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ol Iron Lung Back on the Job

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ol Iron Lung Brian made it back to work this week and has started farming more records for the stores while carrying around his fruit punch.

Here are the hot new Friday releases!

– JASON ISBELL is back with a brand new solo album “Foxes In The Snow”! We will be getting plenty of copies, on that indie exclusive metallic gold vinyl.
– JUICE WRLD has another posthumous release, a double album of unreleased material called “The Party Never Ends”. We’ll have it on that indie exclusive silver vinyl.
– NEIL YOUNG another dug up album of unreleased material recorded in the 1970’s! This one is called “Oceanside Countryside,” available on clear exclusive vinyl!
– LADY GAGA has a new album “Mayhem” out on black vinyl
– Another DE LA SOUL re-issue, for their live album “Clear Lake Audiotorium” on clear green vinyl.
– Aaaaand DISTURBED’S “THE SICKNESS” is hitting it’s 25th anniversary so here is a alternative green cover with green vinyl release!
– (not pictured) oh yeah, there is a live NOAH KAHAN “Live From Fenway Park” out this Friday as well, we will have a couple of.
– BOB MOULD has a new solo album “Here We Go Crazy” we will have a couple of copies of.

This week Pepperoni picked The Clash

“My pick this week is The Clash’s 1979 iconic album “London Calling.” You’ve all seen this album cover before. That’s actually bassist Paul Simonon smashing his bass at a show at the Palladium in New York in 1979. I’m more of a fan of The Clash’s good old fashioned punk rock in their first two albums – London Calling brought blending of reggae, new wave, and a few other things and is a tad slower than their earlier stuff. Highly influential though I’m sure and still one of the coolest album covers of all time. My favorite track on this one “Brand New Cadillac”

We’re also excited to finally have TV Girl records in our store after receiving requests for years from this elusive band. Hopefully more to come, too!

Just another Organ and Chimes Christmas

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The mall is having a food drive currently and we’re going to win, come bring your food by and watch us win it big! and I guess also help people who need food

This week Pepperoni picked this Queen greatest hits album

“This week it’s QUEEN – not the first greatest hits, but “Greatest Hits II” – a double LP, seventeen songs spanning the entire second half of the band’s career which truly was as jammed-packed with his as their first half. These are mostly 80’s Queen songs – including “Under Pressure,” “Radio Ga Ga,” “I Want To Break Free,” and the list goes on. Queen is a band so good and monumental that they have THREE greatest hits. (The third one was released in 1999 after Freddy’s death and included material from members solo careers and also collaborations the band did).

Oh yeah! Did you know that every week our neighbors downtown at The Cats’ Pyjamas Cat Cafe have been raffling off my featured pick? They listen to the album and draw winners every Sunday and you can enter the raffle throughout the week! Big shoutout for our neighbors for adding to the fun of picking an album every week!”

Even tho we’re very very very very busy with the Christmas shopping season, Jeff has to go and trade out more games in the arcade. Look at this mess. I guess we have 2 new games in the downtown arcade now.

The Dumb Wives

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We’ve been really focused lately on selling records this holiday season, but we did have a show not long ago, here is a pic from that (sorry I don’t know what band this is). We only have hardcore shows on our calendar currently, sorry again.

This Friday’s hot vinyl releases!
– SNOOP DOGG and his twentieth studio album “Missionary”… it’s a picture disc made to look like oh dear.
– THE NATIONAL have a new live album coming out called “Rome” and we should be getting a few copies of the indie exclusive white version.
– The MARIAH CAREY CHRISTMAS craze continues this time with a release of her Merry Christmas album on zoetrope vinyl.
– A re-issue of 3 DOORS DOWN’s greatest hits.
– the NEIL YOUNG “On The Beach” 50th anniversary pressing had gotten pushed back to this Friday.
– DAFT PUNK with a “Interstella 5555” pressing of their “Discovery” album (it’s Japanese or something?)

This week Pepperoni picked Nightmare Before Christmas

“Mind if I squeeze one last little holiday pick in before the year is over? What kind of holiday pick? One that covers Christmas AND Halloween! It’s The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack (composed by Danny Elfman)! We were having some sort of debate here at DR headquarters about if this record should get filed in the Christmas section. YES, it is both a Christmas record and a Halloween record, that is the whole point! That is why this movie is so popular because it covers the two best holidays, DUH. Pick up your copy of this double LP bone and aqua colored vinyl today at Dumb Records today!

Bucket Boy He ate his lunch at 8am

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Last weekend we celebrated the marriage of our founding owner and that girl from Taylorville on the roadsigns.

They did a good job at getting married.

Here are your HOT Friday Releases!

– GREEN DAY “American Idiot” 20th Anniversary!!! Double red and black splatter vinyl with alternative artwork for this 2004 album!
– 311 with “Full Bloom” – their 14th studio album – we ordered orange and also exclusive blue versions and have been told our order got cut some… we will see what happens!
– SOCCER MOMMY “Evergreen” out on exclusive light blue vinyl.
– HALSEY with “The Great Impersonator” just black vinyl!
– EMINEM with “The Death Of Slim Shady” (physical release) on red and blue double LP.
– BLUEY “Rug Island” on “orange sunset” vinyl.
– Australian punk band AMYL & THE SNIFFERS with “Cartoon Darkness” (just black vinyl)

This week Pep picked Gorillaz Plastic Beach

“Welcome to Plastic Beach, an imaginary beach created by imaginary cartoon band “Gorillaz” for their third studio album which came out in 2010. This double LP is packed with songs with guest features like Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Lou Reed?? Gorillaz are continuing to do their thing blending elements of pop music and hip hop. The song I think most of you listeners out there might be most familiar with on this album is “On Melancholy Hill” but other singles were “Stylo” and “Superfast Jellyfish”. Enjoy!”

Piles and Piles of Carbondale’s Newspaper for some reason

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Yes it’s spooky season here at the ‘Records, we just wrapped up Star Wars Episode 1 Phantom Menace season and have rolled out the Halloween stuff.

This Week’s Friday Vinyl Releases (Brian really messed up the listing this time, that date is supposed to be 10/11/2024):
– ZACH BRYAN “The Great American Bar Scene” – EDIT: this release has been DELAYED to 11/22!! 😫
– JELLY ROLL “Beautifully Broken” popular country rap artist with face tattoos with his 10th studio album, we will have the indie exclusive clear vinyl with gold splatter.
– DAWES “Oh Brother” the 9th studio album from this American rock band, on exclusive “turmeric” vinyl.
– OPETH “The Last Will And Testament” **update, this release has been DELAYED to 11/22!
– THE OFFSPRING “Supercharged” the 11th studio album from this long running California punk band, we should have the exclusive electric blue version and maybe black!
– LADY GAGA “Harlequin” being in Joker 2 just wasn’t enough for Lady Gaga she had to go and make a whole new surprise album about how she was the real Joker afterall.

This week Pepperoni Picked a Mac Miller release:

Mac Miller? All of the kids love this guy. I am blown away by how much he has even seemed to grow in popularity even after his tragic death in 2018 (R.I.P.). Watching Movies With The Sound Off is his 2013 album with some of my favorite hits like “Someone Like You” and “Gees.” featuring Earl Sweatshirt – many other artists such as Tyler The Creator and Schoolboy Q are featured on this album as well. Essential for any fans of Mac’s music.

This Friday we’re hosting Free Jazz

Oh and in case you haven’t noticed lately, we’ve been really stocking up on shirts! Including our newest design, the extra drippy logo!

RSD 2024 LIST IS OUT

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The list is out, comment and tell us what you want us to order! We order 1 of everything and more on the titles people want. We’ll see you on April 20th with all these exclusive titles at 8am!

Valentine’s day was this week, and Pepperoni got a visit from a barbershop quartet! There’s some video on our Facebook if you want to see what that was like.

Here are the New Vinyl Releases coming out today!
– LAURA JANE GRACE has a new solo album out on Polyvinyl Records “Hole In My Head” out on exclusive pink vinyl and you KNOW we gotta have this one stocked! If you were at the 2021 alley show you know!
– LIL PEEP “Crybaby”, originally released in 2016 and being re-pressed now on “clear white” vinyl.
– Grandaddy “Blu Wav” on exclusive color vinyl… indie rock.
– IDLES with their 5th studio album “TANGK” (is that a word?) on black and exclusive pink variants.
– MOTHER MOTHER with their 9th studio album “Grief Chapter”, indie rock from Canada.
– EARL SWEATSHIRT and The Alchemist collaborative album “Voir Dire” out on black vinyl.

This week Pepperoni picked Mort Garsen’s Plantasia

“Spring is right around the corner gang, and this week I chose a nice spring-time pick to get us in a happy mood! That is the 1975 synthy insturmental album “Plantasia” composed by Mort Garson, master of the moog. It’s supposed to be “warm earth music for plants… and the people who love them.” I love plants because I love to try and eat them. I will destroy any plant or flower that I can find. But for some reason these dwarf umbrella plants are the only plants I don’t like to eat and completely destroy so that’s why they are the only two plants left living in my record store. Enjoy!”