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Check out Part 1 of the “Intern’s Guide to Minnesota Vinyl” – Secret Stash interns Billy and Lee visit Shuga Records and learn about this NE Minneapolis-based record store’s history and plans for the future.

This week the interns checked out Shuga Records in Northeast Minneapolis. Originally known for their major online presence, Shuga moved to a 7,500-square-foot building in 2009 to accommodate their growing business, while also giving local musicians a place to hold shows. Boasting a collection of close to 60,000 records, Shuga is a force in the vinyl community and is an obvious stop for die-hard collectors.

The “Interns Guide to Minnesota Vinyl” was started as a way to showcase the record stores, turntable and accessory retailers, and DJs that operate out of the Twin Cities. Nationally, Minneapolis has a reputation for being a very music-savvy city, so being able to highlight some interesting stories and indie vinyl stores is the perfect way to show the state’s vinyl depth. Over the course of the next several weeks, the “Guide” will provide countless tips and tricks for finding the hippest in all things spinning.

Sorry to call this party so last minute. All of the warped records we’ve received have really thrown a wrench in the works.
Anyhow, for those of you who don’t know at this point, whenever we put out a new record, we open up our facilities to the public. We invite all of the local vinyl fiends to come pitch in on assembling the finished goods (put the records in the jacket and seal ’em). It usually take s a few hours. We provide plenty of free locally made beer and pizza as well as a coopy of the limited edition version of the album to everyone who pitches in. We’ve got a couple of turntables and mixer set up in the office, so we welcome everyone to bring some records to spin for the group.
Come meet the Secret Stash staff as well as other local music enthusiasts.
We only have 15 spots available, so please RSVP to reserve your copy of the limited edition pressing. If you can’t make it right at 6:30, no sweat.
Date: 8/1/11
Time: 6:30Pm
Location: Secret Stash Records
711 W Lake St (lyndale and lake)
STE 211
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-466-2224

Fed Ex is delayed. Our records won’t be here until tomorrow. We’re bumping the party to tomorrow night. Same time, same place.

Monday 5/23/11 we are throwing an assembly party at our new office on Lyndale and Lake from 6pm-whenever. There will be FREE BEER and pizza and of course it wouldn’t be a Secret Stash party without free Marker’s Mark bourbon! Anyone who comes will get 1 free copy of the record we’re working on, The Rhythms of Black Peru. Each one is hand numbered and your participation in this event will guarantee a number under 25. We’ve got a pair of turntables and a mixer set up, so bring some funky records to share with the group. We’ll all be trading off on the turn tables all night.  If you’d like to participate, please drop us a line here.

Later that night, our friend DJ Steely from KFAI’s Kind of Cloudy Radio will be spinning at The King and I Thai. When we’re done, we’ll head over there for drinks and good tunes.

It’s been tearing us up inside to keep this one to ourselves. Finally we’re ready to officially announce this funky highlife reissue. Check out the video below to hear sound samples.

In this video SSR co-founder Cory Wong takes a break from re-mastering the audio for The Rhythms of Black Peru to share with you some his favorite tracks.  We hope you dig it.