It’s the smell that hits you first. Anyone past his mid-30s will remember that familiar cardboard scent of thousands of vinyl record albums in their colorful covers, stacked against each other in alphabetical order. Then it’s the long-lost sound of customers flipping through albums — flip, flip, flip. Then there’s the visual — 1960s, ’70s and ’80s posters on the wall — the likes of Hendrix, The Dead, Tom Petty, Crosby Stills & Nash. A bag featuring the Yellow Submarine hangs a hook. And finally, there’s the owner of Clock Tower Records himself, Curt Smith, whose passion for everything vinyl …














