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Great Lakes

Music shopping in Great Lakes

  1. A

    Tommy’s Rock & Roll Café

    Located at the edge of Ukrainian Village, Tommy’s is hands-down the most rawkin’ guitar store in town. So grab a doughnut or a Polish sausage at the tiny front café, then strum (after you wash your hands!) the vintage axes in all their polka-dotted, snake-skinned, heart-shaped and Darth Vader-painted glory. Elvis impersonator photos, letters from Tom Petty, big-ass amps and a whole lot of handcuffs ratchet up the entertainment.

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  2. B

    Jazz Record Mart

    One-stop shop for Chicago jazz and blues CDs and vinyl.

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  3. C

    Rock Records

    Don’t let the sometimes surly staff scare you away from this well-stocked independent record store, which has a good number of listening stations and a wide selection of pop, indie rock, hip-hop and country.

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  4. D

    People's Records

    Calling all crate-diggers: DJ-owned People's Records is your vinyl Valhalla. Used 45s are the specialty, with more than 80,000 jazz, soul and R & B titles filling bins.

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  5. Electric Fetus

    Sells a whopping selection of CDs, vinyl and local arts and crafts, including Dylan tunes and T-shirts. It sits across the street from Pizza Luce.

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