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If you've already hit up the music scene in Chicago, made your way up and down the "Magnificent Mile", and seen everything there is to see in the city, it might be time to relax with a good book or listen to your favorite musical group. Here's a list of some places in Chicago where you can find what you're looking for. Browsing the aisles of these stores, you might come across that rare first edition you've been looking for or maybe an import CD from your favorite musician and it could be sitting right next to their latest release or publication.
Chicago has a large local population of writers and musicians. They constantly feed the market with new material. There are many local bands that only sell their records at a limited number of music shops. The same can be said for local authors and book stores. If you're looking for something from a local musician or author, you might have to look abound a bit, but if you're interested it'll be well worth it. There are many independent book and music stores in Chicago, but there are many larger chain stores as well. They will carry everything from the classics to music that come out just the day before.
There are many music and book stores all across Chicago's neighborhoods. Here are a few that might whet your appetite. There also many other book and music stores all over Chicago that sells new and used merchandise. Some places even buy used material. This can help you purge your current collection and then refill it with the content that you are currently interested in.
2nd Hand Tunes |
57 Street Books |
Act I Bookstore |
Afrocentric Bookstore |
Armageddon |
After-Words |
Bang & Olufsen |
Beasley Books |
Bookworks |
Borders Book & Music |
Clubhouse Music Store |
Disc Go Round |
Dr. Wax Records |
Evil Clown |
Gallery Bookstore, Ltd. |
Gramaphone |
Hear Music |
Hi-Fi Records |
Jazz Record Mart |
Musicians Network |
Powell's Book Store |
Quimby's Bookstore |
Reckless Records |
Record Emporium |
Record Exchange |
Tower Records |
Way Cool Records |
Women and Children First |
Vagabond Music |
