Error Records, a record store based in Urbana, Illinois and also a sister store to Dumb Records, co-owned and operated by some of the same people has announced that it will be closing at the end of September. The store will be ending and a new music destination being called “See You CDs And Vinyl” will be taking it’s place in the same building, also as a record store. See part of Error’s announcement below:
The time has come to start a new chapter in my life, and with that comes the conclusion of Error Records. The final show at the music venue will be Saturday, August 29th. The record store’s last day open is Wednesday, September 30th. I’m excited to announce Jesse Grubbs will be taking over the space with his new music destination See You CD & Vinyl. Jesse has been helping in the shop since 2015 and collecting music his whole life. I have the utmost confidence that he will continue to bring great music to Champaign-Urbana.
Error Records has had an incredible impact on me over the past two and a half years and I leave it in fond memories. There are countless people who have helped along the way. Without any of you, this would not have been possible. Thank you to anyone that has ever had faith in me, it’s kept me going when times were extremely tough. Thank you to the generous people that donated time and money to get Error Records off the ground, as well as the countless interns and volunteers. Lastly, thank you to anyone that has come to a show or picked up a record. It’s been a pleasure getting to know so many wonderful people from around the world because of this little shop. I’m proud to say that Error Records had an awesome run and I wouldn’t change a thing.
See the full announcement on Error Records’s website. We wish Nathan Landolt the best of luck with all future endeavors. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Dumb Records and a lot of what is going on in Southtown would not exist without inspiration from what Nathan has done in Champaign/Urbana as well as him pushing us to open the store, and guiding us through the process. Nathan has continued to be very supportive of Southtown from behind the scenes for many years, (he was booking shows at Black Sheep in the first few years of it being open) and even still helps us out to this day when it comes to advice and guidance on running the record store. We can’t thank Nathan enough, and also will be supportive of the new “See You CDs and Vinyl” that will be taking Error’s place in Champaign.
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