you need for the serendipity that stopping into a record store once was.

He’s starting with just one store, R5 Records, in Sacramento (hometown of the now-defunct Tower chain), and hoping to bring the concept nationwide.

Here’s the article from his hometown paper, the Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/213184.html

– Micah

Micah Solomon
President, Oasis Disc Manufacturing