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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 ]
The Musicland Group, Inc. was an entertainment company that ran Musicland, Sam Goody, Discount Records, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, On Cue, and the Media Play Superstore Chains. The Musicland Group was purchased by Best Buy in 2001 at the height of Musicland's success, which ultimately led to its demise.
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 ...
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]
Gotham Records was an American record label formed by Sam Goode (Goody) and Ivin Ballen in New York City in 1946. [1] In January 1948 Ballen acquired the interest of Goode and became the sole owner. He then moved the company to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the label was based for the rest of its existence until 1956.
Around this time, Tower Records was building a 34,000-square foot superstore in Manhattan [35] [36] and locally owned Sam Goody had recently sold itself to the parent of Musicland [37] which made it possible for Sam Goody to expand nationally. King died shortly afterward, in 1983. [2]
Aquarius Records (store) Atomic Records (Milwaukee record shop) B. Bananas Music; Barnes & Noble; ... Sam Goody; Schoolkids Records; Shuga Records; Slackers CDs and ...
With the demise of chains such as Sam Goody (except for 2 stores) and Tower Records in the 2000s, there remained no national retail chains focused on sales of recorded music except for FYE. Although music sales continued in dedicated sections of video stores (until their demise) and at big box retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart and Target ...