Ep #160 | Aired 10/2/2019
Bill Eginton opened Arkansas Record-CD Exchange 35 years ago in 1985 at 4212 MacArthur Drive in North Little Rock, AR. Three years later, a fire destroyed the store. After a temporary move, the store was rebuilt and has grown from a record collector’s dream. It now houses the state’s largest vinyl retail outlet. For over three decades, Eginton has been selling, buying & trading vinyl records, CDs, cassettes; even 78s, 8-tracks & reel-to-reel tapes. More recently, as big box stores closed or drastically scaled back on music, Arkansas Record-CD Exchange took up the slack, & easily carries the widest selection of new, original & re-issued titles on both vinyl & CD. “When someone shops here & tells me our store is as good or better than anywhere else they’ve been from New York to San Francisco or even Germany, I know we’re doing it right & I’m proud to be doing it here in North Little Rock, Arkansas”, Eginton said.
