Some new stuff hitting the shelves at Dumb Records this week! For those of you who do not know, Dumb Records is that local record store located at 1107 South Grand E. Ave. with that giant green elephant right next door to it. You see that giant green elephant? Anyways, thanks to all who came out for Cassette Store Day at Dumb Records this past weekend. We have a few cassettes left over from that as well as a few more that have gone up on the shelves since then. Let’s take a look at the store’s hours for the week and then get into the new arrivals:

Wednesday: noon – 8:00 pm
Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Saturday: noon – 8:00 pm
Sunday: noon – 8:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Ausmuteants
Baus – Idle Minds
Nancy – With Child

Used LPs
The 77 Strings Orchesta – Waltz Favorites
Andy Williams – Days of Wine and Roses
Jerry Burke – Golden Organ Hits
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Dance to the Songs Everybody Knows!
Hal Simmons – Sings Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – S.R.O.
Henry Mancini – Music of Hawaii
Jim Croce – Life And Times
The Limeliters – Sing Out!
Lloyd Prince – 16 Greatest Hits
Midnight String Quartet – Love Rhapsodies
Mitch Miller – Rhythm: Sing Aong With Mitch
Mitch Miller – Still More! Sing Along With Mitch
The Norman Luboff Choir – Great Movie Themes
Pal Joey – Soundtrack of the Columbia Picture
Pete Fountain – Licorice Stick
Pete Fountain – Walking Through New Orleans

Used Cassettes
Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good
Def Leppard – Hysteria
Eric Clapton – At His Best
Jethro Tull – M.U. The Best of Jethro Tull
Loverboy – Loverboy
Rick Springfield – Living In Oz
Rick Springfield – Hard To Hold
Sharptooth – Position of Trust
Van Morrison – Moondance

We have a show coming up here on Monday, October 24th (in just two weeks) that we sure are excited about. We have the band Sonic Avenues coming from Montreal, Canada. Sonic Avenues play some type of garage rock n’ roll music and have worked with labels Dirtnap, Blow The Fuse, Dead Broke, Sabotage, Taken By Surprise, Hosehead, P.Trash, Going Gaga, Ricochet Sound all in the past. You can stream their newest and fourth full length album on the player below. In addition to Sonic Avenues, this show will also be the debut of a new Springfield band called Starter Jackets, featuring members of Hospital Job. Opening things up we have the hip hop / electronic project Animals With Human Names and that’s it for now!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at all of the other shows coming up at Black Sheep the rest of the fall.

Oh it’s such a beautiful day outside for Cassette Store Day happening all day today at Dumb Records (1107 South Grand E Ave)! The store is getting a number of exclusive releases and new arrivals on cassette (see our previous post here), and will be open today from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm. Even if you are not a collector of cassettes, come on out because everything else in the store is 15% off! Non-exclusive cassettes are a whole 30% off today only.

There is also an in-store show tonight at Dumb Records featuring three acts. We have the newer Petersburg-based electronic project called Rustocrat (you won’t want to miss this). Stream some of Rustocrat’s music on the player below. We also have the dirty garage project- The Nine Elevens making a return since Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s Dumbfest show. Then third act is a solo set by Eric Marvel of Luzhin Defense. The show starts at 7:00 pm inside the store and is completely free. Why not come check it out? Find a facebook event for all of that right here.