New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s time to drop a nice list of new arrivals for the store this week! Are you ready? This week we have a good chunk of new LPs, and the usual used, 12″ singles, and new and used CDs. No shows are going on of course, but there is a downtown Springfield pinball tournament we are hosting that is shaping up to be pretty fun. Yes, Record Store Day’s first “drop date” for 2020 is taking place this upcoming Saturday. We have a very very very small stack going out for this first drop date (please don’t be disappointed if we don’t have the exclusives you are hoping to get). Our store is open our usual hours of 11:00 am to 7:00 pm that day and every day, and we are still limiting the number of people inside our building to 10 at a time. Here is what’s new!

New LPs
Al Green – Greatest Hits
American Football – LP2
Bjork – Utopia
The Black Crowes – Before The Frost
Bright Eyes – Down In The Weeds
Dashboard Confessional – The Places You Have Come To Fear…
Elliott Smith – Either/Or
Eric Dolphy Quintet – Outward Bound
Lead Belly – The Best of Lead Belly
Ministry – The Land of Rape And Honey
Morrissey – I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Queens of the Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
Spoon – Girls Can Tell
Tank & The Bangas – Green Balloon

Used LPs
The Beach Boys – Wild Honey / 20/20
Big Twist And The Mellow Fellows – Live From Chicago!
Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
Bobby Bare – Sings Lullabys, Legends, and Lies
Bobby Darin – Winners
Bonnie Guitar – I Believe In Love
Charlie Byrd – Aquarius
David Newton – Victim of Circumstance
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Cream of the Crop
Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker
Emmylou Harris – Cimarron
Frank Sinatra – Sunday & Everyday With Frank Sinatra
Frankie Valli – Hits
Henry Mancini – The Theme Scene
Jean-Luc Ponty – Mystical Adventures
Johnny & The Hurricanes – Stormville
The Limeliters – Their First Historic Album
Midnight Star – Planetary Invasion
Neil Diamond – On The Way To The Sky
Olivia Newton-John – If You Love Me, Let Me Know
Roberta Flack – First Take
The Sandpipers – Come Saturday Morning
Steve Lawrence – Take It On Home
The Supremes – Supremes at the Copa
Surf Punks – My Beach
Thompson Twins – In The Name of Love
Van Halen – For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Various – The Best of Christmas Volume 2
Various – The Best of Gold! Vol. 1
Various James Bond – 13 Original Themes
Various – Folk Sixties
Various – Beat Runs Wild
Wendy Wall – Wendy Wall
101 Strings – Play Hit American Waltzes

12” Singles
Frank Hooker & Positive People – Ooh Suga Wooga
Heatwave – Mind Blowing Decisions
The O’Jays – Let Me Show You
The Sylvers – Don’t Stop, Get Off
Touchdown – Breakout

New/Used CDs
America – In Concert
America – Human Nature
Anne Murray – What A Wonderful World
Anne Murray – Croonin’
Bessie Smith – Martin Scoresese Presents
Bessie Smith – The Essential Bessie Smith
Bill Haley & His Comets – The Best Of

Billie Holiday – Ultimate Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday – Songs for Distingué Lovers
Brad Mehldau – Places
Diane Schuur – Love Walked In
Diane Schuur – The Best Of
Duncan Sheik – Phantom Moon
Duncan Sheik – Duncan Sheik
Eric Marienthal – Turn Up The Heat
Gerry Mulligan – Legacy
Gerry Mulligan – This Is Jazz 18
Jan & Dean – Favorites
Jelly Roll Morton – Jelly Roll Stomp
Joe Lovano – Quartets
Lee Konitz – Spirits
Lyle Mays – Street Dreams
Montgomery Gentry – Carrying On
New Order – Brotherhood
New Order – BBC Radio / Live In Concert
Paul Simon – Concert In The Park
Paul Simon – One Trick Pony
Rocket From The Crypt – All Systems Go 2
Ronny Jordan – A Brighter Day
Ronny Jordan – At Last
Russell Malone – Heartstrings
Sammy Kershaw – The Hits Chapter Two
Sammy Kershaw – The Hits / Chapter 1
Sarah Vaughan – The Divine
Simon And Garfunkel – Greatest Hits
Simon And Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence
Slick Shoes – Wake Up Screaming
The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
The Smiths – The Smiths
Sublime – Greatest Hits
Various – DooWop Classics
Wynton Marsalis – Mr. Jelly Lord
Wynton Marsalis – Plays Monk Standard Time

Tilt Warning: “Game Over EP”

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Today we bring you a new four-song EP from a new Springfield project that we know absolutely nothing about. We don’t know who is in this, where it came from, if it’s going to ever play any live shows or release more music, or what. The project is called “Tilt Shift” and this Game Over EP mysteriously surfaced as a link deep and hidden in the Springfield Underground Pinball and Music forum. You can check it out streaming on the player embedded below. Also head on over to the Tilt Shift bandcamp page where you can download the music at your own price. From the Tilt Shift bandcamp page:

Tilt Warning’s debut release, Game Over EP, is a collection of b-sides written and recorded in 2020. Are we the first band ever to debut with just b-sides? Probably. But these songs didn’t have a future planned and the pandemic put a hold on future plans, so we wanted to share these songs with you in the meantime. Enjoy!

We have added this one on to our Springfield album archive page as well.

Cornbread: “Remember”

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Long running local hip hop artist Cornbread has hit us with a brand new song a couple of days ago called “Remember.” It features other local artists Beenie Blanco and Meezy Killafield. Check out the song embedded on the youtube player below.

Check out more of Cornbread’s music on his bandcamp page right here. Also don’t forget to check out 217hiphop.com for more local hip hop news.

Our Downtown Springfield Businesses Pinball Tournament Has Kicked Off!

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Let the fun begin!!! Yesterday we officially kicked off our first ever Official Downtown Springfield Businesses Pinball Tournament here at Dumb Records. Pictured above are our first two contenders, representing businesses Prairie Archives and Public Market setting each of their high scores. Right now we have a nice round number of 32 businesses participating, but we are open to more joining during this first round. The tournament is a single-elimination style tournament with multiple rounds, and each round featuring a different game in our arcade. This first round features the game Medieval Madness and goes from now until September 6th. Businesses have until then to come in or send employee representatives over to set their high scores.

We will report back with the results for the final round on this site, and also give daily updates over on our facebook page. The winner gets a trophy.

Attic Salt: “Mud” (New Song + Video)

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Attic Salt are doing it big time with their new album Get Wise coming out next month. This week they debuted the first hit single from that new album via Brooklyn Vegan. You can check out that full article about them and with a stream to the song and video right here. We’ve also embedded the youtube video below. The song is called “Mud.” From the article:

“Mud” is actually the last song that came together right before we went into the studio to record Get Wise. Written by Alyssa Currie during a downpour, the song really came together during recording. Being such a new song, and all of us recording separately, it became an instant favorite of ours once it was finished.

Get Wise is out September 25th via Jump Start Records, and will be available on vinyl.

Demons on Wheels: Activator

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Demons on Wheels, one of the numerous recording projects of Mark Schwartz, has released a brand new track “Activator Magazine” from a recording video session featured on… Activator Magazine. You can find that track on the player below. Head on over to the Demons on Wheels bandcamp page to purchase the download of the song.

Also check out that full video interview segment with Mark put together by Activator and Crowdson Creative on youtube right here. Mark also released a full album, Still Standing, under the Demons on Wheels recording project earlier this year.

The Dixie Narcos: “Time Girl And The Unknown”

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Jacksonville, Illinois-based psychedelic project The Dixie Narcos are at it again with a brand new song and video for “Time Girl And The Unknown.” You can check that out on the player embedded below. The band has also been posting clips on their facebook page from upcoming songs for a new album they are working on entitled Nantucket 3. From the youtube description it seems like this song might be for another project: “This song is for Time Girl Productions upcoming animated/live action show. This is a work in progress.”

The Dixie Narcos have put out a lot of albums, there are ten of them listed on their spotify page.

Activator Presents: Mark Schwartz (Video)

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Activator Magazine is continuing their teaming up with Crowdson Creative as part of their ongoing video series, usually featuring local musical acts which are also featured on the magazine’s cover for the month. This time around Mark Schwartz is featured in the video series. Mark is a recording artist in town with multiple recording project names that he is constantly releasing new music under. Mark sits down with the Activator team and describes the differences in each project and also shows his studio setup along with some wacky instruments and what his creative process is like. Check out that video below!

Also pick up a copy of Activator Magazine at our store or various other locations around town for free!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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There are a ton of good things hitting the shelves at our store nowadays. And there is no sign of the good good records coming down the pipes stoping. This week we have piles upon piles of new and used LPs, 12″ singles, CDs, cassettes, and 7″ records. Today we bring you a list of a portion of all of that stuff. Our store is open everyday downtown from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. Our arcade is open those same times during store hours. Okay, let’s dive into what’s new:

New LPs
Explosions In The Sky – All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
Hawkwind – Hawkwind
Harry Styles – Fine Line
I Roy – Gussie Presenting I Roy
Jerry Garcia – Garcialive Volume 14
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gumboat Soup

Used LPs
Aerosmith – Draw The Line
Alicia Bridges – Alicia Bridges
April Wine – First Glance
April Wine – Walking Through Fire
Atomic Rooster – Made In England
Black Oak – I’d Rather Be Sailing
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Chet Atkins – The Best of Chet Atkins
Country Funk – Country Funk
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
Dawn – Candida
Edgar Winter – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
Edgar Winter’s White Trash – Roadwork
Engelbert Humperdinck – Another Time, Another Place
Diana Gordon – Pure
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Motown Legends
Diana Ross – Lady Sings The Blues
Frank Sinatra – Sings Days of Wine And Roses
Frank Sinatra – Some Nice Things I’ve Missed
Gary Moore – Run For Cover
Gene Pitney – Golden Hits
George Carlin – Occupation: Foole
Guy Lombardo – Sweet & Heavenly
Henry Mancini – Revenge Of The Pink Panther
Henry Mancini – Mr. Lucky
The Herb Pomeroy ORchestra – Life A Many Splendored Gig
The Ink Spots – Spotlight On The Ink Spots
Isaac Hayes – In The Beginning
The J. Geils Band – Bloodshot
James Brown – Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday
James Taylor – And The Original Flying Machine
Joe Cocker – Unchain My Heart
KISS – Hotter Than Hell
Liona Boyd – The First Lady Of The Guitar
Mantovani – American Waltzes
Max Collie Rhythm Aces – Battle of Trafalgar
Mel Brooks – Mel Brooks’ Greatest Hits
Michael A. Gardner – Human Beans
Miles Davis – Get Up With It
Mitch Ryder – What Now My Love
Pat Metheny – Watercolors
The Platters – More Encore of Golden Hits
Paul McCartney – McCartney II
The Red Garland Trio – A Garland of Red
Roger Williams – Spanish Eyes
Roy Orbison – In Dreams: The Greatest Hits
RUSH – Caress of Steel
Spinners – Pick of the Litter
Ted Nugent – Free-For-All
The Teenagers – Dick Biondi’s Favorites
Thin Lizzy – Johnny The Fox
Three Dog Night – Three Dog Night
Various – Jazz Omnibus
Various – A Very Merry Christmas Volume VII
Various The Best of the British Invasion
Various – The Big Hits Now
Various – A Christmas To Remember
The Walter Murphy Band – A Fifth of Beethoven
Wilson Pickett – Greatest Hits
Yardbirds – Favorites
Yardbirds – Over Under Sideways Down
Yello – You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
Yes – Close TO The Edge

12” Singles
Daniel Ash – Spooky
Kid Seville – Do You Have A Car?
Speedy J – The Remixes

New / Used CDs
Alison Kraus And Union Station – Lonely Runs Both Ways
America – Hideaway
Anne Murray – The Best …So Far
Art Garfunkel – Up ’Til Now
Bessie Smith – The Essential Bessie Smith
Billie Holiday – Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday – Ken Burns Jazz
Carmen McRae – Ballad Essentials
Carmen McRay – Finest Hour
Carolyn Dawn Johnson – Room With A View
Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again
Dave Navarro – Trust No One
Dion – New Masters
Dion – Deja Nu
Duncan Sheik – Humming
Gerry Mulligan – Triple Play
John McLaughlin – Devotion
The Kinleys – II
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
Medeski Martin & Wood – Uninvisible
Meshell Mdegeocello – Bitter
Mindy McCready – If I Don’t Stay THe Night
Mindy McCready – Super Hits
Najee – The Best of Najee
Nickel Creek – This Side
New Order – Technique
No Doubt – No Doubt
Ottmar Liebert – Nouveau Flamenco
The Queers – A Day Late And A Dollar Short
Ramsey Lewis – Dance Of The Soul
Robert Earl Keen – Walking Distance
Seven Mary Three – RockCrown
Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3AM
Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends

We Are Organizing A Downtown Springfield Pinball Tournament

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Yes, that’s right you heard that correctly. After getting multiple suggestions that we should do something like this, we are having a go at organizing a pinball tournament among downtown businesses, to kick off within the week. This will be a very socially distant tournament – business owners or representatives can come in to the arcade at any point to set their own scores without any sort of group in the arcade. This will be a double elimination style tournament with multiple rounds, and different games featured in each round.

We will be keeping track of scores and posting updates on our facebook page, as well as keeping a giant updated winners bracket in our score. Right now the tournament’s first round is shaping up as follows:

1. WILLOW & BIRCH vs. SPRINGFIELD VINTAGE
2. GALLINA’S PIZZA vs. CORRINE’S CLOSET
3. MAYOR LANGFELDER vs. RESOURCE ONE
4. KRISTI MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY vs. LA PIAZZA
5. REVERIE APPAREL vs. PRAIRIE ARCHIVES
6. GOOD HEART TATTOO vs. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
7. DAISY JANE’S vs. DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD INC.
8. MURPHY’S LOFT vs. CUSTOM CUP
9. THE PHARMACY GALLERY vs. PURE PERFORMANCE FITNESS CENTER
10. WILD ROSE vs. PUBLIC MARKET

Round 1 features the most popular pinball game Medieval Madness, and participants have from August 21st through September 6th to set their high scores.

The winner of the tournament will get an official “downtown Springfield pinball champion 2020” trophy to put on display in their own business.

Who do you think is going to win? Place your bets now on our online underground pinball forum.