Tower Records Opens in Taipei
Tower Records在台北設點
Source: Who Killed Taiwan’s Tower Records? Perhaps It Never Took Root
From: New Taiwan News Weekly
Date: November 27, 2003. Author: Lone Ranger
Tower Records is a chain record store originating in the United States with operations around the world, whose slogan is “No Music, No Life.” It opened in Taipei in 1992 — its second location in Asia after Japan — sending shockwaves through Taiwan’s record distribution landscape. Taiwan’s first Tower Records was located at the Ximending traffic circle: the three-storey Tower Records Ximending store, affectionately known to fans as “Xi Tao” (West Tower). At the time, Tower Records was not just a place to buy records — it was a gathering place for music lovers. Even without buying anything, you could listen to music there, flip through various free music magazines, or chat with the knowledgeable staff for the latest music news. Tower successfully redefined what a record store could be.
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- Tower Records City — In the City, the Arrival of Music Should Be Like This (Soundsgood Blog)
- Tower Records: Transforming Taiwan’s Record Store Ecosystem (Lo Yueh-ch’üan)
- Goodbye Tower Records (Ch’en Te-cheng)
- Tower Records (Wikipedia)