How I miss Rose Records in Chicago
2xx South Wabash, under the "El" tracks, went Chapter 11 some 10 years ago.
4 story building with nothing but classical on the second floor. You could go up there, find 10 to 20 different recordings of, say, Beethoven's Ninth, and the clerk - correction, incredibly knowledgeable clerk would not only suggest which one to buy, but would spend 15 minutes telling you WHY you should buy that specific version.
The clerks on the ground floor where the Top 40 was were basically high school and college kids working there for the employee discount.
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