23 hours ago · Licorice Pizza – Southern California chain that was started in Long Beach by James Greenwood in 1969, acquired by Record Bar in 1985, acquired by Musicland in 1986, and rebranded Sam Goody. In November 2021, director Paul Thomas Anderson released a movie with the same name loosely based on this chain.
Defunct record store in Los Angeles,California US
Licorice Pizza was a Los Angeles record store chain that inspired the title of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 film of the same name. The term is a colloquial expression for vinyl records, comparing them to the color of licorice and the shape of a pizza. James Greenwood opened the first Licorice Pizza record store in July 1969 in downtown Long Beach. In the next fifteen years,... Wikipedia
