Thursday, December 14, 2006

Tower Records Is Closing Nationwide

Today, my friend Sarah and I embarked on the greatest sale known to man!

As you may or may not be aware, Tower Records is closing nationwide. The local New Orleans store on N. Peters in the French Quarter has been closing for months. I went in there earlier this week, and everything was 50%-70% off. I bought eight CD's for $20. That's a good deal. Today was officially closing day for the store. Everything was $1, and some CD's were .50 cents. It was also buy five, get one free. I tell you, this was one of the best experiences of my life. And all the CD's were new, to boot. I bought 32 CD's for $24 dollars. I got some stuff I wanted, but I mostly bought things to sell on the internet. I will list out the albums and then tell you what the total price would have been if I paid full sticker price:

1. Run Kid Run - "This Is Who We Are" (I bought 2 copies)
2. August Burns Red - "Thrill Seeker"
3. Bleeding Through - "The Truth"
4. Plan B - "Who Needs Actions When You Got Words"
5. Jesus Wept - "Sick City EP"
6. The Panic Division - "Versus"
7. Alove For Enemies - "Broken Pledge EP"
8. Da Theory - "Sex Sells" (Originally $22)
9. The Duke Spirit - "Cuts Across The Land (Special Edition)" [Originally $31]
10. A Life Once Lost - "Hunter" (CD/DVD)
11. The Burning Paris - "Half-Truths & indiscretions (the anthology)"
12. Hawthorne Heights - "If Only You Were Lonely" (CD/DVD)
13. Squad Five-O - "Late New Breaking"
14. Memento - "Booka Shade" [Import - Originally $23]
15. The Shortwave Set - "The Debt Collection" [Originally $25]
16. Chelonis R. Jones - "Dislocated Genius" [Originally $23]
17. It Dies Today - "The Caitiff Choir" (CD/DVD)
18. Alove For Enemies - "Resistance"
19. The Dead Texan - "Stars of The Lid" (CD/DVD)
20. Stavesacre - "How To Live With A Curse"
21. Patent Pending - "Save Each Other, The Whales Are Doing Fine" (CD/DVD)
22. Soulwax - "Any Minute Now" [Import - Originally $22]
23. Burns Out Bright - "Save Yourself A Lifetime"
24. Kutless - "Hearts of the Innocent"
25. Absentee - "Schmotime" [Import - Originally $26]
26. Brassy - "Gettin' Wise" [Import - Originally $22]
27. Hawk Nelson - "Smile, It's The End of The World"
28. Inked In Blood - "Lay Waste The Poets"
29. Decemberadio - "Self-Titled"
30. Anam Cara - "Ready To Live"
31. The Ordinary Boys - "Brassbound" (CD/DVD) [Import - Originally $22]
32. Eleventyseven - "And The Land of Fake Believe"
33. Amber Pacific - "The Possibility and the Promise"
34. Jonah Matranga - "There's A Lot In Here" (CD/DVD)
35. Sinai Beach - "When Breath Escapes"
36. Showbread - "Age of Reptiles"
37. Vinyl - "All The Way (Live)" (2 Disc)
38. Evergreen Terrace - "Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business"
39. John Ralston - "Needle Bed"

Grand Total Sticker Price = $673.00
Actual Total Sale Price = $48.50

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

WOW WOW WOW.

That is amazing and I am totally jealous!! :)