Business card for New York City record store Pyramid Records, acquired circa 1990.
It’s hard to find any information about Pyramid Records online, because it disappeared so long ago. But the shop’s inclusion in an article about New York record stores that appeared in the New York Times in 1984 is a clue to when its heyday might have been.
I’m pretty sure the visit when I grabbed this business card happened on a trip to New York when I was high school, possibly in between checking out colleges. Much to my parents’ dismay, I was insistent about going to college in New York, whose grimy charm, underground indie music scene and, well, distance from my parents in Boston was highly appealing. Plus, I could actually get in to rock clubs there, as most of them had 18+ door policies. All very important considerations as part of the pursuit of higher education.
Though by the time I did get to New York in 1991—yes, for college—I am fairly certain this store was no longer. I only have a memory of that single visit to Pyramid Records. But, thankfully, New York was filled was so, so many other record stores I’d spend more time inside than my classrooms...
