A Life Well Lived: Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon Dies At 92-
A Life Well Lived: Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon Dies At 92-
NBC ID: ARDM920YXX | Production Unit: Weekend Today | Media Type: Aired Show | Event Date(s): 03/11/2018Transcript
Event Date(s): 03/11/2018 | Event Location(s): Today New York Studio | Description: EJ: STILL: Black and white neon man and woman dancing on display at a records store. INT MS: Split screen of black and white still of Tower Records founder Russ Solomon as a young man and black and white panning shot of records albums. STILLS: Black and white of a woman in the records section of Solomon’s father’s drug store. Black and white of the Tower Theater building in Sacramento, California. Split screen black and whites of the exterior of the Tower Theater building and of the record section of Solomon’s father’s drug store. Black and white of Solomon and another man both in the army. Black and white of Solomon in his record store. Black and white of Solomon and others. Color of Solomon’s first Tower Records store in San Francisco, California. Black and white of Solomon outside a Tower Records store. Black and white of Solomon near customers in a Tower Records store. Insert black and whites of West Hollywood, California’s Tower Records store. CLIPS: Clips from the movie “All Things Must Pass” including Elton John in a Tower Records store. INT MS: Overhead time lapse footage of people in a Tower Records store. STILLS: “Tower Records” sign on a double decker bus. An older Solomon on a roof near a Tower Records sign. An older Solomon. Interiors of Tower Records stores. An older Solomon. Live in-studio monitor showing a photo of Solomon with his name and life dates.