New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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It’s another Tuesday! SO here we are with another great stack of new and used LPs, CDs, and more going out on the shelves here at Dumb Records. Our store is still open everyday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm here at 418 E Monroe St. downtown. Our arcade is also open those same hours and the great big downtown Springfield pinball tournament is on-going. Our online discogs store can be found right here. Alright, let’s jump into what’s new!

New LPs
Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
Bully – Sugaregg
Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard
Deafhaven – New Bermuda
Fats Domino – The Best of Fats Domino
Iggy Pop – Raw Power
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Kii – Nightingale
Mayhem – Out From The Dark
Muddy Waters – The Best of Muddy Waters
Slipknot – Slipknot

Used LPs
Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation
Alabama – 40 Hour Week
Bad Company – Burnin’ Sky
B.B. King – The Best Of B.B. King
The Beatles – Love Songs
The Chiffons – Everything You Always Wanted…
Chuck Berry – 20 Greatest Hits
Crosby / Nash – Live
Dave Brubeck Trio / Gerry Mulligan – Blues Roots
Dave Rose – A Merry Christmas To You
Dionne Warwick – Here I Am
Doris Day – Doris Day’s Greatest Hits
Genesis – Selling England By The Pound
Glenn Miller – Legendary Performer Vol. 2
Glenn Miller – Parade of Hits
Harry Golden – Harry Golden
Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass – Casino Royale
Herb Alpert – The Best of the Brass
The Hollies – Romany
Jan Garber – The Swinging Sweet Bands Vol. 2
Jethro Tull – Too Old To Rock N’ Roll: Too Young To Die
John Schneider – A Memory Like You
The Kingston Trio – Stereo Concert
Klaatu – Klaatu
Leon Russell – And The Shelter People
Loreena McKennitt – Elemental
Oak Ridge Boys – Room Service
Patton – Original Motion Picture Score
Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair
Sammy Hagar – Rematch
The Shirts – Inner Sleeve
Skeeter Davis – Best of Skeeter Davis, Volume II
Stella Parton – Country Sweet
Various – Central Illinois’ Best Rock
Various – Flashback! Rock Classics of the 70’s
Various – History of Rock N’ Roll Vol. 4
Various – Thank God It’s Friday

12” Singles
Astaire – What Have I Got To Lose
Aurra – Are You Single
Freeez – I.O.U.
Klymaxxx – Meeting In The Ladies Room
Time Bandits – Live It Up / Juvenile Aquaintance

New / Used CDs
Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Music Of
Beth Nielsen Chapman – Beth Nielsen Chapman
Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good
Dion – The Wanderer: His Greatest Hits on Laurie Records
Echo & The Bunnymen – What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – 20 Greatest Hits
Frankie Valli – Greatest Hits
Girls Against Boys – House of GVSB
Guster – Goldfly
Herbie Mann – Eastern European Roots
Hoodoo Gurus – Magnum Cum Louder
Hoodoo Gurus – Mars Needs Guitars!
Hugh Masekela – Live At The BBC
Hugh Masekela – Time
Hubert Laws – The Best of Hubert Laws
Hüsker Du – New Day Rising
Incubus – Make Yourself
Incubus – Enjoy Incubus
Keith Sweat – I’ll Give All My Love To You
Keith Sweat – Rebirth
Leontyne Price – The Essential
Mahalia Jackson – How I Got Over
Mahalia Jackson – Amazing Grace
Marcus Miller – M2
Powerman 5000 – Tonight The Stars Revolt!
Powerman 5000 – Mega!! Kung Fu Radio
The Presidents of the United States of America – s/t
The Queers – Later Days And Better Lays
Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson – Meant To Be
R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction
R.E.M. – In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
The Replacements – Stink
RUN D.M.C. – RUN D.M.C.
Scarface – The Fix
Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
Snoop Dogg – Bones
Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
Various – The Source Presents Hip Hop Hits Vol. 5
Various – Baby Boy: Music From The Motion Picture
Various – The Best of Old Town Doo Wop
Vince Gill – The Best of Vince Gill
Warren G – The Return of the Regulator 2002
Warren G – Take A Look Over Your Shoulder
Yo-Yo Ma – Plays The Music of John Williams

Details On Record Store Day “Drop Date” #2 at Dumb Records

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Our first Record Store Day “Drop Date” at the end of last month seamed to go really well, so for the next one coming up on Saturday, September 26th (just less than a couple of weeks away), we are kicking it up one more notch (just a smidgen).

Record Store Day, which is usually a big annual event for us and other record stores around the globe in April, had been pushed back to June this year due to Covid-19, and then again to three separate “drop dates” in August, September, and October to still get exclusive records out to collectors and fans while trying to avoid crowds as much as possible.

For this second drop date on Saturday, September 26th – we are opening our store a tad bit earlier than usual at 10:00 am, and will be open until 7:00 pm. Our arcade will be open during those hours as well, limiting to four people at a time. We are still limiting the total amount of people in our building to ten.

We did order still a very limited amount of RSD exclusive releases this time around, and will also be planning on dropping an amount of new and used vinyl onto the shelves for the first time on that day. Some of the RSD exclusive releases we plan on getting include: George Clinton, Batman & Robin, Death Piggy, Destiny’s Child, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Jerry Garcia, Dizzy Gillespie, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Jimi Hendrix, Hootie & The Blowfish, Meat Puppets, Mott The Hoople, Primus, Ramones, Replacements, Residents, Britney Spears, Tegan & Sara, and the Hackers soundtrack. ***Note, we are not guaranteed to get any of those titles, and the ones we get are first-come, first-serve.

More info on all of those titles is available at recordstoreday.com.

State Journal-Register: “There’s a fierce battle in downtown Springfield and Dumb Records is the epicenter”

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We have once again made the local paper it looks like. Yesterday the article, “There’s a fierce battle in downtown Springfield and Dumb Records is the epicenter” went up online over at sj-r.com, and it appears as if this is going to be in print tomorrow for the big Sunday newspaper in the local business section. Thank you to Brenden Moore for writing the article. From the article:

“Running a small business amid a global pandemic is not easy. Many conversations center around how to adapt to the current reality of social distancing and capacity limits and simply surviving in order to reach better times.

This is perhaps most pertinent for business owners running brick-and-mortar stores in downtown Springfield, who have been hurt by the loss of foot traffic as much of the downtown labor force continues to work from home while tourists have stayed away.”

WordPress, why won’t you let us do quote-blocks anymore? Why did you have to take that away? You can check out the full article online right here. You also should be able to find it in tomorrow’s Sunday print issue of the State Journal-Register.

Downtown Pinball Tournament Round One Final Scores, Round Two Begins Today

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Okay NOW that we’ve gotten the mayor’s emergency order extending round one of our pinball tournament out of the way, we can finally post the results of round one and move on to round two. Round one was a lot of fun, it was great getting over 30 local businesses on board participating, there were a few twists and turns, and a lot of fun was had. Here are the final scores for round one, the names in bold are moving on to the next round. We took the three highest scoring losers to move on to the next round as well to compete in a bracket of their own.

Also pictured above you can see what we have mapped out for round two, which features the game No Good Gofers and runs from today, September 10th through September 19th.

WILLOW & BIRCH = 5,940,070
SPRINGFIELD VINTAGE = 25,537,780

GALLINA’S PIZZA = 4,558,300
CORRINE’S CLOSET = 0

MAYOR LANGFELDER = 33,647,500
RESOURCE ONE = 28,523,470

KRISTI MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY = 11,955,060
LA PIAZZA = 8,621,670

REVERIE APPAREL = 24,216,290
PRAIRIE ARCHIVES = 29,513,160

GOOD HEART TATTOO = 4,654,640
ABRAHAM LINCOLN = 0

DAISY JANE’S = 5,495,790
DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD INC. = 16,804,280

MURPHY’S LOFT = 3,257,070
CUSTOM CUP = 31,538,560

THE PHARMACY GALLERY = 41,024,650
PURE PERFORMANCE FITNESS CENTER = 19,372,710

WILD ROSE = 9,277,470
PUBLIC MARKET = 19,125,210

BUZZ BOMB = 16,348,680
HARRIS LAW CENTER = 7,925,240

SECURITY BANK = 0
ARLINGTON’S = 25,063,020

INNOVATE SPRINGFIELD = 13,052,300
HEAD WEST = 28,841,160

CRAFT BEER BAR = 55,215,180
STAUNZTASTIC ART = 16,347,400

ANVIL & FORGE = 34,306,260
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE = 48,028,140

FERRY & ASSOCIATES = 0
THE SAA COLLECTIVE = 21,752,090

LONG NINE JUNCTION = 5,050,470
UPTOWN LOOKS = 4,454,210

OLD STATE CAPITOL = 23,100,370

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Sometimes, we have so much fun and play so much pinball that we forget that we are a record store. We are a record store, and we have a lot of records to go out on the shelves this week! That’s right. Our store is still open every day from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm downtown, we have a big green elephant outside. This week as usual we have new and used LPs, CDs, and more. Alright, here’s what’s new!

New LPs
Bauhaus – Mask
The Black Keys Brothers
Body Count – Carnivore
Chris Stapleton – Traveler
Collective Soul – Collective Soul
Joe Henderson – Page One
Molly Tuttle – But I’d Rather Be With You
Rex Orange County – Bcos U Will Never B Free
Yo La Tengo – Extra Painful

Used LPs
Alan Price – Between Today And Yesterday
The Beatles – Love Songs
Bernie Green – Musically MAD
Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
Bobby Bare – Singin’ In The Kitchen
David Wilkerson – The Coming Persecution
Diana Ross – Anthology
Dianne Brooks – Back Stairs Of My Life
Floorpunch – Division One Champs
Focus – In And Out of Focus
Foreigner – Double Vision
Harry Belafonte – At Carnegie Hall
Jeff Beck – Wired
Jefferson Airplane – Flight Log 1966-1976
Jerry Reed – Greatest Hits
The Jonah Jones Quartet – Swingin’ Round The World
Johnny Kemp – Dancin’ With Myself
Johnny Mathis – Romantically Johnny Mathis
King Crimson – USA
Leo Kottke – Mudlark
The Kingston Trio – The Best Of, Vol. II
Molly Hatchet – Molly Hatchet
Monty Python – Contractual Obligation Album
Myleka – Myleka
The Oak Ridge Boys – Fancy Free
The Oak Ridge Boys – Christmas
Patti Austin – It’s Gonna Be Special
Perry Como – Como’s Golden Records
Peter, Paul & Mary – Late Again
Ramones – Pleasant Dreams
The Roadside Band – Storms About To Brew
Roger Williams – The Solid Gold Steinway
The Rolling Stones – Flowers
Skeeter Davis – Best of Skeeter Davis, Volume II
The Smothers Brothers – Curb Your Tongue, Knave!
Spyro Gyra – Catching The Sun
Til Tuesday – Voices Cary
Various – Superecord. Contemporary
Various – Walt Disney Favorites
Various – The Young And The Restless
The Ventures – The Christmas Album
Warren Benson – Percussion
Wishbone Ash – Live Dates

12” Singles
Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap – We In Here
Klymaxxx – Meeting In The Ladies Room
Vikki Love – Stop Playing On Me

New / Used CDs
Alan Jackson – Here In The Real World
Alan Jackson – Greatest Hits Volume II
America – Alibi
America – Holiday
Bill Medley – The Best of Bill Medley
Billie Holiday – Priceless Jazz
Busta Rhymes – Genesis
Dave McKenna / Scott Hamilton – Double Play
Diana Krall – Live In Paris
Diana Krall – All For You
Dynamite Hack – Superfast
Frankie Valli And The 4 Seasons – Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Gerry Mulligan – Watching & Waiting
Gerry Mulligan – Mulligan Plays Mulligan
Hi-Tek – Hi-Teknology
Juvenile & JT The Bigga Figga – Gotta Get It
Koko Taylor – Royal Blue
Koko Taylor – The Earthshaker
Les McCann – Invitation To Openness
Les McCann & Eddie Harris – Swiss Movement
Little Texas – Big Time
Little Texas – Little Texas
Mahalia Jackson – Live At Newport 1958
Pat Metheney Group – Speaking Of Now
Pat Metheney Trio – 99 > 00
Patty Loveless – Only What I Feel
Patty Loveless – Mountain Soul
Perfec – Best Kept Secret
A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step
The Psychedelic Furs – The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk
Ramsey Lewis – Ivory Pyramid
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Appassionata
R.E.M. – Document
R.E.M. – Dead Letter Office
Ruff Ryders – Ryde or Die Vol. III
RUN D.M.C. – Raising Hell
RUN D.M.C. – Down With The King
Shaggy – Hotshot Ultra Mix
Simon & Garfunkel – The Very Best Of: Tales From New York
Staind – Dysfunction
Superchunk – Foolish
Superchunk – Indoor Living
Various – Bad Boys II: The Soundtrack
Various – New Jack City: Music From The Motion Picture
Warren G – I Want It All
Warren G – Regulate – G Funk Era

Mayor Langfelder Issues Emergency Order Extending Downtown Pinball Tournament Round One To Today

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Can you believe it, you may have seen this news going viral on the internet last night / this morning, but if not – the unexpected has happened: last night mayor Jim Langfelder showed up to our store with this signed Emergency Order extending round one of our pinball tournament one more day. Then he proceeded to go into the arcade, and set a new high score of over 33 million, currently beating Recourse One here in the first round. Downtown Springfield Inc. caught a video of some of this happening.

We were going to post a big update for the first round today, but now that is pushed back tomorrow. You can expect an updated tournament bracket and clear schedule for the rest of the tournament tomorrow. Follow our facebook page for daily updates on the tournament.

Lincoln’s Legends: “Why Is Everyone Flipping Out Over Dumb Pinball?”

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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.

Demons On Wheels: “Souvenirs”

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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.

Free Downtown Parking Extended Until End of September (For Now)

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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.

Round One of Downtown Pinball Tournament Extended, Store Closed Monday

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Okay, time for an update on a couple of things.

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!