Today at Dumb Records: (Would Have Been) Record Store Day 2020

Posted on April 18, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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We’d like to take a moment of silence for today, which would have been Record Store Day 2020, and what surely would have been our biggest day of the year and possibly of all time if a dreaded disease and global pandemic struck and changed everything.

Record Store Day has since announced that the world-wide event has been post-poned to Saturday, June 20th, but even right now we are very unsure of how the world will look on that date which is almost two months from now. We still have a facebook event up for that later event. You can follow Record Store Day (the organization) on facebook, where they are still actively promoting independent record stores around the world, and also follow their page for any latest news regarding that is supposed to be happening later on in June. ALSO, as we announced yesterday we are participating in a “virtual screening” going on of a new Vinyl Nation documentary to take place today only, on the day Record Store Day would have been. Find more info and the link to purchase tickets or the download of the film to support our store right here.

If you want to buy something from our online Discogs store in honor of what would have been a day to support local independent record stores, that is certainly welcome as well.

We Are A Participating In “Vinyl Nation” Documentary Virtual Screening Tomorrow (April 18th)

Posted on April 17, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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Wow, here is an opportunity that sprang up rather quickly for us!

Record Store Day has been organizing “virtual screenings” of a brand new documentary on the resurgence of vinyl called Vinyl Nation to take place tomorrow (April 18th) on what would have been Record Store Day 2020. Record Store Day has since been post-poned until June 20th (a little over two months from now).

To help record stores during these challenging times and closures due to COVID-19, we are presenting a one-time special online screening of our documentary Vinyl Nation in association with Record Store Day on April 18-19, 2020.

No one has seen Vinyl Nation yet! You will be the first audience to get a chance to see our documentary dig into the record resurgence here in America!

All ticket proceeds go to local record stores participating in this special screening. The link you used to buy your tickets allows us to track your ticket purchase directly back to your local record store, and your local record store will receive the full $10 face value from your individual ticket purchase.

That’s right. 100% of the face value of your ticket purchase goes straight to your local record store.

This special screening of our documentary Vinyl Nation will be available digitally from 12 midnight ET Saturday, April 18, 2020 through 11:59 PM PT Sunday, April 19, 2020.

Follow this link to purchase your online tickets to watch the documentary online and support our store! 100% of the proceeds will be going to support our store if you purchase tickets through that link!

Kid Ziggy: “Monster” (feat. Papa Luke & JunioR Pasáre)

Posted on April 17, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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Local hip hop artist Kid Ziggy is at it again. One of the key players in the Zippir Collective has dropped a new hit single song and video for a new track called “Monster.” This video was shot and produced by Delta Collective and you can check it out on the youtube player embedded below. This track features other Zippir Collective artists Papa Luke and JunioR Pasáre.

Kid Ziggy released a full length album, U God & Smoke earlier last year. Also be sure to check out the new Zippir Collective website with brand new merch up for sale right here. Check out our vids/pics page for a long list of other local music videos shot from over the years.

Dumb Records GoFundMe Update

Posted on April 16, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

It has now been one full week since we’ve launched our most recent GoFundMe campaign online to help our store and venue “stay afloat” during these times in which all shows are cancelled and our physical store can not be open. We felt it appropriate to give a little update now – and importantly say a big Thank You to all who have donated, or even any of you who have placed orders with us when our store is closed or have shown support in any way!

As of right now we have passed the $3,000 mark! The goal we had originally set was for $3,500 – but in the case of GoFundMe we get to keep the amount we have collected even if we don’t hit that goal, and we can also collect more than that after the goal is met. Placing a dollar amount goal wasn’t an easy task for us because we did not (and still do not) have any idea how long the venue portion or physical store portion of our operation will be out of commission for. It is likely that even once we are able to open our store back up, we will still not be able to host events for some time after that.

Another 4/16/20: Aside from the GoFundMe Campaign, we have been also seeking out other means of financial aide that we are eligible for as a small business during these times. Even though the PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) funding ran out on a national level today, we were able to secure an additional $2228 forgivable loan through the PPP with our bank!!!

Find the link to our online GoFundMe right here. We also encourage all of you to support any other local businesses in our community at this time.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

Posted on April 14, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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It’s a new week in our quarantine world! Are we used to this new way of life yet? Can you remember what our real store was like? Or what shows were like? We can barely remember. This week like any week we’ve got a few new items hitting the shelves, including new and used records and CDs. Our store is closed of course, but our online Discogs store is open 24:7. And so is our storenvy store, that is starting to run low on shirts! We also have an ongoing GoFundMe campaign online that appears to be doing really really well! Wow!! Let’s dive into what’s new:

New LPs
Bottom Bracket – I Don’t Care Enough To Stay
Hop Along – Get Disowned

Used LPs
Air Supply – Air Supply
The Alwyn Wall Band – The Prize
Barry McGuire – C’mon Along
Battlefield Band – Anthem For The Common Man
Boys of the Lough – Far From Home
Claim – Not Drawing, Waving
The Edgar Winter Group – They Only Come Out At Night
Dean Martin – I Take A Lot of Pride In What I Am
Edouard Commette – Bach On The Cathedral Organ
The Dragsters – Stoked
George Jones & Tammy Wynette – Together Again
Grace Slick – Manhole
GTR – GTR
Hope of Glory – Second Look
Horny Genius – Burn Your Sister
Janie Fricke – Singer of Songs
John Anderson – John Anderson
John Anderson – Wild & Blue
John Gary – The One And Only John Gary
Joni Mitchell – Dog Eat Dog
June Tabor – Airs and Graces
Kenny Loggins – Nightwatch
K-Tel Records – 25 Rock Revival Greats
Mantovani – Bravo! Mantovani
Marillion – Clutching At Straws
Mega City Four – Tranzophobia
The Monkees – Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
The Nervous Set – Original Broadway Cast
Oscar Peterson – Plays Jimmy McHugh
Pat Boone – Songs For Jesus Folk
Pat Boone – The Golden Era of Country Hits
Peter Frampton – I’m In You
Peter Frampton – Somethin’s Happening
Preservation Hall Jazz Band – New Orleans Vol. 1
Prime Movers – Museum
Ramsey Lewis – Solid Ivory: His Greatest Hits
Randy Edelman – Outside In Soundtrack
Reba McEntire – Greatest Hits
The Regals – We Shall Rise
Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly
Ron Wood – Gimme Some Neck
The Rumbles – Jump To Confusion
Salvation Air Foce – Strangers In A Strange Land
The Sandpipers – Guantanamera
Sawyer Brown – Shakin’
Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Toots Thielemans – Captured Alive
Tony Orlando & Dawn – Knock Three Times & Candida
Tony Sheridan – Dawn Colours
Western Vacation – Western Vacation
Woody Allen – Woody Allen

12” Singles
Body Head Bangerz – I Smoke, I Drank
Cassidy – The Message
D.G. Yola – Ain’t Gon Let Up
Down South Georgia Boys – DSGB
Fabulous feat. P. Diddy & Jagged Edge – Trade It All Pt. 2
Gemster & Big Mato – Bang Bang
Grafh – I Ai’t Playin’ Ft. Stat Quo
Pastor Troy – This Tha City
Sean P – Everywhere We Go
Wreckin’ Crew – Chance To Dance

New CDs
Asia – Live 09-X1-90
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Bad Religion – The Process of Belief
Barbara Streisand – The Way We Were Soundtrack
Barenaked Ladies – Maroon
Barenaked Ladies – Everything Everyone
Big Wreck – The Pleasure And The Greed
Boxstep – The Faces All Look On
Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time
Bryan Adams – So Far So Good
Butthole Surfers – Electriclarryland
Chicago – The Heart of Chicago
Chicago – Chicago’s Greatest Hits Volume I
Christina Aguilera – Stripped
Christina Aguilera – Just Be Free
Eddie Rabbitt – All Time Greatest Hits
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio – Supernova
Herbie Hancock – Jammin’ With Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea – An Evening With
Herbie Hancock – Futureshock
Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters
Hiroshima – Another Place
Ken Mellons – The Best of Ken Mellons
Lorrie Morgan & Sammy Kershaw – I Finally Sound Someone
Madonna – Music
Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
Madonna – Greatest Hits Volume 2
Mark Isham – Miles Remembered
The Mavericks – What A Crying Shame
Odori – Hiroshima
Paula Abdul – Greatest Hits
Peter Cetera – World Falling Down
Reba McEntire – What If It’s You
Reba McEntire – It’s Your Call
Rodney Jones – Soul Manifesto
Ryan Adams – Love Is Hell Pt. 2
Sarah Brightman – La Luna
Supertramp – Some Things Never Change
Tim McGraw – Tim McGraw
V.S.O.P. – The Quintet
X – Wild Gift

Kate Laine: “Covers in Quarantine”

Posted on April 12, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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With all of us at home, we have been seeing a lot of livestreams from local solo musicians, or sit-down-acoustic videos. There have been a lot of new acoustic cover songs as well, which are always fun to see! Today we bring you a collection of songs Kate Laine has presented on her bandcamp, called Covers in Quarantine. Right now those are three songs which you can find on the player streaming below, but Kate might be adding more to the collection! So far groups covered include Big Thief, Julia Jacklin, and Feist. Head over to Kate’s bandcamp page where you can download these songs for free.

Kate also released a new original solo song called “Sway” at the beginning of this stay-at-home-order.

Join Us For Record Of The Night!

Posted on April 11, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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Hey y’all! We are all stuck at home right now, why haven’t we though of having some fun and bringing the Dumb Records Record of the Night™ back to where it all began – at home. We want to invite YOU, (yes you), to show us what YOU are listening to and participate in our long-running tradition of Record of the Night™.

The rules are real loose. Feel free to send us a photo of you, your family, pets, plants, or whoever you have over there in your homes and the record that you are listening to! Keep it one record to the photo, and preferable a record we have not recently had featured!!

You can email submissions to dumbrecs@gmail.com or get ahold of us on pretty much any social media platform. If you are looking for inspiration, dive into the thousands of Records of the Night taken throughout the many many years right here. If all goes well we will have a different one featured on that link, and facebook, and instagram each night!

“Help Keep Dumb Records Afloat” GoFundMe Page

Posted on April 9, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

Well, we have given in and launched a GoFundMe page again.

As you know, many people and small businesses in our community and around the globe are struggling during the stay-at-home-order and precautions that must be taken to fight COVID-19.

At Dumb Records we have done our best even with our physical doors being shut to continue with online orders and engaging with customers. We do always enjoy coming up with new ideas and new things to try.

However this has only gotten us so far. With our normal operation, we rely on shows and in-store sales to make sure our rent and bills get paid. Last month we were left with no other choice but to cancel a total of 15 shows we had lined up on our calendar, and ever since then we are in a position where we can not have any new shows in the works. We are also faced with the scary uncertainty of not knowing when we will be able to host live shows again, and not knowing when our physical store open back up.

At this point it is likely that even if our physical store can open back up, it will be even longer until we can start having shows again.

So, we are reaching out to the community to help keep our store and all ages show space afloat during this time. All of our efforts to receive other financial aid or grants up until this point have also been unfortunately unsuccessful. Anything you can donate would be much appreciated, and we also encourage you to donate to or support other local businesses who are also in need.

We will likely keep this donation page up the duration of the stay-at-home-order. We also are continuing to push our online Discogs store, and storenvy pages.

Meezy Killafield: “I Don’t Know Freestyle”

Posted on April 8, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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Even though the lock-down continues, hip hop in the 217 does not as we keep having new singles and music videos rolling in! This time once again local rapper Meezy Killafield has teamed up with Twenty One Seven Studios for a new song and video for “I Don’t Know Freestyle.” You can check that one out on the player embedded below.

Meezy Killafield released his album The Killafield Kronicles earlier last year. Check out a long list of other local music videos shot over the years on our vids/pics page.

Sonic Maximizer: “Heavy Surf Sounds”

Posted on April 8, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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Sonic Maximizer, the surf rock punk outfit from Springfield and Taylorville have released their brand new full length album, Heavy Surf Sounds. The album is up for streaming right here on Spotify. From the band’s facebook page:

Our first full length album is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer. You can purchase and download the album on itunes.

Many thanks to Brandon Carnes for recording and mixing, and Miles Parkhill of milestshirtsdotcom for letting us use his facilities. Thanks to all of you who have come to shows and shown support to not only our band, but to this whole music community we have…

It’s weird to release this album during these troubling times. This is not how we envisioned our release would be. But we as musicians need to do are part in trying to keep life as normal as we can. We are eager to get back out there just like rest of you are, and when we do we are going to be coming out stronger than ever!

We will keep all of you up to date when our next shows are scheduled. Enjoy the album, and stay healthy friends. We will see you soon! 🤘🤙

P.S. Be on the look out for our website. It will have all of our info, show dates, merchandise, CDS, Vinyl, and Videos that we have to offer.

Sonic Maximizer had a release show lined up to happen originally this past weekend at Buzz Bomb Brewery but of course was cancelled along with every other show in the world.