New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on September 29, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s another week at Southtown record store Dumb Records (located at 1107 South Grand East Avenue)! This week there are tons and tons of used LPs that have been pouring into the shop, which may include plenty of gems. We have some of the ones new to the shop pictured above and posted below. Let’s also look at when Dumb Records will be open this week:

Tuesday (today): 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Thursday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Friday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm
Monday: 12:00 – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Air Supply – The One You Love
American Tears – Powerhouse
Aretha Franklin – Aretha Live At Filmore West
Asia – Alpha
Bad Habits – Headstone
Bobby Vinton – The Greatest Hits of The Golden Groups
Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet
Bobby Vinton – Tell Me Why
Bread – The Best Of Bread
Brewer And Shipley – Weeds
Brownsmith – Brownsmith
The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds – Byrdmaniax
Cat Stevens – Very Young And Early Songs
Charlie Bleak – Let Me In
Chicago – X
Chubby Checker – Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker
Dave Gardner – Did You Ever?
David Blue – Com’n Back For More
Denim – Denim
Dionne Warwick – Promises, Promises
Dionne Warwick – I’ll Never Fall
Dionne Warwick – Friends In Love
The Doors – Morrison Hotel
Eduardo Fernandez – Cha Cha Cha Volume 2
Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
Frank Sinatra – Sings For The Lonely
From Russia With Love – (Original Soundtrack)
Gamma 1 – Gamma 1
The Grateful Dead – Europe ‘72
The Grateful Dead – History Of The Grateful Dead
Hank Williams – The MGM Sound Track Album
Heart – Heart
Ike & Tina – Her Man… His Woman
Jigsaw – Jigsaw
Johnny Mathis – Give Me Your Love For Christmas
Julian Bream – Julian Bream Encores
King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King
Linda Ronstadt – Cry Like A Rainstorm
Leo Sayer – Endless Flight
Lori Lieberman – A Piece Of Time
Mantovani – Film Encores
Mark and Jake – Fun With Mark And Jake
Mel Brooks – High Anxiety
Mink Deville – Mink Deville
The Moody Blues – To Our Childrens Childrens Children
Nail Diamond – On The Way To The Sky
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
Percy “Thrills” Thrillington – Thrillington
Pete Seegar – We Shall Overcome
Pratt & McClain – Happy Days
Procol Harum – Whoosh!
Puzzle – The Second Album
Rick Springfield – Beginnings
The Righteous Brothers – Soul & Inspiration
Rubettes – Rubbettes
Rusty Warren – Banned In Boston
Rusty Warren – Knockers Up!
Rusty Warren – Sin-Sational
Santana – Santana
Shadowfax – The Dreams Of Children
Shelly Berman – Outside
Shelly Berman – Inside
Sherbet Howzat! – Sherbet Howzat!
Side Of The Road Gang – Side Of The Road Game
Slade – Nobody’s Fools
Spirit – Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Stampeders – From The Fire
Styx – Cornerstone
Sugarloaf – Sugarloaf
The Temptations – With A Lot O’ Soul
The Temptations – Getting’ Ready
The Temptations – In A Yellow Mood
The Temptations – Since I Lost My Baby
Treasure – Treasure
Theodore Bikel – Songs Of A Russian Gypsy
Tiffany – Tiffany
Tiger – Tiger
Tom Ranier – Ranier
Tommy – Original Soundtrack
Various – Happy Holidays Volume 17
Various – The Headliners ‘64
Various – Merry Christmas From Our House To Yours
Various – The Wonderful World Of Christmas
Wayne Newton – Songs For A Merry Christmas

Videos: Black Sheep 10 Year Anniversary Show

Posted on September 28, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we have a very long video (split into two parts) of the whole entire Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary show that happened a little over a week ago. Bands that played (in order) include Unicon Communications, Soap Scum, Our Lady, a surprise “10 Year Super Ska Band,” and Looming. You can check out the video, taken by Gordon Chang below.

Check out our vids/pics page for more photos and videos of Black Sheep’s past.

Black Sheep History Page Updated

Posted on September 27, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Along with Black Sheep turning ten years last weekend and many stories being shared on the event page for our anniversary show, we have some updates to our lengthy Black Sheep history page. First off, after many years of assuming it being lost forever, we finally found a photo of a flier for the first ever show at Black Sheep (pictured above). Thank you to Dr. Metz for helping us uncover this long lost flier!

If you head over to the Black Sheep history page you will find a number of added important dates, including a good amount from our building before it was Black Sheep, going as far back as the 1800’s. Be on the lookout of videos from our 10-year anniversary show coming very soon!

Tonight at Black Sheep: Jessica Knight, Patrick Russell, Nick Murphy, Kristin Walker, Clare Frachey, Quincy Curran

Posted on September 27, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we are going to ease into the fall with this nice and relaxing all-acoustic show. We have quite the lineup of local acoustic artists tonight. We have Jessica Knight of the band Looming doing a solo set. Before that is Patrick Russell, who does not play in any bands currently, but is one of the ones behind The Legacy Theater in town, and also used to play in Springfield band “I,Riejah” which played at Skank Skates in the 1990’s. Before Patrick is Nick Murphy of bands Fel Fae and Garter. Before Nick is a solo set by Kristin Walker formerly of Bad Banshee. Then is a set by Clare Frachey of SAP. And kicking things off is a set by Quincy Curran of the band Mystery Gift.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall and after the end of the world.

Photos: Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary Show

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

We could not have asked for a better celebration of the Black Sheep 10-year anniversary last weekend on the 18th! Thank you to all who came out and to all of the bands that played. The lineup for the show was Looming, Our Lady, Soap Scum, Unicon Communications, and a surprise band that we’ll call the “10-Year Super Ska Band” ended up playing, doing covers of many different ska bands from Black Sheep’s 10 year history.

Today we have photos from that show. We would like to thank photographers Heiu Luu, AJ Francis, and Miles Fowler. You can check out a handful of those photos above and below, or head over to our Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary Album on flickr for hundreds more. Also check out our vids/pics page for groups of photos from other big events of the past.

Cassette Store Day 2015: October 17th at Dumb Records

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

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.

Tonight at Black Sheep: Abyss, Fill In The Blank, Set Fire To Salem, Chemical Twin, Capital Chaos, 8th Street Ahead

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

Tonight at Black Sheep we have a six band mega-show that is being called “The Calm Before The Storm”. What storm are we talking about? We are not sure, it could be the huge Rock N’ Roll Hardee’s show happening in just one week? Tonight for bands lined up we have the hard metal band Abyss headlining. Before them we have the pop punk group, Fill In The Blank that just released their new album the last time they played here at Black Sheep. Before them it looks like we have a newer Springfield metal band called “Set Fire To Salem“. Check out one of their videos below. Before that is Chemical Twin, which is described as an indie/pop punk band. Then we have The Black Sheep debut of a new punk band called Capital Chaos. And opening things up we have the acoustic two-piece act “8th Street Ahead.”

Show up early, because this show starts at 6:00 pm! Admission is $7, and you can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up here at Black Sheep.

Black Sheep Open Mic on October 11th

Posted on September 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

It’s time to get ready for the next Black Sheep Open Mic, happening Sunday, October 11th. This will be our fifth open mic of the year, which we are continuing to do on a monthly basis since the open mics are working out well for us. We just announced the open mic, so we are taking submissions for whoever wants to fill 15 minute time slots now! You can post on the facebook event if you are interested in taking a slot, or email us at blacksheepspringfield@gmail.com.

9:45-10:00 – (open)
9:30-9:45 – (open)
9:15-9:30 – (open)
9:00-9:15 – Mario Cannamela
8:45-9:00 – (open)
8:30-8:45 – Devon Fluelen
8:15-8:30 – (open)
8:00-8:15 – Pete Cassani (from Boston)
7:45-8:00 – (open)
7:30-7:45 – (open)
7:15-7:30 – (open)
7:00-7:15 – (open)

The open mic night starts at 7:00 pm, and for these we ask for donations of anywhere between $1 and $5. Find the facebook event for this open mic night right here. Also check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep this fall.

Today on Black Sheep Radio: Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary Edition Part 2

Posted on September 25, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

On this week’s episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show, we are continuing our special Black Sheep 10-Year Anniversary edition with another episode focusing on Black Sheep hitting 10 years as a venue. Last week we had original Black Sheep owner Kevin Bradford in for a long discussion, and this week we have Brian Galecki and Jeff Brown in. Jeff Brown is bringing his big garbage bag of Black Sheep fliers from the past for us to talk about and look at. We’ll also be playing plenty of music from years past and more recent times.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can also stream it online during the same time at wqna.org. Download and listen to last week’s episode as well as a handful of few others on our radio show page.

Names for Black Sheep Band Lotto Round Two (November 21st)

Posted on September 24, 2015 by blacksheepspringfield

If you were not around for the Black Sheep 10 Year Anniversary Show last Friday, you probably missed us drawing names out of the band lotto box for this year’s Black Sheep Band Lotto show happening on November 21st. For those of you unfamiliar with what band lotto is- anybody who is willing puts their name into a box to be drawn in groups of 4s and 5s at random to perform one show as a band together. This year we had a total of 42 people put their names in the box, which resulted in 10 bands (some with 4 people, some with 5). You can check out that full list of names and bands above.

The band lotto show again is happening on Saturday, November 21st at 7:00 pm. Admission is $5 to see some very interesting bands play one-off shows. Check out a facebook event for this year’s band lotto right here.