Bought For A Song: The Final Days Of Deals Under Tower Records’ Deathbed
Tower Records’ long death march is entering its last week, but that hasn’t stopped readers from sending their favorite deals–along with price info and MP3s–to tips@idolator.com. We got the following note from a tipster who found more than 20 dollar-or-less CDs–including a relic of our time, a Track Marks alum, and an album in one Idolator’s 2006 top ten–at the Rockville, Md., outpost:
A few of these I bought just because Pitchfork told me to (here’s looking at you Boris, [Serena-Maneesh] and Frog Eyes), but I figured that for one dollar a pop, I could risk buying some pretentious bullshit on the off-chance that it wouldn’t suck. Once I rip these CDs, I’ll know whether I chose wisely. Of course, I’m still kicking myself for not picking up the copy of Jamelia’s album that I saw. At any rate, 23 CDs for $23.60 is the best deal around, so all in all it was 2 hours well spent.
The full list of dollar deals–and a couple of MP3s–after the jump.
The Duke Spirit – Cuts Across the Land The dB’s – Paris Avenue The Futureheads – News and Tributes The Earlies – These Were the Earlies Oingo Boingo – Only a Lad Oingo Boingo – Nothing to Fear The Louvin Brothers – Sing and Play Their Current Hits Various – No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Vol. 2 Various – Run the Road Various – Run the Road Vol. 2*This only cost 50 cents for some reason The Black Lips – Let It Bloom Bound Stems – The Logic of Building the Body Plan Sleepy Jackson – Personality (One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird) *This I bought mostly for the cover art Mew – And the Glass Handed Kits Snakes on a Plane OST *This I bought for “Ophidophobia” Gordon Lightfoot – Complete Greatest Hits The Black Lips – The Black Lips Frog Eyes – The Bloody Hand Flipsyde – We the People Serena-Maneesh – Serena-Maneesh Boris – Pink Hard-Fi – Stars of CCTV Various – Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation
Quite the haul–especially if this guy actually listens to the Snakes On A Plane soundtrack once the calendar flips at year’s end.
Bound Stems – Andover [MP3, link expired]
Mew – The Zookeeper’s Boy [MP3, link expired]
Cobra Starship – Snakes On A Plane [MP3, link expired]
Earlier: The Bought For A Song Archives