Thank you to our friends once again at Lincoln’s Legends for doing a quick piece on our big Downtown Pinball Tournament and how it came about. The article called “Flipping Out Over Dumb Pinball” has a nice little write-up on the idea of the tournament, and a 18 minute or so long interview or phone conversation where we are kind of goofing off. You can check that all out on the Lincoln’s Legends site right here. From the article:
“The record store is open until 7 pm and Brian mentioned that many business owners will stop on thier way home to check out the store as well as their “competition”. Many even choose to visit during their lunch breaks. The bracket is massive and takes up most of the left wall across from the counter. This close proximity almost forces engagement.“
The final round of our big pinball tournament is TODAY. This means we expect a lot of last minute scores to be rolling in today, and we will also likely post a big update including an updated and revised tournament bracket tomorrow to clearly map out the remaining rounds.
Today we bring you a brand new album from Springfield recording project Demons on Wheels. Demons on Wheels is one of a handful of projects put together by Mark Schwartz as mastermind and multi-instrumentalist, as featured on last month’s cover of Activator Magazine. This new album is called Souvenirs and you can find it streaming on the player below. You can also listen to and purchase more of Mark’s music over on the Demons on Wheels bandcamp page.
Demons on Wheels also released another album, Still Left Standing at the beginning of this year. We’ve also added this one to our Springfield album archive page, bringing us to a total of 44 local releases we have kept track of so far this year.
Here is just another post to let you all know once again that parking downtown is free, and our wonderful Mayor has once again extended that free parking until the end of this month. We have decided to utilize some of this good free parking ourselves and plopped our elephant in front of our store (you aren’t actually supposed to take up spots for more than two hours though).
Parking has been free since we’ve been in a global pandemic. The mayor also came in and played pinball yesterday and set a score of 12,228,250 in our tournament.
Our big downtown Springfield pinball tournament has been going very strong and has been a lot of fun. You might be following us on facebook where we have been posting updates as new scores of businesses participating are coming in. We also have all current scores and listings posted on our pinball forum. Today we are letting you and participating businesses know that we are pushing back the deadline for round one scores until the end of the night on Tuesday, September 8th. The deadline was previously this Sunday, September 6th. There is a retailers meeting at our space on Tuesday so this will allow some more businesses one more chance at putting down scores. Good luck! After Tuesday night we will be posting a big update including some adjusted and final dates to later rounds, and an updated tournament bracket.
In addition to that news, our store is going to be closed on Monday for Labor Day!
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Welcome to another week at Dumb Records, the pinballs are flying and so are the records. We had a very successful Record Store Day “drop date” weekend this past weekend even though we told you all you would be disappointed if you showed up in our selection. Apparently that didn’t stop a lot of people from coming in and buying things. There will be another one of those “drop dates” at the end of this month on Saturday September 26th as well, be on the lookout for more info on that one soon.
This week we are continuing to put out new and used LPs, CDs, 12″ singles, and more. Our store is still open every day from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, wear a mask. Let’s take a look at what we’ve got:
New LPs The Black Keys – Brothers Body Count – Carnivore Brian Eno – Ambient 1: Music for Airports Collections of Colonies of Bees – Hawaii Dashboard Confessional – The Swiss Army Romance Dawes – Passwords The Front Bottoms – In Sickness & In Flames Future – High Off Life Green Day – Insomniac Guided By Voices – Mirrored Aztec Lana Del Rey – Born To Die Mayhem – Daemon Opeth – In Cauda Venenum Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold Stranger Things – Season 3 Original Soundtrack Superorganism – Superorganism
Used LPs AC/DC – Blow Up Your Video Adam Miller – Who Would Give His Only Song Away Billy May & His Big Band – Hey, It’s May! Bing Crosby – Accentuate The Positive Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan The Carpenters – Ticket To Ride Crystal Gayle – Nobody Wants To Be Alone David Gilmour – About Face Diana Ross & The Supremes – Greatest Hits Volume 3 Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning Ernest Tubb – The Ernest Tubb Story Freddy Martin – Seems Like Old Times Fugazi – Margin Walker The Gaslight Orchestra – Gay Nineties Waltzes Herbie Mann – The Best of Herbie Mann Johnny Burgin – Live John Barry – The Knack …And How To Get It John Williams – Star Wars Josef Locke – Hear My Song Klymaxxx – Meeting In The Ladies Room Liberace – Liberace’s Greatest Hits The Limeliters – Tonight: In Person The Mamas & The Papas – 20 Golden Hits Marty Robbins – Golden Memories Marty Robbins – Marty’s Greatest Hits Mitch Ryder – In The China Shop Myleka – Myleka The Ormonde Folk – Truly Irish The Osmond Brothers – Songs We Sang On The Andy Williams Show Ralph Carmichael – I Looked For Love Sammy Kaye – Music For Dancing Sammy Kaye – Come Dance To The Hits Seals & Crofts – I’ll Play For You Seals & Crofts – Get Closer Various – Blonde On Blonde Revisited Various – Rock & Roll: The Early Days Various – Unforgettable Fifties
12” Singles Dru Hill – How Deep Is Your Love Evelyn “Champagne” King – I Don’t Know If It’s RIght Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap – We In Here Linda Clifford – If My Friends Could See Me Now Xzibit – Hey Now / Beware of Us
New / Used CDs America – America Live Anne Murray – Croonin’ Billie Holiday – Billie’s Best Billie Holiday – The Essence Of Buddy Holly – Oh Boy Chris LeDoux – After The Storm Dave Koz – Lucky Man Diana Krall – Love Scenes Diana Krall – Stepping Out Dion – Runaround Sue Gerry Mulligan – California Concerts Volume 2 Gerry Mullican – Legacy Ginuwine – The Life John Michael Montgomery – Kickin’ It Up John Michael Montgomery – What I Do The Best Loretta Lynn – Coalminer’s Daughter Live Mahalia Jackson – The Best of Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson – 16 Most Requested Songs The Manhattan Transfer – Swing The Manhattan Transfer – The Very Best Of Pat Metheny Group – Still Life (Talking) Paul Simon – Concert In The Park Psychedelic Furs – Midnight To Midnight Psychedelic Furs – Greatest Hits Puddle of Mudd – Come Clean Puff Daddy – Forever Queen Latifah – The Dana Owens Album Ramsey Lewis Trio – In Person 1960-1967 Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Best Of R.E.M. – Eponymous Restless Heart – Matters of the Heart Ronny Jordan – A Brighter Day Run-D.M.C. – Tougher Than Leather Run-D.M.C. – Back From Hell Sammy Kershaw – The Hits Chapter Two Sha Na Na – Greatest Hits Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon And Garfunkel – Greatest Hits Slick Shoes – Rusty Slick Shoes – Wake Up Screaming The Smiths – Meat Is Murder Squirrel Nut Zippers – Christmas Caravan Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot Stan Kenton – Portraits on Standards Toby Keith – Boomtown Toby Keith – Honky Tonk University The Transitions – Back In Da Days Various – A Twist of Marley
Local sound artist and solo musician Timothy Donavan Russell has released a brand new mash-up album called Mix. Timothy has been a little more quiet than usual with this being his second release of the year. (He has some catching up with Mark Schwartz to do). Mix is a collection of 11 mash-up songs and you can find it streaming on the player below.
Also head on over to Timothy’s bandcamp page where you can purchase the download of the album and also check out more of his music. A list of songs sampled for this release are on bandcamp as well.
Local hip hop artist Satisfy has released a brand new four-track EP called Anomaly. You can check it out on the youtube player below, or also on a ton of other streaming platforms you can find links to right here.
Satisfy released his debut full length album Take A Deep Dive Into What I Go Through last year. We’ve included this EP on our list of 2020 releases in on our Springfield album archive page, bringing us to 42 local releases we have kept track of so far this year.
It’s time to drop a nice list of new arrivals for the store this week! Are you ready? This week we have a good chunk of new LPs, and the usual used, 12″ singles, and new and used CDs. No shows are going on of course, but there is a downtown Springfield pinball tournament we are hosting that is shaping up to be pretty fun. Yes, Record Store Day’s first “drop date” for 2020 is taking place this upcoming Saturday. We have a very very very small stack going out for this first drop date (please don’t be disappointed if we don’t have the exclusives you are hoping to get). Our store is open our usual hours of 11:00 am to 7:00 pm that day and every day, and we are still limiting the number of people inside our building to 10 at a time. Here is what’s new!
New LPs
Al Green – Greatest Hits
American Football – LP2
Bjork – Utopia
The Black Crowes – Before The Frost
Bright Eyes – Down In The Weeds
Dashboard Confessional – The Places You Have Come To Fear…
Elliott Smith – Either/Or
Eric Dolphy Quintet – Outward Bound
Lead Belly – The Best of Lead Belly
Ministry – The Land of Rape And Honey
Morrissey – I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Queens of the Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf
Spoon – Girls Can Tell
Tank & The Bangas – Green Balloon
Used LPs
The Beach Boys – Wild Honey / 20/20
Big Twist And The Mellow Fellows – Live From Chicago!
Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
Bobby Bare – Sings Lullabys, Legends, and Lies
Bobby Darin – Winners
Bonnie Guitar – I Believe In Love
Charlie Byrd – Aquarius
David Newton – Victim of Circumstance
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Cream of the Crop
Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker
Emmylou Harris – Cimarron
Frank Sinatra – Sunday & Everyday With Frank Sinatra
Frankie Valli – Hits
Henry Mancini – The Theme Scene
Jean-Luc Ponty – Mystical Adventures
Johnny & The Hurricanes – Stormville
The Limeliters – Their First Historic Album
Midnight Star – Planetary Invasion
Neil Diamond – On The Way To The Sky
Olivia Newton-John – If You Love Me, Let Me Know
Roberta Flack – First Take
The Sandpipers – Come Saturday Morning
Steve Lawrence – Take It On Home
The Supremes – Supremes at the Copa
Surf Punks – My Beach
Thompson Twins – In The Name of Love
Van Halen – For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Various – The Best of Christmas Volume 2
Various – The Best of Gold! Vol. 1
Various James Bond – 13 Original Themes
Various – Folk Sixties
Various – Beat Runs Wild
Wendy Wall – Wendy Wall
101 Strings – Play Hit American Waltzes
12” Singles
Frank Hooker & Positive People – Ooh Suga Wooga
Heatwave – Mind Blowing Decisions
The O’Jays – Let Me Show You
The Sylvers – Don’t Stop, Get Off
Touchdown – Breakout
New/Used CDs
America – In Concert
America – Human Nature
Anne Murray – What A Wonderful World
Anne Murray – Croonin’
Bessie Smith – Martin Scoresese Presents
Bessie Smith – The Essential Bessie Smith
Bill Haley & His Comets – The Best Of
Billie Holiday – Ultimate Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday – Songs for Distingué Lovers
Brad Mehldau – Places
Diane Schuur – Love Walked In
Diane Schuur – The Best Of
Duncan Sheik – Phantom Moon
Duncan Sheik – Duncan Sheik
Eric Marienthal – Turn Up The Heat
Gerry Mulligan – Legacy
Gerry Mulligan – This Is Jazz 18
Jan & Dean – Favorites
Jelly Roll Morton – Jelly Roll Stomp
Joe Lovano – Quartets
Lee Konitz – Spirits
Lyle Mays – Street Dreams
Montgomery Gentry – Carrying On
New Order – Brotherhood
New Order – BBC Radio / Live In Concert
Paul Simon – Concert In The Park
Paul Simon – One Trick Pony
Rocket From The Crypt – All Systems Go 2
Ronny Jordan – A Brighter Day
Ronny Jordan – At Last
Russell Malone – Heartstrings
Sammy Kershaw – The Hits Chapter Two
Sammy Kershaw – The Hits / Chapter 1
Sarah Vaughan – The Divine
Simon And Garfunkel – Greatest Hits
Simon And Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence
Slick Shoes – Wake Up Screaming
The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
The Smiths – The Smiths
Sublime – Greatest Hits
Various – DooWop Classics
Wynton Marsalis – Mr. Jelly Lord
Wynton Marsalis – Plays Monk Standard Time
Today we bring you a new four-song EP from a new Springfield project that we know absolutely nothing about. We don’t know who is in this, where it came from, if it’s going to ever play any live shows or release more music, or what. The project is called “Tilt Shift” and this Game Over EP mysteriously surfaced as a link deep and hidden in the Springfield Underground Pinball and Music forum. You can check it out streaming on the player embedded below. Also head on over to the Tilt Shift bandcamp page where you can download the music at your own price. From the Tilt Shift bandcamp page:
Tilt Warning’s debut release, Game Over EP, is a collection of b-sides written and recorded in 2020. Are we the first band ever to debut with just b-sides? Probably. But these songs didn’t have a future planned and the pandemic put a hold on future plans, so we wanted to share these songs with you in the meantime. Enjoy!
Long running local hip hop artist Cornbread has hit us with a brand new song a couple of days ago called “Remember.” It features other local artists Beenie Blanco and Meezy Killafield. Check out the song embedded on the youtube player below.
Check out more of Cornbread’s music on his bandcamp page right here. Also don’t forget to check out 217hiphop.com for more local hip hop news.
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