September Issue of Activator Magazine Available Now

Posted on September 23, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

Hey-o, it’s a little late in the game (September is already well over halfway done, and was yesterday the first day of fall?), but this is a post letting you know that we have the new issue of Activator Magazine here at our store! And plenty of copies of it still!

As you can see, this issue features hit Springfield hardcore band Prevention on the cover. Hey, that photo was even taken inside of our space! There is the usual album reviews, and Activator’s “Best Bets” which is a calendar for show and concert highlights for this month you should check out. There is also an interview with performer local performer Taylor Moni, an interview with Central Illinois metal band Blind Equation, an interview with solo Peoria musician Emily Antonacci, an interview with local jazz musician Richard Gilman-Opalski, an interview with Chris Bayless – musician from Peoria who started a new venue called “The Hotbox”, a photospread of the “Artists In Harmony” event that was held at Anvil & Forge Brewing, our own “Dumb Perspective” column which this time around focuses on our experience starting up shows again during the pandemic and requiring proof of vaccine at shows, an interview with Mt. Vernon-based musician Tom Doherty, a nice “Soundcheck” section featuring small update snippets with other local artists and musicians, a photo spread of the Old Capitol Blues & BBQ Festival, and another live music calendar!! Sorry, that was a lot. Woo!

Be sure to also check out the Activator Magazine Patreon and consider donating for other exclusive bonus monthly content!!!

“The List” Announced For Black Friday Record Store Day 2021 (November 26th)

Posted on September 21, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

For the third time this year, it’s that time of year again. That’s right, we’ve already got another Record Store Day approaching. This one should not come as much of a surprise though because Black Friday Record Store Day happens the day after Thanksgiving every year. And here we are, around two months away from that date, which this year is Friday, November 26th.

148 exclusive titles were just recently announced on the Record Store Day website right here to be released this year on Black Friday. (Click the link right here to see that list). And if there are titles that are jumping out at you as ones you are really wanting, let us know in the comment section which ones you are trying to get! We will be ordering at least one of every title, but we base our orders on what you (the fans) are going to be on the look-out for.

This go-round we will likely once again be releasing some type of limited edition Dumb Records t-shirt for the first people in line, exclusive posters, and we will see what else! You can expect a more detailed announcement from us on all of those goodies here in the coming weeks.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on September 21, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

Another week has come here at our dumb little record store. We are dealing with some broken AC issues right now… but don’t worry because if we don’t get that figured out today at least the weather is colder. And as one AC unit breaks another is fixed… you may notice our arcade is a little bit cooler than usual! (By just a tad). Our store and arcade is open from 10:00am to 7:00pm every day. Check out our online discogs store here and our online merch store here. Okay, now for some of what’s new in this week:

New LPs
Andrew W.K. – God Is Partying
Asschapel – Total Destruction 1999-2006
Bl’ast – Blood!
Black Francis – Sv n f ng rs
Bobby Bland – Here’s The Man!!!
Carcass – Torn Arteries
Coven – Blood On The Snow
Electric Funeral – Total Funeral
The Flesh Eaters – I Used To Be Pretty
GWAR – Scumdogs xxx Live!
John Prine – Bruised Orange
John Prine – For Better, Or Worse
Like Rats – II
Lump – Animal
Metallica – (Black Album) Box Set
Obliterations – Poison Everything
Pelican – Ataraxia / Taraxis
Pelican – The Clif
The Prodigy – Music For The Jilted Generation
Sect – No Cure For Death
Shabazz Palaces – Quarzarz Us The Jealous Maenines
Sleep – Dopesmoker
Sunn O))) – Live In Bergen Cathedral
Torch Runner – Endless Nothing
Trap Them – Filth Rations
Twenty One Pilots – Vessel
Vitamin X – Age Of Paranoia
YDI – A Place In The Sun

Used LPs
The Accelerators – The Accelerators
Artimus Pyle Band – A.P.B.
Barbara Streisand – Emotion
Barney Bigard – Clarinet Gumbo
Bob James Three – Guest: Grover Washington, Jr.
Canned Heat – Boogie With Canned Heat
Cher – Take Me Home
The Clique – The Clique
Count Basie – Li’l Ol’ Groovemaker …Basie!
The Crusaders – Those Southern Knights
David Frizzell – David Frizzell
Dead Or Alive – Sophisticated Boom Boom
Deep Purple – The Best of Deep Purple
Dennis DeYoung – Boomchild
Eddie Murphy – Comedian
Elvis Presley – The Greatest Show On Earth
The Fabulous Conti Family – Sounds Of America
Don Byas – Savoy Jam Party
Donovan – Open Road
Doris Day – Sentimental Journey
Duke Ellington – 70th Birthday Concert
Duke Ellington – Concert In The Virgin Islands
Dukes Of Dixieland – Creole Gumbow
Fabulous Poodles – Mirror Stars
Gary Lewis & The Playboys – Rhythm!
Geils – Monkey Island
Gene Watson – Between This Time & The Next Time
Glass Moon – Glass Moon
Hank Snow – The Highest Bidder
Herbie Mann – Mellow
Jeri Southern – Southern Hospitality
Joe Farrell – Night Dancing
John Denver – Autograph
John Denver – Take Me To Tomorrow
Johnny Lee – Bet Your Heart On Me
Johnny Van Zandt Band – No More Dirty Deals
Julie London – Gone With The Wind
Kenny Ball – Midnight In Moscow
Led Zeppelin – Coda
Louis Armstrong – King Louis (Selected Favorites)
Louis Armstrong – Satchmo At Symphony Hall
Mike Rutherford – Smallcreep’s Day
Moon Martin – Street Fever
Motorhead – Iron Fist
Motorhead – No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith
Motorhead – Orgasmatron
New York Dolls – In Too Much Too Soon
The Ohio Express – Beg, Borrow And Steel
Pat Boone – Sixteen Great Performances
Paulette Reaves – Secret Lover
Pearl Bailey – Sings Porgy & Bess
Poco – Crazy Eyes
Pousette-Dart Band – Pousette-Dart Band
Pure Prairie League – Dance
The Ramsey Lewis Trio – More Sounds of Christmas
Robert Goulet – I Never Did As I Was Told
Roy Acuff – American Folk Songs
Rusty Draper – Sings Night Life
Saga – Heads Or Tales
Sarah Vaughan – Close To You
Schneider With The Kick – Exposed
Sherbet – Howzat
Spider – Spider
States – Picture Me With You
Steve Wariner – Life’s Highway
Straight Eight – Shuffle ’N’ Cut
The Sweet – Featuring “Little Willy” & “Blockbuster”
Suzi Quatro – Quatro
Tom Jones – Green, Green Grass Of Home
The Trammps – The Whole World’s Dancing
Ultravox – Rage In Eden
The Unseen – Left That World Behind
Various – Cahoots County
Various – On This Christmas Night
The Ventures – Ventures A Go Go
Village People – Live And Sleazy
Webb Pierce – Cross Country
What Is This – Squeezed

Illinois Times’ Best Of Springfield 2021 Finalist Voting (Now Through September 27th)

Posted on September 20, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

We are excited for this finalist round in the annual Illinois Times’s “Best Of Springfield 2021” poll. As far as we can tell, we have made it on to finalists in FOUR different categories as Dumb Records and those are as follows:

BEST MUSIC STORE
BEST LIVE MUSIC VENUE (SMALL)
BEST PLACE TO GO DOWNTOWN
BEST ANTIQUE / VINTAGE STORE

Okay, all of those things sound great! Don’t vote for us for best vintage / antique shop though, you should vote for Springfield Vintage around the corner for us! 😂 Really, vote for whoever you want to in all of those categories, and all of your other favorite local businesses and people in all of the other categories as well.

Voting is online right here at the Illinois Times website from now up until 11:59pm on September 27th one week from now. The winners will be published in the October 28th issue of the Illinois Times.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Grey Slush, The Telephone Junkies, Hushpad

Posted on September 18, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

Yes. There IS a show happening at Dumb Records tonight! It’s a three-band show! The bands are more in the alternative and indie-rock directions! Maybe even some shoegaze music! For this show we have “Grey Slush” – Grey Slush is an indie rock group from Peoria Illinois! You can stream their debut EP on the player embedded below. For this show we also have the return of The Telephone Junkies! Telephone Junkies put out an album last year and it’s great. Looks like opening things up we have the Lincoln, Illinois-based shoegaze project Hushpad. What an all around nice time.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. Also check our shows page on our site for a list of all three shows we have lined up right now.

And for this show following suite with health guidelines, state mandates, and all of that fun stuff – masks are required at this show and we are once again checking for proof of vaccine at the door! We will also accept negative covid test results within the last 72 hours.

October 28th at Dumb Records: Jack M. Senff, Nephele, Oatmilk, Emily Hough

Posted on September 17, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

Those October show announcements are starting to roll in! Here we have one to tell you about happening on Thursday, October 28th. It’s a nice and “chill” show. It should be a good one.

For this show we have singer/songwriter Jack M. Senff from Traverse City, Michigan! Jack has had records released through our friends over at Skeletal Lightning based out of Urbana, Illinois. He’s also performed once before here in town at the CFP house! You can stream his newest collection of songs which came out earlier this year on the player below. Looks like this time around Jack will be coming with another act called “Nephele” from Minneapolis, Minnesota! We also have the first time Dumb Records performance for a solo Decatur act called “Oatmilk!” Yum! Opening things up is none other than Emily Hough – who had performed a few times at our space, but moved to California! Is she back in town??

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $7. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page where you can find everything else we have announced and lined up at Dumb Records right now.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on September 14, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

There is some really good music going out onto our shelves recently here at Dumb Records. Like, some really good music. Believe us. Our store is open every day from 10:00am to 7:00pm and we are constantly pumping out new and used LPs, 7″s, CDs, and cassettes out onto the shelves. We got t-shirts, we got stickers, we got pins, we got pinball, etc, etc. You know the drill. Okay, here are just some of the new arrivals that have gone out over the past few days:

New LPs
Amyl & The Sniffers – Amyl & The Sniffers
Amyl & The Sniffers – Comfort To Me
Animal Collective – Feels
Beirut – No No No
Black Sabbath – 13
The Bug – Fire
The Cars – Moving In Stereo: The Best Of The Cars
Cold Feet – Punk Entity
The Dave Pike Quartet / Bill Evans – Pike’s Peak
Death Angel – Frolic Through The Park
Digital Underground – This Is An E.P. Release
Digital Underground – Sex Packets
Doug Cam – Infant Eyes
Imagine Dragons – Mercury Act 1
JuJu – Our Mother Was A Plant
Kacey Musgraves – Star Crossed
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3000
Lowell George – Hey What
Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket
Neighborhood Brats – Confines Of Life
O.V. Wright – A Nickle And A Nail And Ace Of Spades
Radiohead – Amnesiac
The Residents – Eskimo
Spllit – Spllit Sides
Teddy Pendergrass – Duets Love & Soul
Tom Waits – Real Gone

Used LPs
Al Caiola – Warm And Mellow
Al Pierson – Dance In The Old Fashioned Way
Aldo Monges – La Historia De Aldo Monges
The Alvino Rey Orchestra – The King Family Show!
Aviator – Aviator
Barbara Fairchild – Look Inside The Asylum Choir
Barbara Fairchild – Standing In Your Line
Barbra Streisand – Simply Streisand
Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
Baker Gurvitz Army – Hearts On Fire
Big Bird – Big Bird Sings
Bill Snodgrass – The University Of Texas At Arlington
Billy Preston – Genius Of Billy Preston
Blues Magoos – Psychedelic Lollipop
Booker Ervin – The In Between
Crazy Otto – Crazy Otto Rides Again
Charlie Rich – The Silver Fox
Cheech & Chong – Los Cochinos
Chuck Mangione – Children of Sanchez
Count Basie & His Orchestra – Kansas City Suite
The Creed Taylor Orchestra – Shock Music In Hi-Fi
The Crusaders – Royal Jam
David Whitfield – Cara Mia
Dexter Gordon – Sophisticated Giant
Don Glasser / Louis Costello – Together 25 Years
Donna Summer – Golden Hits Vol. Two
Donovan – Barabajagal
The Earl Scruggs Revue – Strike Anywhere
Elvis Presley – Elvis Country Memories
The Equators – Hot
Eric Clapton – Live With Sonny Boy Williamson
Erskine Hawkins – 25 Golden Years Of Jazz
Floyd Cramer – This Is Floyd Cramer
The Four Seasons – Four Seasons Story
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – World Anthem
Frankie Yankovic – Polka
Funk & Wagnalls – Chopin Album 5
George Melachrino – The Music of Sigmund Romberg
Harry Babasin & Terry Gibbs – Pick N’ Pat
Head East – U.S. 1
The Harmonicats – The Harmonicats
Iron Butterfly – Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly – Live
Iron Butterfly – Metamorphosis
Ironhorse – Ironhorse
Jack Teagarden – 1944 Big Band
Jakob Magnusson – Special Treatment
James Gang – Bang
James Gang – Newborn
Jan & Dean – Folk N’ Roll
John Scofield Trio – Out Like A Light
Johnny Mathis – Johnny’s Newest Hits
Johnny Mathis – This Is Love
Johnny Winter – Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter – First Winter
Kris Kristofferson – Jesus Was A Capricorn
Las Tres Guitarras – Navidad
Lenny Williams – Choosing You
Louis Prima – Wonderland By Night
Mandré – M3000
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Nightingales & Bombers
The Martial Solal Trio – In Concert
Mongo Santamaria – Mongomania
Neil Young – Decade
Norman Lee
Pat Travers – Pat Travers
Patsy Cline – Walking After Midnight
Peter Nero – Piano Forte
The Pretenders – The Vinyl Collection 1979-1999
Quartette Tres Bien – Boss Tres Bien
Qlowski – Quale Futuro?
Quicksilver Messenger Service – What About Me
Rare Earth – Ma
Ray Charles – The Best Of Ray Charles
Red Steagall – Lone Star Beer
The Residents – Eskimo
Shirley Bassey – I, Capricorn
Sandy Nelson – Heavy Drums
Stan Kenton – Conducts The Lost Angeles Neophonic Orchestra
Steve Wariner – Midnight Fire
Steve Wariner – Down In Tennessee
Steve Wariner – I Should Be With You
Strange Advance – 2wo
Sweet – Off The Record
Trooper – Two For The Show
Various – Streets Of Fire: Music From The Motion Picture
Various – Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Various – Married To The Mob (Soundtrack)

Tonight at Dumb Records: Blind To Life, Split, Prevention

Posted on September 13, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

Guess what? We’ve got another show tonight – our third one back inside our space since our return since this dreadful pandemic (which is still lingering on in our world). Tonight is just a short and sweet three-band Monday night show.

Tonight the show just features one touring act and that is “Bliind To Life.” They are from Colorado Springs, Colorado and you can stream their newest two-song release on the player embedded below. We also have the band “Split’ coming from St. Louis. This was a very hard band to find on the internet, but we finally found them and their music is online right here. Prevention (from here in Springfield) is playing as well, we are not sure if Prevention is opening, closing the show, or playing right in the middle, so you better be there for all of it!

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission this tie around is $7 (bring your cash). Find a facebook event for this one right here. And YES, we ARE still checking for proof of vaccination cards (or proof of a negative Covid test within the past 72 hours) at this show once again, and masks are required as well.

October 24th at Dumb Records: Snuffed, Bull Cult, War And Rumor, Hemlock

Posted on September 12, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

Are you ready for another show announcement? Those October show announcements are starting to roll in… Here we have another hardcore show happening Sunday, October 24th at Dumb Records.

For this show we have four bands. At the top of the bill is “Snuffed” – a hardcore band from Chicago we have been told is “nasty.” Stream the music on the player below to hear just now nasty they really are. Also on this show is Peoria veteran hardcore rockers in Bull Cult! Some of them over there helped open up a new venue in Peoria called the Hot Box. There is also a NEW band from Jacksonville on this bill playing some metal music called “War And Rumor.” Then there is also a NEW band from right here in Springfield playing hardcore music called “Hemlock”!

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission this time around is $7. As far as we can tell, we are still requiring masks and checking vaccination cards for shows in October. Find a facebook event for this one right here. Also check out our shows page for a list of other upcoming shows at our space.

New Dumb Records Enamel Pins + Online Merch Store Relaunch

Posted on September 11, 2021 by blacksheepspringfield

Some of you that were around for our earlier years at the original location might have remembered a brief moment in time where we had Dumb Records enamel pins with our old logo. Well… we have been wanting to make more with the new logo for a while now, and that time has finally come! We have our drippy record logo enamel pins available in the store for $4.00! But also, they are now available online along with a NEW simple and revamped online store we set up for some of our Dumb Records merch items right here at dumbrecords.bigcartel.com! Fun! On this version of our online store, you can only find five items including some of our recent shirt designs, enamel pins, and a sticker bundle deal. We are keeping things simple this go-around, there is no option for in-store pickup (sorry, this time it’s geared more for out of towners for us to ship stuff to because that is what makes the most sense for us right now)! Our online store with records and CDs is still setup through Discogs here.