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Annual Picnic

Instead of a normal meeting in August, we have our annual picnic. It will be at Rickwood Caverns on August 12nd. There will be plenty of food, music & fellowship. Don’t forget your swimsuits! Please consult your member newsletter for details. Our next regular monthly meeting will be on September 17, 2017.

July Meeting

Our next meeting is Sunday, July 16.  We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.  We will have the second of a two part presentation on home audio. This meeting the topic will cover speakers and receivers/amplifiers.   Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet […]

June Meeting

Our next meeting is June 25th, one week later than normal due to Father’s Day being the third Sunday of the month. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m. We will have the first of a two part presentation on home audio by James Deas.  This meeting James […]

May Meeting

Our next meeting is May 21st. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m. The topic will be Favorite Albums. Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in […]

ARCA Address Change

We would like to inform everyone that ARCA has a new mailing address.  The new address is:  Alabama Record Collectors Association [or ARCA],   P.O. Box 361443,  Birmingham, AL  35236.  Please make a note of this change for any future correspondence to us.

April Meeting

Our next meeting is April 23rd, one week later than normal due to Easter being the third Sunday of the month. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.  Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near […]

March Meeting

Our next meeting is March 19th. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m.  Visitors are welcome to drop by and meet us! We’re at the Homewood Library, located at 1721 Oxmoor Road, near Homewood Park. We meet in Room 110 in the lower level.

Arthur Alexander

Arthur Alexander was born in Sheffield, Alabama in 1940 in the center of the main music hub for the state. His father played the guitar and played in local clubs. Arthur soon found himself singing in a gospel group, the Heartstrings. Arthur began to write R&B and Pop songs and recorded “Sally Sue Brown” under […]

Bill Bolen

  Bill Bolen was born in Selma in 1928 and almost from the get-go, had an interest in radio broadcasting. He was working at Sears-Roebuck as a teen and an in-store repairman taught him things about radio. After graduating high school, he went to work for WHBB in his hometown. He continued his work in […]