Reckless Records Chicago: New & Used LPs, CDs, DVDs, games & more

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Locations & Hours

Lakeview:
929 W Belmont
tel: 773-404-5080
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 8pm

Wicker Park:
1379 N Milwaukee Ave
tel: 773-235-3727
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday: 10am - 8pm

Loop:
26 E Madison
tel: 312-795-0878
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm
Sunday: 10am - 7pm

About Us:

Reckless Records is a group of three record stores in Chicago IL. We carry new & used CDs, DVDs games and loads of Vinyl. Originally started in London, our first Chicago location opened in 1988. (LPs & 7"s). We would love to have you visit us in person.

We are always looking to buy your unwanted CDs, DVDs, and vinyl. Please get in touch if you are interested in selling your collections. We buy at all locations every day up to an hour before closing time.

You can also visit:
The Reckless Blog

We still have a shop in London too! They are located in Soho at:
30 Berwick Street
London W1F 8RH
Reckless Records London

Information

SORRY TO ALL OUR MAIL ORDER CUSTOMERS BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, SALES THROUGH OUR WEBSITE ARE SUSPENDED. We are keeping the database up and running for reference for our local customers, but the shopping cart function has been disabled. We have some major projects at the shops and we want to focus making them the best they can be. We will also be making some needed changes to the site in the near future as well. Thanks for your understanding and come by and see us!

After nearly 30 years on Broadway, the Lakeview store has MOVED around the way to *** 929 W BELMONT *** (just east of the Red Line stop). Come by and see us - same hours as before.

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EQUIP Cursebreaker X (ltd. 500)
100% Electronica
Chicagoan Kevin Hein (and Reckless alum) returns as EQUIP. Kevin is obsessed with video games & music & he was one of the first people we knew on the vaporwave tip. He's spent the past few years perfecting his craft, touring in Japan, providing scores for video games & you guessed it, even more gaming. 90s & 00s game soundtracks are a major influence for sure, but Hein throws in his love of bands like COCTEAU TWINS with guitars drenched in shimmering stereo chorus which gives him an edge on others mining similar territory in our opinion. Kevin has really carved out a unique path for himself & we're stoked to see where he goes next. RECOMMENDED!
Available at: All Stores
New LP $23.99

BEIRUT Flying Club Cup (reissue, White Cover)
Pompeii
Beirut's debut album "Gulag Orkestar" was one of those rare debuts that truly blew away most people that heard it especially when they found out that leader Zach Condon was still a teenager. The follow up e.p. "Lon Gisland" was the first to feature the full BEIRUT band & "Flying Club Cup" is the first full length to do so. The Balkan styles that were so prevelant on the debut are more subdued this time around. Many of the songs feature simple percussion arrangements, accordion & sparse horn arrangements giving the album sort of a 'Parisian street musician' sort of vibe. Condon's voice sounds more mature this time around, almost like a tenor Stephen Merritt or Rufus Wainwright. So those of you that were betting on a sophomore slump for BEIRUT well, it's time to pay up.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $18.99

LOCKS, DAMON & BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE Where Future Unfolds
International Anthem
Chicago's improvisational jazz scene has flourished in the last few years - in large part due to its advocacy on Int'l Anthem, a Chicago-based label responsible for carrying the scene's prominent releases and giving them a wider exposure outside of the city. As improvisation, performance is perhaps THE central element to this music. Artists such as MAKAYA McCRAVEN, JAIMIE BRANCH, and IRREVERSIBLE ENTANGLEMENTS rely on the energy of the stage and the symbiotic relationship between the performer and audience to create their albums. This has never more clear than here, on DAMON LOCKS' project "Where Future Unfolds". Starting as a sound collage with Civil Rights Era speeches and a drum machine, it has expanded to include the BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE of musicians, choir singers and dancers, all in expression of the struggle for racial and class empowerment, all unified by time. Recorded at Garfield Park Conservatory during their debut performance, "Where Future Unfolds" is soul-jazz theater. It's dizzying, free and yet tied seamlessly together by its central theme. CANNOT BE MORE RECOMMENDED!!!
Available at: All Stores
New LP $21.99

EQUIP Cursebreaker Zero Act 1 Cemetery Moonglow
100% Electronica
Never one to do the same thing twice, Equip ushers in a new era of original vaporwave. After I Dreamed of a Palace In The Sky's gauzy new age and last years tribute to 16 bit RPGS OSTs, Synthetic Core 88, comes a new adventure, "CURSEBREAKER X". CURSEBREAKER ZERO is a series of three singles leading up to the album, featuring self-sampling eccojams as vinyl exclusive b-sides. The first "CEMETARY MOONGLOW (in the cold air of the night)" mixes the gothic synthpop stylings of 80's 4AD with the atmosphere of a Castlevania game. Catchy SNES-era leads weave between waves of dreamy chorused out guitar wash amongst a slushy backbeat.
Available at: Belmont and Loop
New 45 $15.99


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WE PAY CASH FOR YOUR RECORDS, CDs & DVDs! NO COLLECTIONS TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL! We are always looking to buy your unwanted vinyl LPs, CDs, DVDs, cassettes and video games. Please come on in or contact us if you have questions about selling your collections. We buy at all locations every day up to an hour before closing time.