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Hymie's Vintage Records

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Hymie’s Vintage Records (also known as just Hymie’s Records) is a vinyl record store in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

History

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Hymie's was opened in 1988 by Jim “Hymie” Peterson[1] on Lake Street in Minneapolis. The store has carried exclusively analog audio media for most of its life. In 2010 the store relocated five blocks east to a new location.[1] The Hymie's blog began in October 2009, and has posted nearly every day about interesting[peacock prose] or unusual records, local music reviews and local music events. Since 2009, Hymie’s has had a shop dog, a Boston terrier named Irene,[2] who has become an icon for the store. Irene has been photographed by Rolling Stone, and also appeared on popular[peacock prose] T-shirts and as Miss June in a charity calendar. Hymie’s has been singled out as one of the best record stores in the United States by Rolling Stone[3] and USA Today,[citation needed] and has been featured in many other publications.[citation needed]

Hymie's label

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The 2003 LP Hymie’s Basement was recorded in the basement of the original record store and released by Lex Records. In 2014 the store launched its own record label with a single by Brian Laidlaw and the Family Trade and, simultaneously, the eighth album by Ben Weaver, I Would Rather Be a Buffalo.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Green, Loren (2011-06-30). "Hymie's Vintage Records' owners talk about the move". City Pages. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ^ Olson, Dan (2014-04-18). "No sad songs: Hymie's record store thrives on vinyl in a digital age". MPR News. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (2010-09-16). "The Country's Best Record Stores". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. ^ Colwell, Hailey (2014-09-10). "Retailer Hymie's Records to also become a record label". Local Current Blog | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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