(Full disclosure: “Licorice Pizza” was actually the name of a retail chain back in the ’70s, based in southern California. The moniker is also an accurate and whimsical term for LP records. I never patronized a Licorice Pizza store, but there were plenty of other chains in Bubbaland, like Turtle’s and Record Bar. There was also the gigantic Peaches store in Atlanta that had an outdoor display of handprints, etc. pressed into concrete by rock stars.)

There’s been a recent propensity for some musical artists to release their latest albums on vinyl 12-inch LPs in addition to digital download formats and maybe on CD. The new version of “licorice pizza” is reportedly a high-quality material that provides optimum fidelity and such albums are quite expensive, especially when compared to LP prices when 12-inch platters were the dominant format.