This is a post to let you know that we have plenty of copies of the new February 2021 issue of Activator Magazine in our store! What fun!
This issue features Peoria-based rock group Tina Sparkle on the cover! They have been going strong as a band for 14 years now, and just recently came out with a new album! Let’s see what else is in this issue… we’ve got plenty of album reviews as usual. There are columns and usual, and a brand new column called “Dumb Perspective” by Dumb Records’s very own Brian Galecki! On some Springfield, IL music history! You can also find an interview with Jamie Meredith who organized C.A.M.P. (Creators of Art Music & Poetry) – a new program in town. This issue also features a “Soundcheck” section which checks in with artists and musicians from the area on what they are up to. It’s a lot of fun.
Pick up a copy of Activator Magazine for free at our store (open 12:00 to 5:30 pm every day) or other various locations around town! Also check out Activator’s online Patreon page and consider donating!
Local Drags are BACK – the Springfield pop punk project of Lanny Durbin (also of Starter Jackets) has blessed us this weekend with a brand new hit single off of a new upcoming album. The song is called “Think Straight” and you can listen to it on the youtube player embedded below. The song comes from an upcoming album called Keep Me Glued, which you can see the official album art for above. You can find pre-orders for the new album through Stardumb Records online right here! We will also be sure to look into getting stocked up with copies for Dumb Records as well. The album is being released on Friday, March 12th. It is being pressed on vinyl – both the standard black AND “chemical blue lake” colored vinyl!
This will be Local Drags’s sophomore album, after releasing Shit’s Lookin’ Up in 2019.
Dear Pen Pal, welcome to a brand new week at Dumb Records! It’s Tornado Drill Tuesday, so you know what what means. It means we got a fresh batch of new and used LPs, CDs, 12″ singles and more hitting the shelves. AND the arcade is back open every day, so every day is a good day here at Dumb Records. This week we’ve got a few new things from Iron Lung Records rolling in. The store is open every day from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm now (we are slowly but surely building our hours back up). Okay let’s get into what’s new:
New LPs Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams Billy Strings – Home Clock of Time – Pestilent Planet Cloud Nothings – Turning On Crass – The Feeding Of The 5000 Dire Straits – Making Movies GAG – Killing For Both Realities 3 ‘92 John Carpenter – Halloween Soundtrack John Prine – Storm Windows Mentira – Nada Es Sagrado The New York Dolls – Red Patent Leather PJ Harvey – Is This Desire? The Prats – Way Up High Prep – Prep Primus – Rhinoplasty Shrinkwrap Killers – Feral Rats Have Become Our Only Pets Uranium Club – All Of Them Naturals Uranium Club – Human Exploration Various – Brown Acid: The Sixth Trip Various – Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2 Weezer – (Black Album) Willie Mitchell – It’s Dance Time
Used LPs Barbra Streisand – What About Today? The Beach Boys – Made In U.S.A. Beverly Sills – Opera Arias Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows – One Track Mind B.J. Thomas – Songs Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jakon Dan & Dale – Country & Western Hits Doc Evans – Cornet Artistry Evelyn “Champagne” King – Smooth Talk The Flirts – 10¢ A Dance Frank Marino – The Power of Rock And Roll Helen Reddy – Play Me Out The Human Leagure – Fascination! Jethro Tull – A Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses Jim Nabors – Christmas Album Johnny Mann Singers – Golden Folk Songs Hits Keith Syke – It Don’t Hurt To Flift Merle Haggard – Serving 190 Proof Morgana King – Miss Morgana King Rick James – Switch Rick Springfield – Working Class Dog The Rotary Connection – Aladdin Shelleyan Orphan – Helleborine The Utah Symphony Orchestra – Song of Norway Van Talbert – Christmas Organ & Chimes Wayne Newton – Somewhere My Love Waves – Waves
12” Singles Chocolate Milk – Blue Jeans / Dawn Gene Farrow – Hey You Should Be Dancing Heatwave – Eyeballin’ Master P – Bout Daat Magical Force – Please Slow Down Moonrider – Moonrider Professor X – Years Of The 9 Tower Of Power – Rock Baby Vaivian Reed – Faith And Fire
New / Used CDs Alabama – When It All Goes South Boyz II Men – Cooleyhighharmony Branford Marsalis Quartet – Requiem Dierks – Bentley – Dierks Bentley Erasure – Hits! The Very Best Of Fats Domino – All-Time Greatest Hits The Fixx – 1011 Woodland Garth Brooks – Sevens The Gerry Mulligan Quartet – What Is There To Say? Jermaine Dupri – Unstructions Kathy Mattea – Love Travels John Berry – Faces Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now Juliana Hatfield – Beautiful Creature Juice Newton – Dirty Looks Lonestar – I’m Already There Mark Chesnutt – Thank God For Believers Medeski Martin And Wood – Last Chance To Dance Trance Paul Simon – Paul Simon Soul Asylum – Let Your Dim Light Shine
This is just a post to let you know that last night, with the help of Crowdson Creative and Activator Magazine, we tried pulling off our first ever live-streaming event featuring the band Balki Bros.
We’d say it was a success! Thank you to any of you who tuned in while we were live last night (which was a surprise)! We intended on attempting to make live-streaming from our stage more of a regular occurrence, but after the learning process we had last night we have decided that if we are going to do that we need to get higher speed internet first. For those of you who missed it, don’t worry! The entire video we took is up on our facebook page right here. We’ll keep you posted on what we have for any live-streaming in the future!
It’s another week here at Dumb Records record store! We might be getting closer and closer to opening our arcade, just you see. But for now, it’s just our store that’s open, and that is from 12:00 to 5:00 pm every day. This week we still got plenty of new and used LPs, CDs, and more going out on the shelves. We might be trying some new things out tonight involving live streaming and camera work that if go well, we could be getting more into in the future… we’ll see! Here’s the list of what we have this week!
New LPs Billie Strings – Home The Black Keys – Chulahoma Blink-182 – Nine Caribou – Suddenly Dire Straits – Making Movies Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City The Killers – Sam’s Town Primus – Rhinoplasty Rhino Records – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift Various – Back To The Future Original Soundtrack Various – The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Recording Story, Volume One Willie Mitchell – Ooh Baby, You Turn Me On Willie Mitchell – It’s Dance Time
Used LPs Badfinger – Straight Up Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra The Carleton Overtones – Singing Electric Light Orchestra – II Electric Light Orchestra – Olé ELO Fats Domino – When I’m Walking Flatt & Scruggs – Folk Songs of Our Land Foghat – Stone Blue Frank Marino – The Power of Rock And Roll Frank Marino – Juggernaut George Benson – Beyond The Blue Horizon Genesis – Seconds Out The Grasshoppers – The Chipmonk Song John Waite – No Brakes Johnny Cash – The Heart of Johnny Cash Juice Newton – Dirty Looks Helen Reddy – Greatest Hits Helen Reddy – Play Me Out The Human League – Fascination! Melanie – Melanie Merle Haggard – Serving 190 Proof Morgana King – Miss Morgana King Olivia Newton John – Soul Kiss Planet P Project – Planet P Project The Rotary Connection – Aladdin Sturgill Simpson – HIgh Top Mountain Suzi Quatro – If You Knew Suzi Various – Music From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Various – Christmas With The Stars Waves – Waves
12” Singles Chocolate Milk – Blue Jeans / Dawn The Dangerous Crew – Buy You Some Indeep – When The Boys Talk Kellee Patterson – Let Go, Let Go Philip Bailey – Children of the Ghetto The S.O.S. Band – If You Want My Love The S.O.S. Band – S.O.S. Stanley Clarke / George Duke – Heroes Suga T. – Recognize Tower Of Power – Rock Baby Trick Daddy Dollars – Gone / Your Bad Self Ugly Duckling – Smack / Let It Out 112 – Only You
New / Used CDs Billy Ray Cyrus – The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel Bobby Brown – Greatest Hits Boyz II Men – Full Circle Clint Black – Killin’ Time Da Brat – Unrestricted DJ Quik – Under Tha Influence Dru Hill – Dru World Order Emmylou Harris – Elite Hotel Eve 6 – Horrorscope Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight The Fixx – Reach The Beach The Fixx – Ultimate Collection Garth Brooks – Double Live Garth Brooks – Scarecrow Helmet – Meantime Helmet – Aftertaste Hooters – Nervous Night H20 – Thicker Than Water H20 – Go John Anderson – Seminole Wind John Anderson – Too Tough To Tame John Berry – Greatest Hits Junior Brown – Mixed Bag Mark Chesnutt – Too Cold At Home Mark Chesnutt – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing Paul Brandt – Calm Before The Storm 4 None Blondes – Bigger, Better Faster, More!
Welcome to a brand new week! Happy Monday everyone! Today we bring you news this past weekend we brought home a *virtual* award for our store’s award shelf. We are thrilled to accept Downtown Springfield Inc‘s award for “most creative promotion” for our Downtown Pinball Tournament which was held earlier this past fall. We had a whole lot of fun setting up the pinball tournament, and we can’t wait to do it again later on this year.
The Downtown Springfield Inc. awards ceremony was held virtually this year. You can check out what other local businesses and people won other awards on the DSI facebook page right here.
Once again congratulations to Prairie Archives for being the official winners for our Downtown Springfield Pinball Tournament for 2020. Who will be the winner for this year?
Good morning! Good afternoon! We have been so busy over here at Dumb Records that we haven’t been keeping up with much website stuff. Whoopsies! We better make sure we get out a list of new arrivals to you today though! We’ve been getting in more and more newer LPs as opposed to used ones lately. You decide if that’s a good thing or not. Our store is still open every day from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. We are open for appointments before or after that time, and we are still open for online orders at shopdumbrecords.com. What more could you need? Oh, don’t worry, the arcade is coming back very soon.
New LPs Arlin Peebles – Some Big Mystery Bette Smith – Jetlagger The Black Keys – Chulahoma Bob Marley & The Wailers – Uprising Buck Meek – Two Saviors Charlie Mingus – Blues & Roots Danny Elfman – Dick Tracy Original Score Dr. John – Gumbo Blues Fit For An Autopsy – The Sea of Tragic Beasts The Grateful Dead – Best Of The Grateful Dead 1967-1977 John Lee Hooker – Alone Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys – All Night Long The Killers – Day & Age Modest Mouse – The Fruit That Ate Itself Pop Smoke – Shoot For The Stars Shame – Drunk Tank Pink Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – At Home With Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Soccer Mommy – Collection Soccer Mommy – Clean Stevie Ray Vaughan – In The Beginning Swans – Children Of God Superchunk – Come Pick Me Up Syl Johnson – Back For A Taste Talk Talk – It’s My Life Television – Adventure Thurston Moore – By The Fire Townes Van Zandt – Sky Blue Twin Peaks – Wild Onion Various – Brown Acid: The Eleventh Trip Various – Fat Possum: Not The Same Old Blues Crap Various – If I Had A Pair of Wings: 2 WAVVES – Wavvves
Used LPs Art Tatum – The Greatest Piano Of Them All B.B. King – Original Folk Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson – Early Blues The Brides of Funkenstein – Funk or Walk Elton John – Jump Up! Elton John – Ice On Fire Eric Clapton – Slow Hand Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords Freddy Fender – Since I Met You Babby The Jackson 5 – Diana Ross Presents Heartsfield – The Wonder Of It All Jane Siberry – The Speckless Sky Jimmy Buffett – Floridays Laurindo Almeida – Guitar Recital Klymaxx – Girls Will Be Girls Natalie Cole Neil Diamond – Tap Root Manuscript Oliver Sain – At His Best RUSH – Permanent Waves Stephen Kalinich – Scrambled Eggs Tom Tom Club – Close To The Bone Tony Toni Toné – Boys And Girls Village People – Go West
12” Singles Cher – Take Me Home / What’s It Good Craig David – 7 Days Joeski Love – Pee-Wee’s Dance Howard Johnson – You’re The One I’ve Needed Most Wanted Feat. Precyse – Jobs Jobs Jobs Silkk The Shocker – We Soldiers Slimm Calhoun – Well Featuring K Slimm Cutta-Calhoun – It’s OK Stacks – Git It, Git It Sylvester – I (Who Have Nothing)
New / Used CDs Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel Bobby Brown – Greatest Hits Clint Black – Killin’ Time Emmylou Harris – Elite Hotel Eve 6 – Eve 6 Da Brat – Unrestricted DJ Quik – Under Tha Influence Eurythmics – Be Yourself Tonight The Fixx – Reach The Beach The Fixx – React Garth Brooks – Scarecrow Helmet – Meantime Helmet – Aftertaste H2O – Go John Anderson – Too Tough To Tame John Anderson – Country ’Til I Die Junior Brown – Mixed Bag Mark Chesnutt – Too Cold At Home Mark Chesnutt – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing Paul Brandt – Calm Before The Storm 4 Non Blondes – Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
Oops, we almost forgot to mention! It’s that special time of the year again. It’s happening a little bit later into January than usual, but it’s the time of the year when we release our poll results for our annual Best of Local Music poll, and we team up with Activator Magazine for their January issue featuring all of the results.
We will be posting some of the results to our polls online here in the coming days. For now though, we are letting you know that we have a few copies available of the new Activator for free in our store! You can also pick them up at different locations around town. And thank you to everyone who helped us in contributing write-ups for this issue!
Greetings! Greetings. Good morning. It’s another week at our Dumb Record store… and this time we are actually open! (With limited hours). Our store is open, we are still taking appointments before or after our operating hours, and we are still offering shipping, delivery, and pickup options at shopdumbrecords.com… what more could you ask for? Our physical store is open at 418 E Monroe Street from 12-5pm every day now. We’ll likely build those hours up over time. The arcade is still closed. Okay let’s dive into all of what’s new – this week once again we have a fresh stack of new and used LPs, 12″ singles, CDs, and more. We even have a whole bunch of turntables for sale!
New LPs Aaron Frazer – Introducing Aaron Frazer Big Red Machine – Big Red Machine Brand New – Deja Entendu Courtney Marie Andrews – Honest Life Eminem – The Slim Shady LP End Result – The Seven Year Locust Returns Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Kraftwerd – Techno Pop The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Don’t Know How To Party Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor Protagonists – 1983-1985 Ray Charles – The Genius After Hours Sleep – The Sciences Superchunk – Indoor Living Superchunk – Majesty Shredding Syd Barrett – Opel Thrice – Palms Townes Van Zandt – In The Beginning Various – New Your City Hardcore Void / Faith – Split X – Alphabetland
Used LPs Bob James – All Around The Town Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker – Hooker N Heat Canned Heat – Canned Heat Colosseum II – Electric Savage Eddie Money – Eddie Money Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus Elton John – Sleeping With The Past Emerson Meyers – Provocative Electronics Ernie Hines – Electrified Diana Ross – Last Time I Saw Him Frank Sinatra – Sentimental Journey Frank Sinatra – Nice N’ Easy Gato Barbieri – Tropico Henry Mancini – The Mancini Touch Jane Wiedlin – Jane Wiedlin Joe English Band – Live John Hall – John Hall Julian Bream – Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar Mickey Thomas – As Long As You Love Me The Mike Curb Congregation – Sweet Gingerbread Man Nick Glider – City Nights Ollie Baba – Ollie Baba Ray Bohr – The Radio City Music Hall Organ Ringo Starr – Bad Boy Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels Scorpions – Love At First Sting Scorpions – Savage Amusement Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’77 – Love Music Steven Farmer & Michael Myers – Homegrown Studio 78 – Music From The Movie FM Vaneese Thomas – Vaneese Yes – Going For The One Yes – 90125 10cc – Look Hear? 13th Floor Elevators – Flivver
12” Singles ABC – The Night You Murdered Love Brand Nubian – A Child Is Born Buffalo Smoke – Stubborn Kind of Fella Nikki D – Hang On Kid
New / Used CDs Annie Lennox – Bare Annie Pennox – Diva Art Garfukel – Scissors Cut Asleep At The Wheel – The Best Of Asleep At The Wheel – Superhits Babyface – Face 2 Face Ben Harper – Diamonds On The Inside Ben Harper – Live At The Hollywood Bowl EP Billie Holiday – The Quintessential Black Hawk – Love & Gravity Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – The Collection Volume Two Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – The Collection Volume One Chad Brock – III Chad Brock – Yes! Chubby Checker – Greatest Hits Clint Black – Dilectrified Clint Black – The Hard Way Eurythmics – Peace Eurythmics – Greatest Hits Felix TX – Lechuza Fishsticks – Disko Five – Five Garth Brooks – Fresh Horses Indigo Girls – 3 Pak Indigo Girls – Swamp Ophelia Ja Rule – The Last Temptation Jay-Z – Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life Joe – Better Days John McLaughlin – This Is Jazz #17 John Anderson – Paradise Mark Chesnutt – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing Mary Chapin Carpenter – Stones In The Road Mindy McCready – Ten Thousand Angels Nsync – Celebrity Robert Earl Keen – Gravitational Forces Sarah Vaughan – The Definitive Sarah Vaughan Tammy Cochran – Tammy Cochran
Well, well, well, did you know that today just so happens to be our birthday? That’s right, seven years ago (January 11th, 2014) was the grand open for our store’s original location at 1107 South Grand Ave, next to The Black Sheep. So now we are officially 7 years old and entering our eighth year.
We are not looking to have a huge celebration this year of course, but we are deciding to move forward in re-opening our store (just a bitty bit more) today by switching the *open* sign to “on” from 12-5pm every day now.
Here’s the low-down for now: – The store is open 12-5pm every day. – Limit to 8 customers in the store at a time. – Masks required (duh), we also have hand sanitizer as you enter. – The arcade is still closed for now. We are not doing reservations on that for now either, maybe soon. – We are still open to store appointments happening before noon or after 5pm! Just call, email or message us ahead of time. – We are still offering shipping, delivery, or store pick-up options on shopdumbrecords.com!
That’s it for now! Check out our Black Sheep History Page if you want to get teary-eyed and think back on all of the fun times we’ve had together over the years.
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