In what used to be change rooms and an office at the back of a former consignment boutique on Queen Street East, there now resides some of the hottest records in the world.
At Tiny Record Shop, you'll find high-end collectibles like an early gatefold U.S. press on Verve, and first pressings of important records like Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Sonic Youth, Prince, Madonna and Joy Division, all of which influenced the music we hear today.
“This isn’t a dollar bin store," says owner Trevor Larocque, who opened Tiny Record Shop in 2014 with his wife Maude Fallon-Davesne. The Riverside neighbourhood store supplies to a niche market within a niche market, he explains, where prices range from $5 to $400. “If you don’t understand what I’m doing, you’ll hate it."