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Ep. 9 Robert Stapleton (Sunset, El Toro, Boston, Corporate)
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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, a young man named Robert Stapleton applied for a job at Tower Records at the age of 15. He got the gig and he worked at the landmark Sunset Strip Store from 1970-1979. He was later store Manager of El Toro, CA and in the late 80’s ran the store on Newbury Street in Boston, as well as being the New England Regional Manager. He ended his career in 2001 as National Director of Field Marketing.
In his 31 years with Tower Records, Robert Stapleton saw and did a lot in his time with the company. Even before he worked for Tower, his father Buck Stapleton, the LA Promo Rep for Capitol Records was taking young Robert to pool parties with The Beatles and up to San Francisco to play a part in the signing of The Steve Miller Band to Capitol Records.
Throughout this episode Stapleton tells story after story, tale after tale when he was, in his words, “in the right place at the right time”. Robert is effusive with the lore (riding on a double decker bus with Keith Moon up Sunset Boulevard, holding a suitcase (contents unknown) for a scared Sly Stone when the police showed up for a car crash, starting up the Tower Records Walk of Fame in Boston) and pulls no punches regarding the demise of Tower Records.
You definitely want to listen to this episode.
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