New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Okay, we know, the week is almost over. But here is a list of some new things we have been getting in either way. This includes new and used LPs, 12″ singles, and new CDs as per usual. Our store is still open every day from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, and the new arcade is open during those same hours and has been going great! Not a whole lot else going on other than that, and that is just fine by us! Join the fun on our forum! Okay, let’s dive into what’s new:

New LPs
The Breeders – All Nerve
Car Seat Headrest – Making A Door Less Open
Dave Matthews Band – Under The Table
Disturbed – The Sickness
Hands of God – Blueprint for Self Destruction
Hank Williams – 20 of Hank Williams’ Greatest Hits
Lucy Dacus – Historian
Smashing Pumpkins – Shiny And Oh So Bright
Super Unison – Auto

Used LPs
Addrisi Brothers – Addrisi Brothers
Arkansas State University – Jazz Ensembles
Basia – London Warsaw New York
The Beach Boys – Forever
Blue Oyster Cult – Mirrors
The Byrds – Byrds
Capercaillie – Crosswinds
Carmen Dragon – Tempo Espanol
Count Basie & Billy Eckstine – Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
Count Basie & The Mills Brothers – The Board of Directors
Cream – Live Cream
Dennis Day – Christmas Is For The Family
Eddie Cochran – Legendary Masters Series
Gary Puckett And The Union Gap – Incredible
George Wright – Merry Christmas
Henry Mancini – The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini
James Verity – Dublin in a Symphony of Strings
Jimmy Buffett – Living And Dying In 3/4 Time
John Grady – Christmas With The Canadian Brass
Johnny Mathis – The Shadow of Your Smile
Kansas – Song for America
Kenny Rogers – What About Me?
King Eric And HIs Knights – At The Emerald Beach Plantation
Foreigner – Records
Freddie Hart – 2 Record Set
Hugo Winterhalter – Christmas Magic
Pete Fountain – Plenty of Pete
Point Blank – American Exce$$
Prism – Small Change
Mama Cass Elliot – Mama’s Big Ones
RCR – Scandal
Renaissance – Renaissance
Ronnie Milsap – Greatest Hits
Various – Christmas Is…
Various – Cruisin’ 1957
Various – Cruisin’ 1955
Various – Great Songs of Christmas Album 8
Various – Home For The Holidays
Various – Roadie
Various – Soft Sounds of the 50’s
Various – Urban Renewal Program Supplement 1.5
1994 – Please Sand By

12” Singles
E-40 – U And Dat
Computa – Zone
The Last Emperor – The Banger
Mack 10 – Money’s Just A Touch Away
Slamm Syndicate – The Bump
True Life – Cocain Crack
2for5 – Broke Minds Think Alike

New CDs
Alan Jackson – Everything I Love
Alan Jackson – High Mileage
Apartment 26 – Hallucinating
The Apples in Stereo – Let’s Go!
Apocalyptica – Inquisition Syphony
The B-52’s – Whammy!
The B-52’s – Time Capsule
Bad Co. – The Original Bad Co. Anthology
Barbra Streisand – The Essential
Barbra Streisand – Duets
Bbmack – Sooner or Later
Bette Midler – No Frills
Bette Midler – Bette of Roses
Better Than Ezra – Deluxe
Big Audio Dynamite II – The Globe
Big Audio Dynamite – This Is Big Audio Dynamite
Branford Marsalis Quintet – Contemporary Jazz
Bradford Marsalis – I Heard You Twice For The First Time
Christopher Warren-Green – Sring Serenades
Claire Lynch – Lovelight
DJ DB – Acid Resistant 2
Dolly Parton – Jolene
Doug Stone – I Thought It Was You
Doug Stone – Faith In Me, Faith In You
Elvis – The Wonderful World of Christmas
Fats Navarro – Goin To Minton’s
The Firm – The Firm
Foghat – Foghat
Foghat – Fool For the City
Keiko Matsui – Full Moon And The Shrine
Keith Harling – Bring It On
Ken Navarro – Island Life
Ken Navaro – When Night Calls
LFO – LFO
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Najee – Love Songs
Night Ranger – Greatest Hits
Oregon – Northwest Passage
Pat Martino – All Sides Now
Rebecca Lynn Howard – Rebecca Lynn Howard
Richard Ashcroft – Alone With Everybody
Scorpions – World Wide Live
SheDaisy – The Whole SheBang / All Mixed Up
Shelby Lynne – I Am Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne – Identity Crisis
Ted Nugent – Over The Top
Ted Nugent – Little Miss Dangerous
Ty Henderon – Living In A Moment

 

In Memoriam: Jim Troxell (Food & Money/Flock of Tooters)

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Today we bring news that long time Springfield musician Jim Troxell, long time bass player in various local groups in the 1970’s-present has passed away. Jim, also known as “Tooter” performed in early punk/new-wave group Food & Money which was active from 1979-1982, and performed a very rare reunion show at Black Sheep in 2017. He also performed in Flock of Tooters, and various other groups throughout the years. From the Food & Money facebook page:

So deeply saddened to announce that Jim “Tooter” Troxell has passed away from cancer. He was truly the backbone of a Food and Money, both musically and personally. So glad we got to reunite as a band not too long ago, the magic was still there. Good luck on your next adventure Tooter.

Starter Jackets / The Raging Nathans: Split 7″

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Today we bring you a stream of some more new local music… this time the pop punk group Starter Jackets have a new split 7″ out with Ohio-based band The Raging Nathans. You can find that release streaming below, each band has two songs featured on the release. Also head on over to the Rad Girlfriend Records bandcamp page to check it out there or purchase the download.

If you are looking for physical copies of this 7″ record, you are in luck because we do have some here at Dumb Records! We have also added this one to our Springfield album archive page for this year, bringing us to 30 releases we have kept track of so far this year. Starter Jackets released their full album Decisions back in 2018, and we have copies of that in our store on vinyl as well.

 

Activator Magazine July + Black Artists Matter Issues Available Now

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Whoops, what do you know it’s already July 20th and we have not yet done a post here to let you know that we have not one but TWO new issues of Activator Magazine in our store!!

One is the regular July 2020 issue. This one is a fun issue for us because we have a big interview spread about our new arcade and new renovations that we have been working on during the pandemic here at Dumb Records! Featured on the cover and interviewed in this issue is Junior Pasaré (TJ Byrd) and Meezy Killafield. The two talk about their upcoming collaborative project. In addition to this there are album reviews, and interviews with Edward David Anderson, Kaream Williams, Gargantuan, Champaign Cypher Series, Church The Voice, and more. There are poems, art, and photo spreads as well.

The second issue is a bonus issue for this month, and that is the “Black Artists Matter” issue focusing on black artists in Central Illinois. This includes artists, poets, musicians, and more. You can find a commentary by Wilma J Wofford, an interview with Michelle Smith, an artist directory, a list of local black owned businesses and more.

You can pick up both issues for free in our store, or various other locations around town!

The State Journal-Register: “Dumb Records, Arlington’s Open Arcades”

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Well what do you know would you look at that! We made the Sunday paper! Pretty cool! As you can see, in the State-Journal Register today there is the article “Dumb Records, Arlington’s Open Arcades.” From the article:

The “Dumb Arcade” is hidden away in the back of the record store’s live event space in a dark room.

Once there, customers are greeted with the sight and sounds of 10 machines, including a sit down racing game, 4 stand up classic arcade games, and 5 pinball machines.

Dumb Records owner Brian Galecki said the concept came from business partner Jeff Black.

You can check out the full article online right here, or pick up a copy of the State Journal-Register at various places around town.

Our arcade is open every day the same time as our store, from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm.

Lincoln’s Legends Podcast: “Ready Player Dumb”

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Our buddies over at Lincoln’s Legends podcast did a nice blog post on our new arcade called “Ready Player Dumb”. Check that out on the Lincoln’s Legends site right here. From the post:

I am a life long advocate for the technology, the world-building/ storytelling, and the mental escape video games provide. At a time when the world feels like it’s spinning out of control, I am eager for the opportunity to escape inside a cabinet and bask in the warm glow of nostalgia.

Much like the video game designers who brought joy to my childhood the team and Dumb Records designed a world of their own, and after many long months of planning and repairs, they are now ready to share it with all of you.

Thanks Lincoln’s Legends! Our arcade is open every day from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm and has been going very well!

CompositionC (feat. Sheezy): “Alien”

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Today we bring you a hot new track from another local hip hop artist, CompositionC. This track is called “Alien” and it features Sheezy. This one wasn’t on any platforms we could embed below, but it is available on a number of different platforms you can find by checking out this link.

CompositionC released his debut full length album Back To The Beginning last year in 2019.

Vinal Luciano: “Growing Pains 2”

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Happy Friday everybody, T.G.I.F. And now… the moment you have all been waiting for. Local hip hop artist Vinal Luciano has released the sequel to his break through album, Growing Pains… that’s right, it’s Growing Pains 2. You can find the album streaming at many different streaming services (none that we can embed here unfortunately) over on Vinal’s website.

We did however embed one of Vinal Luciano’s brand new music videos for another single off the album, and that is for the song “Adios.” You can check that out below. This video was shot by Yaniboy. And of course we have added Growing Pains 2 to our list on our Springfield album archive page.

DGD “FedB4Designer”

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Good morning! Today we bring you yet another new hit music video from local hip hop artist “DGD”. This one is another one shot and produced by JBizzy Brooks of Glass Imagery Productions. The song is called “FedB4Designer” and you can find it streaming on the player embedded below. DGD released a song and video for “Floyd” earlier this month as well.

Check out our vids/pics page for a longer list of local music videos shot over the years.

Xtortion Da Don: “The Eargasm”

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Today we bring you the brand new, full-length album from long time running local hip hop act, “Xtortion Da Don”. This is Xtrotion’s second full length album, entitled The Eargasm. You can check out the 18-track album streaming on the player below. Also find the spotify link to listen to it right here, and the youtube link right here.

Xtortion had released his previous album Smoke in the City four years ago, which we do have copies of on CD in our store. You bet we are also adding this one to our Springfield album archive page.