We can’t get over with how crazy busy we are going to be with our new store now that we are downtown this spring and summer – and we haven’t even started with shows yet! We just got done with a grand opening and a big parade, and now in less than a month we are looking at the biggest day of the year for our store – Record Store Day! Taking place this year on Saturday, April 13th. You are going to mark your calendars for this one. We’ll admit that we went overboard and put in the biggest Record Store Day order we have ever done. There are nearly 400 exclusive titles being released just for this day, and we probably ordered two thirds of those titles (some multiple copies of). Check out the long list of exclusive releases on the Record Store Day site right here. Here is Pitchfork’s inside scoop on some notable releases this year. We’ll be posting our list of what we are expecting to get at some point soon. As usual, we can not do holds on exclusive releases for anybody.

We are opening our doors right at 8:00 am for this big big day. Feel free to stand outside in line. We’ll also have coffee available from Foamed Up (usually located at the mall), and probably donuts of some sort. We’ll be open late that night – also are planning on a show happening in our new space at 7:00 pm (which we can not tell you about because we are still waiting on the city’s approval! #$&%@!). Check out a facebook event for all of this right here.

This day is also about supporting your local record store! We are excited to be downtown during Record Store Day this year because it will be more of an event between all three of the stores here downtown! Check out Recycled Records (also participating, opening up at 8:00am, and The Elf Shelf (open 10am-3pm).

Hey! Did you know that one week from tomorrow is one of the biggest days of the year for us at Southtown Record Store Dumb Records? That’s because it is Black Friday Record Store Day, which happens every year (similar to Record Store Day in April). This year that is taking place the day after Thanksgiving on Friday, November 23rd. The store has a good number of exclusive releases coming in as usual, but will also be doing the biggest sale we have ever held – 50% off the entire store (new and used). Wow! In addition to all of that there will be a show in the store at 7:00 pm, which is free!

Let’s take a look at the acts performing for the in-store show at 7:00 pm. The one full band we have on the bill is a newer Springfield project and from our understanding a heavier band called “Foot“. You can stream some Foot on the player below. Also performing is Kenyon DeShasier. Kenyon makes a lot of music, you should check out his Youtube page. Before that we have excellent musician Matt LaMarca. And opening things up looks like we have a solo musician from Winchester, IL who recently put out an album that we carry in our store on vinyl – Stuart Smith.

The store is open from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm for Black Friday (wow). It’s probably safe to say that we’ll have coffee and donuts for all of you early birds. Check out a facebook event for Black Friday at Dumb Records here. The 50% sale applies to everything except those exclusive releases. Do you want that list of exclusives? Here you go:

Antrax – Kings Among Scotland (LPx3)
B-52’s – Cosmic Thing (Rainbow Colored LP)
Bauhaus – Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape (White LP)
Borns – Borns Live At Amoeba (12”)
Breeders – Safari EP
Cheap Trick – Epic Archive Vol. 2 1980-1983 (LPx2, Clear)
CKY – Too Precious To Kill
John Coltrane – Selects From Both Directions At Once (12”, Orange)
Czarface – Dog Days of Tomorrow 7” + Comic Book
Devo – Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo (Picture Disc)
Dr. Octagon – Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation LP
Flaming Lips – Mushroom Tapes (Colored LP)
Germs – What We Do Is Secret EP (Blue)
Grateful Dead – Playing In The Band Seattle WA (LP)
Gravediggaz – 6 Feet Deep (LPx2, Picture Disc)
Judas Priest – Rock A Rolla (LP)
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire (LP, Smoke Swirl)
Jim Morrison & The Doors – An American Prayer (LP, Red)
Harry Nilsson – Popeye: Music From The Motion Picture (LP)
Ramones – Live In Glasgow (LPx2)
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 (Picture Disc)
Sublime – Greatest Hits (Yellow LP + Flexi)
Taylor Swift – Red (Clear LP)
Talking Heads – Remain In Light (LP, Clear Red)
Type O Negative – Bloody Kisses (LPx3)
Weezer – Africa (Picture Disc)
Iggy & The Stooges – Rare Power (LP)
Outkast – Rosa Parks (LP)
Rage Against The Machine – Live & Rare (LPx2)

As you may know, the biggest day of the year for Dumb Records and many other record stores around the globe – Record Store Day – is happening this Saturday, April 21st. Dumb Records is opening early at 8:00 am and has a couple of hundred exclusive releases lined up to be hitting the shelves, as well as free coffee provided by Free Press, sales, and more exciting things lined up. There will be live musical performances in the store starting at 2:00 pm and also a metal show at Black Sheep that night. More info can be found on a facebook event right here. Today we are bringing you the list of 200 exclusive titles that we are expecting to see on the shelves at Dumb Records this weekend. You can find that below.

*Disclaimers!!! – We are not guaranteed to get any of these titles, this is just what we ordered! There are always a few titles that don’t end up coming in every year. NO, we can not put holds or set aside any of these releases for you. They are all first come-first serve. Unfortunately we are only looking at one copy of each release listed here in our store as well. Every year we have participated in RSD we have been able to order more records and we hope to get to the point to where we are able to order everything off of the official RSD list and multiple copies of the *hotter* titles.

OUR LIST:
Aaron Drake – The Godfathers of Hardcore (Original Motion Picture Score)
The Alarm – Where The Two Rivers Meet
Albert Hammond Jr. – Etchings From Francis Trouble
Arthur Lee & Love – Coming Through You
AWOLNATION – Live In Vienna
Beaver And The Trappers – Happiness Is Havin’ 7”
Belly – FEEL
Ben Kweller – Sha Sha
Bernard Purdie & Friends – Cool Down
Bert Jansch – L.A. Turnaround
Billy Davis – Billy Davis
Bill Murray / Jan Vogler and Friends – New Worlds
Billie Eilish – Party Favor / Hotline Bling 7”
The Black Lips & The Khan Family – Play Safe
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Backwash 7”
Blackrock – Blackrock “Yeah, yeah”
Bo Diddley – 16 All-Time Greatest Hits
Bobbie Gentry – Live At The BBC
Bobby Bare – Things Change
Brian Eno with Kevin Shields – The Weight Of History
Brothers Osborne – Port Saint Joe
Buffalo Tom – The Only Living Boy In New York 7”
Cam’ron – Purple Haze
Chainsaw Kittens – Chainsaw Kittens
Charlie Daniels – Memories, Memoirs & Miles: Songs of a Lifetime
Chet Faker – Thinking In Textures
Chicano Batman – Chicano Batman
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Raven’s Reels – Knock
Cho Young-wuk – Oldboy OST
Cho Young-wuk Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
Chuck Berry – Greatest Hits
Common – Can I Borrow A Dollar
Courtney Barnett – City Looks Pretty & Sunday Roast
Courtney Barnett – The Double EP: Sea of Split Peas
Creation Rebel – Dub From Creation
Cuby + Blizzards – L.S.D. (Got A Million Dollars) / Your Body Not Your Soul
Curved Air – Air Conditioning: Limited Edition Picture Disc LP
Czarface – Man’s Worst Enemy
The Dap-Kings – A Closer Look at The Dap-Kings
Daniel Rossen – Deerslayer
Daughter – Music From Before The Storm
David Axelrod – Song of Innocence
David Bowie – David Bowie
Def Leppard – Live From Abbey Road
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Live At Kexp
Demon Fuzz – I Put A Spell On You
Dessa – Quinine 7”
Dickey Betts – The Dickey Betts Band Live
DJM Trio – Cave Art Too
Dr. Octagon – Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation
Duck Baker – Les Blues De Richmond
Dumptruck – Wrecked
Dwarves – Lucifer’s Crank
Eli Paperboy Reed – Meets High & Mighty Brass Band
Ella Fitzgerald – Ella At Zardi’s
Elton John Vs. Pnau – Good Morning To The Night
Elvis Costello – Someone Else’s Heart
Ennio Morricone – Autopsy Original Soundtrack
Eric Burdon & The Animals – Nights In San Francisco
Eric Church – 61 Days In Church
Evanescence – Lost Whispers
Fidlar – Fidlar
Flamin’ Groovies – Grease
Florinan Fricke – Spielt Mozart 9
Flume – Flume
Frank Zappa – Lumpy Gravy: Primordial
George Martin – Beatles To Bond And Bach
George Thorogood And The Destroyers – Shot Down / Ain’t Coming Home Tonight
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
Goat – Double Date Original Score
Gov’t Mule – Girl With No Self-Esteem / Bed of Lies
Grant Green – Funk In France: From Paris to Antibes
Grant Green – Slick! – Live at Oil Can Harry’s
The Groundhogs – Scratching The Surface
Gwenifer Raymond – Deep Sea Diver / Bleeding Finger Blues 7”
Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea – Blue Planet II
Hellbound Glory – Pinball (Junkie Edition)
The Honey Drippers/Brotherhood – Impeach The President
Insane Clown Posse – The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
J Dilla – Ruff Draft: The Dilla Mix
Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski – Hudson
Jeff Beck – Truth
Jerry Garcia – Run For The Roses
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints – On Pebble Street 7”
John Carter Cash – We Must Believe In Magic
John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi 10”
Johnny Thunders – So Alonesome
Johnny Winter – The King of Slide
Jungle Rot – What Horrors Await
Killing Joke – Absolute Dissent
The Kinks – Phobia
Lady Antebellum – Heart Break 7”
Laraaji – Sun Transformations
Laura Veirs – Fading Of Stars 7”
Los Sospechos – Postales
Lou Reed and Kris Kristofferson – The Bottom Line Archive Series
Marnie Stern – This Is It And I Am It And You Are It…
The Legendary Marvin Pontiac – Greatest Hits
Marlo Thomas and Friends – Free To Be You And Me
Marty Wilson-Piper – Spirit Level
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
Maytones – Only Your Picture
MC5 – I Can Only Give You Everything 7”
MC5 – Looking At You / Borderline 7”
Melvin Sparks – Texas Twister
Messengers Incorporated – Soulful Proclamation
Michael Kiwanuka – Out Loud
Mickey Hart – Ramu
Mike Posner – I Was Born In Detroit…
The Mohawks – The Champ
The Moody Blues – Say It With Love
Nas – Live From The Kennedy Center
Nazz – The Fungo Bat Acetates
Niall Horan – Mirrors 10”
Nick Hakim / The Onyx Collective – Nick Hakim/Onyx Collective
Noah Gundersen – Selections From “White Noise”
Nublu Orchestra Conducted by Butch Morris – LP
The Pagans – Hollywood or Die / She’s Got The Itch
Patton Oswalt – Annihilation
Patty Smyth & Scandal – Goodbye To You! Best Of The ‘80s Live
Phoenix – Monologue 7”
Plush – Fed
The Police – Roxanne 7”
Pompeii – The Secret Sessions
Popol Vuh – Messa Di Orfeo
The Queers & Chris Barrows Band – Split
Question Mark and the Mysterians – Doncha Want My Love 7”
Raekwon – The Vatican Mixtape Vol. 2
Raekwon – Vatican Mixtape Vol. 1
Raekwon – Vatican Mixtape Vol. 3
Residents- W*** B**** Album
Richard Lloyd – Radiant Monkey
Ride – Waking Up In Another Town: Weather Diaries Remixed
Rober Glasper Experiment – Robert Glasper x Kaytranada Remixes 10”
Robyn Hitchcock – Robyn Hitchcock & His LA Squires 7”
The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majestics Request
Rugged Nuggets x Smoke DZA x Fly Anakin x Blu – Head Above Water
Run The Jewels – Stay Gold Collectors Jewel Box
Sam Waymon – Ganja & Hess 1973
Sevdaliza – The Calling EP
Shocking Blue – Single Collection (A’s & B’s Part 1)
Skatalites – Hi-bop Ska
Soneros De Verdad & Luis Frank Arias Mosquera – A Buena Vista: Barrio De La Habana
Soul Jazz Records Presents – Punk 45 – Approaching The Minimal With Spray Guns
Soul Jazz Records Presents – Studio One Dub Plate Special 7” Box Set
Spectrum – Highs, Lows, and Heavenly Blows
Sgt. Saltpeter – Tales From The Toilet 10”
Slightly Stoopid – Stay The Same / Prayer For You
Sloppy Secons – Knock Yer Block Off!
Sly Robbie & Junior Natural – Militant Dub
Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye/Youth Reimagined
Son Volt – Okemah and the Melody of Riot
Soundgarden – A-Sides
Snarky Puppy – Sharktank
Steve Kalinich – Scrambled Eggs
Steve Wilson – How Big The Space
S U R V I V E – RR7400
Sublime – 89 Vision 10”
Sufjan Stevens – Mystery Of Love EP
The Sundays – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Sun Ra – Astro Black
Sun Ra – The Cymbols / Symbols Sessions: New York City 1973
TAD – Quick And Dirty
Tangerine Dream – Zelt
Tank & The Bangas – Live Vibes
Taylor Swift – 1989
Taylor Swift – Fearless Platinum Edition
Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift
Teenage Bottlerocket – Warning Device: 10^th Anniversary Edition
Tennis System – P A I N
Tia Blake – Paris And Montreal Demos
Too $hort – Short Dog’s In The House
Torae – Daily Conversation: 10^th Anniversary Edition
Trampled By Turtles – Wildflowers
Triple Threat – Triple Threat
Tyson Meade – Robbing The Nuclear Family
U2 – Lights Of Home
Ugly Duckling – Audacity: 10^th Anniversary
UhUhBoo Project – Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance OST
Urban Dogs – Urban Dogs
Urban Dance Squad – The Remix Collection
Various – American Dreamer
Various – Beginning Of The End: The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music
Various – Boston Hardcore ’89-91
Various – Hillbillies In Hell: Volume 666
Various – Iconic Performances From The Monterey International Pop Festival
Various – Jazz Dispensary: Soul Diesel
Various – Krush Groove
Various – Planet Terror
Various – Malaco: The Last Soul Company 50 Years of Excellence
Various – Natural High: The Bongo Man Collection
Various – New Orleans Soul ‘67
Various – Pornosonic: Unreleased 70s Porn Music
Various – Electroconvulsive Therapy Vol. 4
Various – Recutting The Crap Vol 2
Various – Rough Guide To Ethiopian Jazz
Various – Rough Guide To Jub Band Blues
Various – Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues
Various – Why Are We Here? 7”
The Who – The Kids Are Alright
Willie Colon – Wanted By The FBI / The Big Break
Wynton Marsalis Septet – “Night Life”

It’s not even nine o’ clock in the morning and Dumb Records has already opened up today, with a long line or record enthusiasts patiently awaiting their Black Friday goodies and big sales. Today is Black Friday Record Store Day at the store – the exclusive release event put on by Record Store Day. The store has a total of 94 exclusive titles hitting the shelves (a chunk of which might be gone by now), which you can check out the full list of right here. In addition to the exclusive releases, the store is offering a sale of 50% off all other items new and used (their biggest sale yet)! You can also pick up some complimentary coffee and donuts.

Dumb Records is open today from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm, and is located at 1107 South Grand Avenue East. Recycled Records on Adams Street downtown is also participating in Black Friday Record Store Day. Find a facebook event right here.

Exactly one week from today Dumb Records is once again participating in Black Friday Record Store Day – the number two busiest day of the year for the store (next to Record Store Day in April) and also number two biggest day for exclusive releases. This year the store is going all out and ordering just about every single exclusive release they possibly could. You can find all of that on the list below, or also head over to the Record Store Day official website for a closer look at all of the releases.

Dumb Records will be open for Black Friday (November 24th) from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. Feel free to camp out in line! Exclusives are limited in number of copies, and will be sold at a first come first serve basis! In addition to all of the exclusives, the store will be holding a 50% off sale for everything else in the store, new and used. That’s the biggest sale we’ve ever done, wow! You can also expect some free coffee and donuts for those of you coming to the store in the morning. Check out that list below. Find a facebook event for Black Friday right here.

At The Drive-In – Diamante 10”
Albert Ayler & Don Cherry – Vibrations LP
Blue Oyster Cult – Rarities Vol. 1 (1969-1976) LPx2�Christmas On Death Row – Christmas On Death Row LP
John Lee Hooker – Black Night Is Falling LP
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – 25 Live! 12”
Various – Garage Daze: American Garage Rock From The 60’s LP
Venom – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik LPx2
The Winery Dogs – Dog Years, Live In Santiago LPx3
Lydia Loveless – Live From The Documentary… 12” / DVD
Southside Johnny – Detour Ahead – Music of Billie Holiday
Anthrax – Cary On Wayward Son – 12” Picture Disc
The Black Lips – This Sick Beat! 10”
Tommy Bolin – Energy
Clutch – Pitchfork & Lost Needles
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz – Kings of Crunk LPx2
Ingrid MIchaelson – Alter Egos 12”
Willie Nelson – Yesterday’s Wine
Willie Nelson – Spirit
Iggy Pop – New Values
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Sixteen Tons 7”
Various – Silver Linings Playbook Soundtrack
Son Volt – Ballymena 10”
Son Volt – Straightaways LP
Various – Depression Series CD
Waylon Jennings – New Stuff
J. Dilla – J. Dilla’s Delights V. 1
J. Dilla – J Dilla’s Delights V. 2
Latyrx – The Album: 20th Anniversary DLX LPx2
Lee Perry & The Full Experience – Disco Devil 12”
Prodigy – Keep It Thoro 12”
Three 6 Mafia – Chpt 2: World Domination LPx2
The Baroques – The Baroques
The Birds – You Movin’ / Boston 7”
The Fleshtones – Budget Buster LP
Panduranga Henderson – Ocean of Love LP
Los Straightjackets – Sing Along LP
The Minus 5 – Dear December
The United States of America – The United States of America
Various – From The Vaults (Obscure Singles Compilation) LPx2
Muddy Waters – The Best of Muddy Waters
Fleet Foxes – The Electric Lady Session 10”
Gorillaz – Humanz LPx2 Picture Disc
Grateful Dead – Grateful Dead Records Collection (Box Set)
Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation (40th Anniversary) LPx2
The Doors – Absolutely Live LPx2
Twisted Sister – A Twisted Christmas LP
Y Kant Tori Read – Y Kant Tori Read
Neil Young – Harvest Moon LPx2
Insane Clown Posse – The Great Milenko: 20th Anniversary LPx2
Danger Mouse feat. Run The Jewels – Chase Me 12”
Janis Joplin – Greatest Hits 12”
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – Live At Luther College (Box Set)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Run Stop & Drop!! 12”
The Autumn Defense – Circles LP
The Free Design – Kites Are Fun
Bernie Worrel – All The Woo In The World
Daedelus – Invention & The Quiet Party LPx2
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra – Techstar: Original Score
Madvillain – Four Set Remix
Third Root – Libertad
Piero Umiliani – Grazie LPx2
Benjamin Booker – Live For No One 10”
Big Star – Big Star’s Third Live Stroke It Noel LPx2
Sonny Clark Trio – My Conception: The 1960 Sessions With George Duviver And Max Roach LPx2
Danny ELfman and the Knights of the Oingo Boingo – The Forbidden Zone Soundtrack
Isaac Hayes – The Spirit Of Memphis LPx2
Kid Cudi – Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ LPx2
Leonard Nimoy – Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space
Poncier – Poncier
Procol Harum – The One & Only One 10”
Queen – We Are the Champions / We Will Rock You 12”
Game Of Thrones – Music From The HBO Series
Sondre Lerche – Solo Pleasure
Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins on Impulse!

It’s record store day today all across the globe! And the tenth ever record store day at that too! (The fourth one happening since we have been open as a store). Our store is already open! We started today at 8:00 am and will be open until 10:00 pm. We have shelves full of exclusive releases- and you can check out the list of what we have in store for that right here. DJ Tariq will be performing in our store from 10:00 am to noon spinning some records for our happy customers.

Then at 1:00 pm we will be having a free in-store show with three acts. That will start with MLR featuring Luct Melod. Then Skunkworks from Jacksonville, Illinois will follow. And last we have The Young Eyes from Hillsboro, Illinois playing some sweet psychedelic indie rock. Check out their new record (which is available at Dumb on vinyl) below.

In addition to all of the exclusive releases, all non RSD items in the store are 15% off. And that about covers it!  Find a facebook event for Record Store Day at Dumb right here, and also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the near future.