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Additions To November 27th Show: Big Laugh (Milwaukee) + Some Other New Band

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Good afternoon and here is an *official* post to let you know we have a couple of additions to a show previously announced for Saturday, November 27th here at Dumb Records. Certainly this will be a busy weekend being the day after Black Friday Record Store Day.

The lineup previously announced is Superfun Yeah Yeah Rocketship, Nite Frvr, and Trauma Harness all from the St. Louis area, and then “Animals With Human Names” – the hip hop project from here. Now two new added acts include BIG LAUGH (hardcore band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin), who have played here at Dumb Record before the pandemic, and also some other new band that we don’t even know the name of from Springfield and Central Illinois. This new band features Drew Kodrich on something. Stream some of Big Laugh’s music on the player below.

Find a facebook for this show right here. Start time is still 7:00 pm and the admission cost was $6, so who knows maybe it’s $7 now. Vaccine cards and masks required upon entry.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Good morning and happy Tuesday! Are you ready for a long list of a fresh batch of new and used records that have recently hit the shelves of our store? Well, you are getting it wether you want it or not. Our store is open here downtown from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm every day. Come do your Christmas shopping here. We have turntables and gift cards. This list is just some of what’s new in this week – it does not even include re-stocks or CDs or cassettes. Here we go:

New LPs
Aerosmith – Rock In A Hard Place
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
Budgie – If I Were Brittania I’d Wave The Rules
Budgie – Impeckable
Butthole Surfers – Hairway To Steven
Chevelle – 12 Bloody Spies
Christopher Young – Drag Me To Hell
Cradle Of Filth – Existence Is Futile
Crazy Doberman – Everyone Is Rolling DOwn A Hill
Damon Albarn – The Nearer The Fountain…
D.O.A. – True (North), Strong & Free
Dr. John – Anytime, Anyplace
Ed Sheeran – =
The Grinch – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Houndmouth – Good For You
Idles – Crawler
The Jacksons – The Jacksons
Jim Sauter & Kid Millions – Safe & Sane
KVL – Volume 1
Laura Stevenson – Laura Stevenson
Leonard Cohen – Thanks For The Dance
Lou Reed – Street Hassle
Mike Majkowski – Days And Other Days
Miles Davis – Jazz Track
Modest Mouse – Strangers To Ourselves
Nick Mazzarella Trio – Counterbalance
Pearl Jam – Binaural
Pentatonix – Pentatonix
Quin Kirchner – The Other Side Of Time
The Replacements – Tim

Used LPs
ABC – How To Be A Zillionaire!
Adam Ant – Friend Or Foe
Ahmad Jamal – Listen To The Ahmad Jamal Quintet
Alvin Lee & Ten Years Later – Rocket Fuel
Aretha Franklin – Queen Of Soul
Articles of Faith – New Normal Catastrophe
The Art Of Noise – In Visible Silence
Bachman Turner Overdrive – BTO
Barabbas – Original Movie Soundtrack
Bill Watrous – The Tiger Of San Pedro
Bobby Vinton – The Bobby Vinton Show
Bobby Vinton – The Name Is Love
Bourgeois Tagg – Yoyo
Bruce Roberts – Cool Fool
Buckingham Nicks – Buckingham Nicks
The Byrds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Charles Earland – The Great Pyramid
Climax Blues Band – Stamp Album
Cobra – Final Strike
Colin Davis – A Mozart Evening
Danny Davis And The Nashville Brass – Travelin’
David Banner – Mississippi: The Album
David Bromberg – Demon In Disguise
Dean Martin – You Were Made FOr Love
Detective – Detective
Don Ho – Hawaii’s Greatest Hits
Drunk Injuns – From Where The Sun Now Stands…
Eric Clapton – E.C. Was Here
Eydie Gorme – If He Walked Into My Life
Flash – Flash
Foghat – Rock And Roll Outlaws
Friday – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Grand Funk – All The Girls In The World Beware
Grinder Switch – Redwing
Harry Chapin – Short Stories
The Heaters – Energy Transfer
Herman’s Hermits – The Best Of
The Hollyridge Strings – The Beatles Songbook Vol. 4
Hoyt Axton – Free Sailin’
The Ikettes – (G)Old & New
Isaac Hayes – Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)
Joan Rivers – Mr. Phyllis
John Cale – Slow Dazzle
John Parr – Running The Endless Mile
Johnny’s Dance Band – Love Wounds, Flesh Wounds
Johnny Duncan – See You When The Sun Goes Down
Joni Mitchell – Miles Of Aisles
Journey – Raised On Radio
Lew London – Swingtime In Springtime
Louis Prima And Keely Smith – Together
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire
Mason Proffit – Wanted
Metro – Metro
The Metros – The Metros
Michael Dinner – Tom Thumb The Dreamer
Moby Grape – Wow
Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
The New York Rock Ensemble – Roll Over
Nils Lofgren – Nils
Paris Wind Ensemble – Ludwig Van Beethoven
Paul Collins’ Beat – The Kids Are The Same
Percy Faith – Movie Date
Roy Hamilton – Roy Hamilton
Sandy Nelson – Teen Beat ‘65
Sesame Street – Letters And Numbers Too
Sergio Mendes – Sergio Mendes’ Favorite Things
Seumas MacNeil – Highland Bagpipes
Spelling On The Stone – Spelling On The Stone
Steeleye SPan – All Around My Hat
T.G. Sheppard – Greatest Hits
Tom Jones – What A Night
Tommy James & The Shondells – Somethin’ Special
Toni Basil – Word Of Mouth
Tower Of Power – Bump City
Unseen Force – In Seach Of The Truth
Valerie Carter – Wild Child
Various – Farewell Nancy
Various – Songs Of Love
Walt Disney – Alice In Wonderland
Warne Marsh – Warne Marsh
The Yellow Payges – Volume 1

Black Friday RSD Delays: List of Titles Pushed Back To December 10th

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Whoops! This is something that happens every year – and understandably so with hundreds of different releases being pressed for Record Store Day – there are always a number of releases that don’t quite make it in time and get pushed back. From the official Record Store Day facebook page:

Not sure if you’ve heard the news, but things are a little crazy in the world of supply and demand out there. And even though every Record Store Day, RSD Drop and RSD Black Friday has changes to the List in the weeks between when it’s launched and when the titles hit the stores, production issues, customs issues, shipping issues, rights issues, and some pretty comical situations we can’t really get into here have definitely hit this RSD Black Friday list.

We ordered every single release on “the list” for Black Friday Record Store Day this year, so everything on the list above should hopefully be coming to our store on December 10th. **Even through we ordered everything, not all of these titles are guaranteed to us, and it is normal for a number of releases to get allocated and less copies show up than what we order. We also can not put any holds on any of these items, even for the later date.

Black Friday Record Store Day is happening this year on Friday, November 26th. Our store opens at 8:00 am and we will be having sales, live music, exclusive shirt giveaways, and more. Checkout a facebook event for this one right here.

November 30th at Dumb Records: World’s Greatest Dad, Tilt Warning, Kate Laine

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It’s time to get back on track with our show announcement posts over here. There are a few shows that have been announced outside of our usual website or facebook events have gone up for! This one is happening on Tuesday, November 30th!

For this show we have the national touring indie/emo band from Atlanta, Georgia called World’s Greatest Dad. (That’s WGD for short, and you can stream their latest release on the bandcamp player embedded below). Actually you know what, stream both of their latest releases on the player below. Also on this show is Tilt Warning – the fairly new three-piece emo band from here and Central Illinois. Opening things up is indie rock act Kate Laine, who we are excited to see back here at Dumb for the first time since before the pandemic!

All of that starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $10. It is safe to say that we WILL once again be checking for proof of vaccines and masks will be required. Find a facebook event for this one right here!

Tonight at CFP (House): Prevention, Side Eye, Tom Thanks, Hemlock

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Looks like there’s another show going on tonight in town – but this time not at Dumb Records!

This one is happening tonight at the C.F.P. House in Springfield. Bands Prevention (from here) and Side Eye (from Springfield, Missouri) are returning from a week or so long tour together. They have a lot of fun playing hardcore music together. You can stream some of Side Eye’s music on the player below. Also on this show is a band called “Tom Thanks” from the St. Louis area! What a silly name! Opening this show up is newer Springfield hardcore band Hemlock.

This show is at 7:00 pm and costs $5. We don’t even know if there is a facebook event. If you don’t know where the CFP House is, your best bet might be messaging the Prevention Instagram page. Sounds like masks and vaccine cards are also required at this one.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Attic Salt, Tina Sparkle, Starter Jackets, Oatmilk

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We’ve got a show happening here at Dumb Records tonight! It’s a cold one out there, but our heat is on and working.

For this show we have Attic Salt from right here in Springfield – the power pop-punk group who released your favorite album, Get Wise last year in 2020. We also have Tina Sparkle coming from Peoria, Illinois – their first time ever playing Springfield as far as we know! This group has been around the area for a long time, and you can stream their newest album Southern Hospitality on the player below. Also on the gig we got Starter Jackets – making their big return on this side of the pandemic. Opening things up is a newer project from Decatur, Illinois called Oatmilk! Let’s go ahead and give them all one big round of applause.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. We are continuing to require masks as our show as well as proof of vaccine cards or negative COVID test results within 72 hours. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where we have a list of what we’ve got announced and coming up!

November Issue Of Activator Available Now

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Whoops, we almost forgot to make a post saying that we have the new November issue of Activator Magazine! How fun! We also even have plenty of back issues – from previous months of October and September!

This month’s cover features Springfield veteran synth-pop rocker Ricki Marvel on the cover. Activator interviewed Ricki about an upcoming EP she has been working on, her experience playing the Laura Jane Grace show here in town, and more. Also interviewed in this issue is Champaign IL’s Long Birds, Bad Bad Hats from Minneapolis, local hip hop artist Composition C, Chase Baby from Champaign, and also features a “soundcheck” section checking in with other local musicians. In addition to that there are live music calendars, photo spreads, and music reviews. No “Dumb Perspective” column this issue, sorry.

You can pick up copies of Activator here for free and other local businesses around Central Illinois. Be sure to also check out and consider donating to their Patreon page. Activator is also currently accepting submissions for their art issue (to be released in December) now through November 20th!

Black Friday Record Store Day 2021 At Dumb Records November 26th

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Finally we are here with our official announcement for Black Friday Record Store Day 2021!! Black Friday is typically the second busiest shopping day of the year for us, only next to Record Store Day (whenever that was going on as one day in April). We are now just 16 days away from Black Friday, happening on Friday, November 26th.

Okay, here are the important details, so pay attention:
• Our store will be opening at 8:00 am sharp, and will be open until 8:00 pm.
• Once again, we ordered everything we possibly could as far as Record Store Day official releases go. You can check out the full list on the Record Store Day website. All of these releases are first-come first-serve, and we can not reserve anything in advance.
• The first 50 people in line will receive a Free exclusive “Dumb Record” t-shirt along with purchase of any item in the store.
• Upon the initial opening rush of the day, we will be permitting 12 people at a time into the store.
• We will be running some store-wide sales throughout the day including:
– 25% off all used records
– 50% off all dollar records
– 50% off all used CDs
• There will be 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm in-store performances by Tony Colantino and DJ Lowki Lit

That’s about it for now! You can expect a facebook event to go up shortly! Thank you everybody and have a great day!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Well, well, look-ee here. We are back this week with another long list of new and used LPs that we’ve gotten in the store here in the past few days. Once again, this long list does not even include re-stocks for anything, or any of the 7″s, CDs, or cassettes we have been getting in. Our store is open every day from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm every day. We carry all sorts of formats of music and plenty of turntables as well!! We’ll be back with an announcement on details for Black Friday Record Store Day very soon as well! For now here’s a list of what’s new:

New LPs
ABBA – Voyage
Agression – Greatest
Annihilator – Never, Neverland
Atmosphere – You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having
Bad Religion – Against The Grain
Bastille – Doom Days
The Beatles – Past Masters
The Black Keys – El Camino
Brian Gascoigne – Phase IV Original Soundtrack
Budgie – Nightflight
Butthole Surfers – Rememberant Pussyhorse
Crazy Doberman – Illusory Expansion
Danny Elfman – Darkman
Dawes – North Hills
Every Time I Die – From Parts Unknown
Faith No More – Sol Invictus
J. Cole – Revenge Of The Dreamers
John Dupres – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
La Luz – La Luz
Lee Moses – How Much Longer Must I Wait?
Leslie Winer – When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It
Luke Stewart – Exposure Quintet
Mountain Man – Made The Harbor
Mr. Bungle – The Night They Came Home
Mutiny – A Night Out With The Boys
National Wake – Walk In Africa 1979-81
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – B-Sides & Rarities
Norman Feels – Norman Feels
Primus – Green Naugahyde
Quin Kirchner – The Shadows And The Light
R.E.M. – New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Real Estate – In Mind
The Shaggs – Philosophy Of The World
Snail Mail – Valentine
The Stooges – Gimme Danger
Various – Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR 1972-1986
Various – The Suicide Squad Original Soundtrack

Used LPs
Al Stewart – Love Chronicles
Aldo Nova – Subject… Aldo Nova
Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog
Alice Cooper – From The Inside
Alvin Lee & Mylon LeFevre – On The Road To Freedom
Andy Pratt – Shiver In The Night
B.B. King – Completely Well
Bill LaBounty – This Night Won’t Last Forever
Black Market Militia – The Black Market Militia
Bruce Cockburn – In The Falling Dark
Capitol Records – What’s In-Store For You #2
Carlos Montoya – Spontaneous Flamenco
Cher – Cher’s Golden Greats
Chick Corea – Children’s Songs
Circus Maximus – Circus Maximus
Dave Mason – It’s Like You Never Left
David Banner – Certified
Dottie West – Special Delivery
The Earl Scruggs Revue – Live! From Austin City Limits
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
England Dan And John Ford Coley – I Hear The Music
Essra Mohawk – Primordial Lovers
Frankie Paul Quartet – Frankie Paul Quartet
Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson – Winter In America
Gordon Lightfoot – The Very Best Of Gordon Lightfoot
Grin – Grin
Hank Williams – Life To Legend
Ian Matthews – Some Days You Eat The Bear
Jackson Browne – Saturate Before Using
J. Geils Band – Nightmares And Other Tales
Jon Mark – Songs For A Friend
John Barry – From Russia With Love Original Soundtrack
John Kirby – Boss Of The Bass
John Manning – White Bear
Jules And The Polar Bears – Got No Breeding
The King’s College Choir – The Nativity To Candlemas
Kuzu – The Glass Delusion
Leonard Cohen – Death Of A Ladies’ Man
Little Bob Story – Little Boy Story
The Lords Of The New Church – Killer Lords
Loudon Wainwright III – Unrequited
The Lovin’ Spoonful – You’re A Big Boy Now
Ludacris – Release Therapy
Maynard Ferguson – Carnival
Maynard Ferguson – Chameleon
Melissa Manchester – Better Days & Happy Endings
Mephiskapheles – God Bless Satan
Michael Dinner – The Great Pretender
Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come
The Mystic Moods Orchestra – Extensions
Neil Larsen – Jungle Fever
Nils Lofgren – I Came To Dance
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Ricochet
Noel Pointer – Hold On
Percy Faith – Forever Young
Ray Parker Jr. – Greatest Hits
Sham & The Professor – Split Personalities
Skatalites – Platinum Ska
SisQó – Unleash The Dragon
The Smurfs – Smurfing Sing Song
The Smufs – Best of Friends
The Surrey Strings – Made In France
Synergy – Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra
Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man / Bedtime Story
Thee Prophets – Playgirl
Tommy James & The Shondells – Crimson & Clover
Various – A La Carte
Various – The Arista Records Winter Sampler
Various – The House That Bradley Built
Various – Outlaw Country!
Various – Russian Folk Instrumental Music
Various – Top Hits Of The 50’s Vol. 2
Various – Urban Cowboy Original Soundtrack
WMMR – Breakout
The Young Rascals – Groovin’
101 Strings – Around The World With The 101 Strings

12” Singles
Drum – Bit It

Ice Skating Rink Downtown Grand Opening Today

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Cool!!! This is just a post to let you all know that today a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony was held for a new ice skating rink right on the Old State Capitol lawn (pictured above)!! The ceremony was held at 11:00 am earlier today, and the rink is open tonight (Saturday) until 7:00 pm.

This is the “LRS Ice Rink” being organized by Sangamon CEO. The rink will be open to the public Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings starting now through the holiday season. This goes along with Downtown Springfield’s “holiday walks” this year which take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You can find out more info as well as skate rental and season pass rates on the LRS Ice Rink website right here.

See you out on the rink!