Seward’s only record store closing down after just a year and a half

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A record store in Seward is closing its doors this month after being in business for only a year and a half.

Casey Sorensen-Kindt, one of the owners, says he and his wife have always loved music and discovered the record business while antiquing.

From there they opened “Put the Needle on the Record” in Oklahoma, before moving to Seward to be closer to family.

“It was profitable, it was fun,” Sorensen-Kindt said. “The closest next record store is in Lincoln and so it was nice to have it here in a small town. Something different.”

He said running a small business in a small town can be difficult, but they received a lot of support from both Seward and Lincoln.

The decision to close came because of the amount of time it takes to keep the store up and running.

People have told Sorensen-Kindt it’s their favorite store they’ve seen in years, so it was a tough decision to close.

“We’ve been having a lot of people try to talk us out or see if we can move to Lincoln,” he said. “We’d love to, but like I said the time- it’s been a big consumption.”

The store will be having a sale on all their records until the end of February. Sorensen-Kindt said anything they don’t sell he’ll be keeping for his personal collection.

He said once the store is shut down, there’s one thing he’ll miss more than anything.

“The people is the biggest thing,” he said. “Some of the people we’ve met are incredible. Some of them probably friends for life.”