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Sam "Goody" Gutowitz (1904–1991) of New York City opened a small record store on New York's 9th Avenue shortly after the advent of vinyl long-playing records in the late 1940s. Although he did some retail business from his main store on 49th Street, most of his volume was in mail-order sales at discount prices, of which he was a pioneer. [ 2 ]
In 1977, American Can Company purchased Pickwick International and in 1978 purchased the Sam Goody chain of record stores, which had a long history going back to 1951 in New York. Shortly after, Musicland began converting the majority of its stores to the Sam Goody brand name, although some locations did retain the Musicland name into the early ...
Sam Goody – most locations converted to FYE, but two locations continue to operate as Sam Goody; Saturday Matinee – converted to FYE; Sound Warehouse – Dallas, Texas based chain; acquired by Blockbuster in 1992 and all stores converted to Blockbuster Music. Spec's Music – Florida-based chain; last store closed in 2013 [154]
In 1999, Musicland launched websites for Suncoast, Sam Goody, Media Play, and Oncue. In 2001, Best Buy purchased their then parent-company, Musicland, for $685 million. [1] In January 2003, Best Buy closed 20 Suncoast stores as part of a larger closing that included 90 Sam Goody stores. [2]
Formerly owned by Trans World Entertainment, [2] it began in 1993 [3] and was expanded in 2001, 2006, and again in 2009 after buying out and rebranding mall-based stores Camelot, Sam Goody, Spec's Music, Strawberries, Record Town, Coconuts Music & Movies, DiscJockey, Saturday Matinee, The Wall, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, Musicland, Media ...
The same Replay card also worked at Sam Goody and Suncoast Motion Picture Company stores. In 2001, Musicland was purchased by Best Buy Co. Inc. for $696 million (~$1.14 billion in 2023) as part of its initiative to diversify its retail holdings to reach a larger demographic with its consumer electronics and entertainment products. By then ...
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Sam Goody. Before the days of Spotify and Apple Music, Deadheads, Beatlemaniacs, and other fans headed to stores like Sam Goody to get their rock 'n' roll fix. But like most record stores that ...