Bought For A Song: The Final Days Of Deals Under Tower Records’ Deathbed

noah | December 19, 2006 5:32 am

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

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