In Memoriam: Noah Guerrettaz (Dumb Records Volunteer)

Posted on January 3, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of our former volunteers at Dumb Records, Noah Guerrettaz (1999-2019) towards the end of this past year from health complications. Noah had been a dedicated volunteer in our store at our older location from 2015 through 2018 at the time of our move downtown. Noah was also a show attendee, and was a musician himself although he kept all of his recorded music mostly to himself and a few of those close to him. Some of Noah’s family lived in Flora, Illinois where a funeral mass was held at the end of November. His obituary can be found right here.

Noah was also working at Dumb Records the night we took in our store cat, Pepperoni Pizza, who wandered into a show at Black Sheep as we were setting up on September 10th, 2018.

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Posted on January 1, 2020 by blacksheepspringfield

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Hello, it’s a new year, and a new decade. And, we are only open until 5:30 today for special New Year’s Day hours, but after this it’s going to be 10:00 am – 8:00 pm every single day of the week all of the time. Get ready for a 2020 filled with music, and records, and record farming. We just can’t wait! And, this pretty much marks one year since we started our lease here downtown! Wow! We are thrilled to still be here downtown and ready for another year of bringing you some premium music. Let’s take a look at our hours this week and all that and then dive into what’s new.

Wednesday (today): 12:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday (show): 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Monday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

New LPs
Bob Mould – Sunshine Rock

Used LPs
Altered Images – Happy Birthday
Andre Kostelanetz – Wonderland Of Golden Hits
Barry McGuire – Lighten Up
Benny Goodman – The Great Benny Goodman
Bernadette Peters – Now Playing
Billy Idol – Billy Idol
The Brothers Four – Songbook
Cheetah – Rock & Roll Women
Chet Atkins – Relaxin’ With Chet Atkins
Chuck Berry – Golden Decade Volume 3
Doug Clark And The Hot Nuts – Nuts To You Vol. 1
Earl Grant – Earl Grant’s Greatest Hits
El Sali & His Ballet Espagnol – Flamenco!
Ferlin Husky – The Hits of Ferlin Husky
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk.
Fleetwood Mac – Heroes Are Hard To Find
Freda Payne – Payne And Pleasure
The Hagers – Two Hagers Are Better Than One
Janie Fricke – From The Heart
Jeremy Steig – Temple of Birth
John Hammond – So Many Roads
John Hammond – Solo
John Pantry – Liberation Suite
Laurie Records – 15 Top Ten Hits Volume 1
Lightnin’ Hopkins – Autobiography In Blues
Michael Omartian – Adam Again
Mother’s Finest – Another Mother Further
The New Creation – The Folk Sound of Freedom
The Nice – Autumn To Spring
Patrick Hazell – Harvest Dance
Percy Faith – Jealousy
Petula Clark – Downtown
Petula Clark – This Is Petula Clark
Randy Matthews – Now Do You Understand?
Roy Clark & Buck Trent – Pair Of Fives (Banjos, That Is)
Rumour – Max
Shaun Cassidy – Born Late
Simon Karas – Byzantine Easter Services
Various – Record Store Day 2008
The Washington Squares – The Washington Squares
The Who – The Who By Numbers

12” Singles
De La Soul – Me Myself And I
J-Zone – 5 Star Hooptie / Eatadiccup
Kid Flash – Hot Like Fire
Kool Moe Dee – African Pride
Mellow Man Ace – Hypest from Cypress
Prince Markie Dee And The Sou Convention – Trippin’ Out
Shanice Wilson – No 1/2 Steppin
Sidney Featuring Black White N’ Co – Let’s Break
Tina Moore – Wreck Yo Body

New CDs
AL B. Rich – Club Nation America Volume Two
Apoptygma Berzerk – Welcome To Earth
Apoptygma Berzerk – The Apopcalyptic Manifesto
Brian McKnight – Superhero
Erik Truffaz – Revisite
Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri – El Sonido Nuevo
Chris Cox – Provocative Trance
Chucho Valdés – Solo: Live In New York
Darude – Before The Storm
Das Ich – Re_Laborat
Dean Martin – The Best of Dean Martin
Dean Martin – Greatest Hits: King Of Cool
Dieselboy – A Soldier’s Story
Dieselboy – System_Upgrade
Fatboy Slim & Paul Oakenfold – Essential Selection
Frank Sinatra – Trilogy: Past, Present & Future
Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me
Funkervogt – T
George Benson – The Best of George Benson
Glenn Lewis – World Outisde My Window
Grover Washington, Jr. – All My Tomorrows
James Taylor Quartet – Message From The Godfather
Jason Dunne – Trance
Jellybean Benitez – Jellybean’s House Party
Jerry Vale – Till
Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers – The Album
John Digweed – Beautiful Strange
John Digweed – Clubland Collective Vol 02
Johnny Vicious / Tall Paul – Club Nation America
Keoki – Jealousy
Kevorkian Death Cycle – A + O (m)
Papua New Guinea – The Future Sound of London
The Manhattans – Greatest Hits
Mario – Turning Point
Mel Torme – An Evening With Mel Torme
Mel Torme – My Night To Dream
Nana Vasconcelos – Saudades
Nestor Torres – My Latin Soul
Rick Braun – Beat Street
Rick Braun – Body And Soul
Richie Hawtin & John Acquavia – X-Mix-3
Sander Kleinenberg – Tranceglobal Airways
Seb Fontaine – Global Underground >1
Superstar DJ Keoki – All Mixed Up
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Live At The Olympic
Tom Petty – Wildflowers
Tommy Dorsey / Frank Sinatra – All Time Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Tony Bennett – Steppin’ Out
Tony Bennett – 16 Most Requested Songs
United Future Organization – No Sound Is Too Taboo
Various – Café Noir: Musique Pour Bistrots Chill Out #1
Various – Fashion Beat: Volume 01
Various – To Grover, With Love
Weather Report – Celebrating The Music of Weather Report
Weather Report – Live And Unreleased
The 5th Dimension – The Age Of Aquarius
The 5th Dimension – Up-Up And Away

The Vachel Lindsay Legacy Presents Art Show at Dumb Records January 11th

Posted on December 29, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Today we are letting you know about the first art show going on in our space in the new decade, and the year 2020! This one is being put on by our friends over at the Vachel Lindsay Legacy. It is being called “Fund The Dumb Future” for some reason, we are not really sure why this is a benefit for our store, but we guess that’s what Vachel wants. From the facebook event:

In the spirit of Vachel Lindsay who wrote, “the things most worth while are one’s own hearth and neighborhood,” artists from all over Springfield are coming together to raise money for Dumb Records by throwing a big party! Beelzebunz will be selling delicious and homemade baked goods, the Baristie Boys will be there to warm up the winter with their locally roasted coffee, and artists and musicians in droves will be setting up and selling their art!

In addition to all of that, here are all of the artists involved:

Kristin Diehl
Azia Donovan
Will Redwood
Severyn Beekman
Aubrey Puyear
Devin Larson
Amber Autumm Mystlinski
Cheryl Stelle
Bri Skeels
Xea
Hannah Siehr
Dani Sakach
Clare Frachey
Staunzie Grady

And to add some atmosphere to this art show, Kate Laine, Vertrell Yates, and Xea will be performing their beautiful music. Of course, Dumb Records will have all the finest records for sale. To chronicle the thrilling night of music, food, art, community, and, well, Springfield, Cass Wulf Photo Co. will be photographing the event!

How have we managed to fit so much amazingness into one night? Easy. Springfield came together in the spirit of it’s DIY artist forefather, Vachel Lindsay, as a community to build this event into something special by applying Vachel’s “New Localism” which encourages communities to unify and grow together.

Admission is free but we will be collecting donations for our friends at Dumb Records to help with their rent. See you there!

“Springfield awake, Springfield aflame!”

All of that is scheduled to go on right now from 7:00 to 9:00 pm on January 11th, wow that is a heck of a lot of stuff scheduled to go on for two hours. Find a facebook event for this one right here.

JunioR Pasáre: “Mashed Potatoes Freestyle”

Posted on December 28, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Today we bring you a brand new song from local hip hop artist, JunioR Pasáre. JunioR is going to be performing tonight at Dumb Records as a part of the big Hiphophumpday Presents… hip hop show going on here tonight. The song is called “Mashed Potatoes Freestyle” and you can find it streaming on the youtube player below.

JunioR Pasáre released an album, We Gone Win earlier this year, and a Half Full EP with Ty Witty earlier this year as well.

Tonight at Dumb Records: Hip Hop Humpday Presents Kid Ziggy & Papa Luke, Meezy Killafield, Junior Pasaré, Deezy Da Paperboy & Alexa Redd, Cornbread, Big Homie Hom, Gambino Indacutt

Posted on December 28, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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One of our last shows of the year is happening tonight. Tonight also marks exactly one year since the last ever Black Sheep show, so we are getting real emotional over here at Dumb Records headquarters. Tonight is going to be yet another benefit for Springfield Community Broadcasters in their mission to get programming formerly on 88. 3 WQNA back on the air. And this one is being put together by Hip Hop Humpday, which used to be on for three hours every Wednesday afternoon. This show features a stacked lineup of some of the biggest hitting hip hop acts. This includes Kid Ziggy & Papa Luke of Zippir Collective, a duo that packed the house the last time they performed at our most recent hip hop show. Also Meezy Killafield is on the show and ready to show us all that he means business. We have the return of Junior Pasáre, and Cornbread to our space! Also the fantastic duo of Deezy Da Paperboy and Alexa Redd will be doing a special set. Big Homie Hom is the one other act that we have not had on a show here yet! Oh wait, there might be another opener right at 7:30 pm and that is Gambinoo Indacut, a young up and coming artist.

This show kicks off at 7:30 pm that day! For admission we are asking a minimum $5 donation to the cause. Check out a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at our space.

Vector: “Subfusion”

Posted on December 27, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Is it too late to squeeze in any more local releases for 2019? There are still five days left in this year? Okay. Here is a brand new electronic release coming at you from what appears to be a brand new local project called “Vector.” The group features the duo of Vincent (Sebastian) and Kolton. This is their first five-track release called Subfusion. You can find it streaming below. Also find it on bandcamp where you can download the release at your own price right here. Nothing for live shows for Vector as far as we can tell.

And bad-a-bing, we are adding this one to the Springfield album archive for this year (2019), putting us at 60 releases that we’ve kept track of this year.

Øttø San – “Starter Gang Freestyle”

Posted on December 27, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Today we bring you a brand new song and “dance video” from Øttø San for the song “Starter Gang Freestyle.” The video is shot and edited by Elijah Settles, and you can check it out on the player embedded below or on youtube right here.

Øttø San also released a video for “Origin” shot by Elijah Settles earlier this year. Check out more local music videos over on our vids / pics page.

January 5th at Dumb Records: Black Box, Judy & The Jerks, Bigg Band, Fornicators, Oh Gosh!

Posted on December 27, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Ouch, this one is real late for a show getting announced. It is our FIRST show happening in the year 2020, on Sunday, January 5th! This one features a stacked lineup, two touring bands from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. One of those includes Judy & The Jerks – who played at Dumb Fest 5 in 2017 for any of you that can remember back that far. Stream Judy & The Jerks’ newest release on the player below. They will be on tour with a project called “Bigg Band” which we have been told is actually a really big band. Oh, and also we should mention that we have Springfield fast hardcore band Black Box on the bill. Also on the bill is a brand new St. Louis band featuring members of Mala Leche and Lumpy & The Dumpers called “Fornicators.” Opening things up is the second show ever for new Springfield band “Oh Gosh.”

This all starts at 7:00 pm and door admission is $6.99, maybe a new door standard for the future? We will see. Check out a facebook event for this one right here. And be sure to check out our shows page to see what else is coming up at Dumb Records in the year 2020.

Videos From NPR Illinois Tiny Desk Concert Series in May at Anvil & Forge

Posted on December 26, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

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Maybe we are way late on posting this, but here it is. Way back in May NPR Illinois put on a special “Public Radio Week” at different locations downtown. Part of this included a “Tiny Desk Concert Series” show at Anvil & Forge on Washington Street. Bands that play included Kate The Band (pictured above), Looming, Jeff Williams, and Dexter Anodyne. We’ve got the video from Looming’s set on the player embedded below.

To see videos of all four sets, head on over to the NPR Illinois site right here.

Ricki Marvel: “Lanes”

Posted on December 26, 2019 by blacksheepspringfield

Now that Christmas is OVER, and DONE, it’s time for us to get back full swing into bringing you that hot, new, local music news. There has been a lot coming out this last month or so so we have a lot of catching up to do. What’s this? It looks like solo artist Ricki Marvel has released a new track this month off of an upcoming album that will be released at the start of 2020. The song is called “Lanes” and you can find it streaming on the player below. Also find it on bandcamp where you can purchase the download of the song.

The full album will be called The Prisoner and according to facebook will be out on January 10th, 2020. Ricki Marvel released What A Disappointment EP back in 2017.