Today is the only night this week where we don’t have a show going on at Black Sheep! Wow! We do have an announcement for a big event happening at Dumb Records later this month on Friday, November 27th. For those of you who are fans of Record Store Day – the annual event in April – the same organization is doing a similar thing for Black Friday and this is Dumb’s first year participating in that. There will be many exclusive releases coming out on vinyl for this day only. Let’s take a look at what releases Dumb expects to get in:

B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone 10″
Beck – Dreams
Damnation A.D. – Kingdom Of The Lost Souls (white vinyl)
David Bowie – Earthling LP (green vinyl)
Death By Stereo – Day Of The Death (gold vinyl)
The Get Up Kids – Red Letter Day 10″
Farside – The Monroe Doctrine (red vinyl)
Frank Zappa – Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison LP
Johnny Thunders – Daddy Rollin’ Stone 10″
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama: Live At Rockpalast 2LP
Megadeth – The Threat Is Real / Foreign Policy 12″ (white vinyl)
Mercury Rev/Lost Horizons – Rainy Day Record… 7″ split
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – Say Say Say 12″
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 12″ (40th anniversary)
S.O.D./Deftones – Milk 7″
Spoon – TV Set 10″
The Suicide File – Twilight (gray vinyl)
The Suicide File – Some Mistakes You Never… (green vinyl)
Sunn O))) – Kannon LP (clear vinyl)
Unit Pride – Then And Now (white vinyl)
Various – High Fidelity (Soundtrack) 2LP
Various – Love & Mercy (feat. Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys)
Various – Our Impact Will Be Felt: Tribute To Sick Of It All
Various – True Detective (HBO Soundtrack)
Wes Montgomery – One Night In Indy EP

That’s a lot! In addition to all of those exclusive releases, there will be a 15% off sale for all non-Black Friday RSD items in the store. The store is also opening early that day – at 8:00 a.m., so make sure you get there early!

To go along with Black Friday at Dumb Records there will also be an all-local show happening at Black Sheep. That one is going to feature The Incorporated from Springfield and Litchfield, making their return since the big Hobgob blow-out last month. We also have the pop-punk band that recently put out their first album, Fill In The Blank. Other than that we have a newer industrial project going by the name “A.S.” and another solo/ambient-noise project called “Pretend I’m Not There.” The Black Sheep show will start at 7:00 pm and will cost $5.

Check out a facebook event for all of this right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up in Southtown this fall/winter.

We all know that Record Store Day happens once a year in April and is one of the biggest days of the year for many record stores around the globe. But what about Cassette Store Day? Cassette Store Day is a different event meant to highlight stores that sell music in the form of cassettes, and that is happening this year on Saturday, October 17th. This will be Dumb Records’s second year as a participating store. Much like Record Store Day, for Cassette Store Day, Dumb Records will have a number of exclusively released cassettes just for this special day. Let’s take a look at what some of those cassettes might be:

Beach Slang – Here, I Made This For You
Berlin Brats – Berlin Brats
Bratmobile – Pottymouth
Chris Spedding – Enemy Within
Chris Walla – Tape Loops
Free Kitten – Sentimental Education
Green Day – Dookie
Keep Shelly In Athens – Now I’m Ready
Nadastrom – The Life And Times Of Paphael De La Chette
The Razorbacks – Go To Town
Re-animadores – Me Das Asco
#tcot – #tcot
TSOL – Beneath The Shadows
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yelstin – Brooms
STRFKR – Reptilians
Twin Compulsions – Twin Compulsions
(Various) – BIPPP

Those are the exclusive releases available inside Dumb Records for Cassette Store Day for now, that list is subject to change before the event! In addition to all of those exclusive releases, there will also be a few store-wide sales! The store will be offering 30% off all non-CSD exclusive cassettes, and also 15% off everything else in the store. Wow! On top of all of that, there will be a pretty sweet show happening at Black Sheep that night, which you can find more about right here.

Dumb Records will be open from 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm for Cassette Store Day. You can find a facebook event for the day soon. In the meantime check out our shows page for a good look at all of the events coming up in Southtown.