CD Warehouse is Closing

I just got home from work this evening to find a message waiting on our home phone (we don’t own a cellphone). It was my buddy Greg and he had some sad news to report. Compact Disc Warehouse, the store many people in the area know and love, is going out of business.

Due to this fact this weekend they’re having a closing sale where everything in the store is 25% off. Everything. Used, new, dvd, cd, and more. To give you an idea of what you can get with this type of discount, I headed down there tonight and picked up unadulterated versions of The Tai Chi Master and Fist of Legend, starring Jet Li, Alien from LA starring Kathy Ireland, Police Story 2, starring Jackie Chan, and the insanely funny Aqua Teen Hunger Force volume 3. To top it off I pocked up Donovan’s greatest hits, the Layer Cake soundtrack, and a reggae album by “The Vulcans” titled, simply, “Star Trek”, all for under $60.

Reasons for the closure cited on signs within the store include CD Copying, competition from online retailers, big box discounts by the big electronic stores, and the ever increasing price of gas. Now CD Warehouse may not be as big as Rasputin, Streetlight, or Amoeba, but it did have its share of hard to find flicks and quality cd’s. And they paid the highest buyback prices I’ve ever encountered. While there are other Compact Disc Warehouses (we encountered one in Austin, Texas) they’re all independently owned, and have a vibe all their own. They’re definitely not Tower Records.

Though the closure date is not set in stone yet, they’re trying to get as much merchandise out the door as possible this week/end. Do youself a favor and head down to the store, snatch up a few choice deals, and say goodbye to one of the last great neighboorhood record stores.

Their address:
Compact Disc Warehouse
470 E El Camino Real
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-1938 View Map
(408) 730-0991

– Chris Nelson