“But we take pride in stocking everything from, say, the new Beyoncé CD to a cassette by an up-and-coming local artist to a reissue of a mostly unknown African psychedelic rock band or an obscure techno 12-inch. “Our best sellers are primarily indie-centric titles on labels like Matador, Sub Pop, 4AD, Merge, etc.,” Reckless’ music buyer Matt Jencik told Bandcamp Daily in 2016. Its stores contain bins and bins of used vinyl with lived-in title cards, but it also makes it a point to highlight new music. The store, which originally had London roots, has a vibe so homey that its Wicker Park location inspired the look of the movie High Fidelity. “We always have something the really avid music buyer will want to buy.” - KORY GROWįor 30 years, Reckless Records has been the Windy City’s go-to indie spot for CDs, vinyl and DVDs currently, it has three locations open seven days a week in different neighborhoods. “The thing that makes the Fetus different from most stores is that we have a diverse customer base,” buyer Steve Pearson once told CMJ. Over the past 50 years, it’s become a local institution: One of the owners got a citation for displaying a caricature of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Two Virgins cover with Richard and Pat Nixon’s faces on them and an employee was once arrested for putting a “peace flag” in a window. The store opened in 1968 and has locations in Minneapolis and Duluth, and it stocks new and used CDs, DVDs and LPs, as well as other accouterments like books, toys, clothes and other accessories. Just a week before his death, he’d stopped in to buy a clutch of CDs in support of Record Store Day, according to MPR News. In fact, it’s a record store that is so cool, it was one of Prince’s favorite local shops. Whether you find the name Electric Fetus disgusting or trippy, you can’t help but wonder what goes on in a place called that.
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