Tucked away at the end of a Parramatta arcade is a record store that survived three decades of change, from the rise of digital music platforms to Sydney's second CBD being created around it.

Digging through the archives, Beatdisc Records owner Peter Curnovic reflected on his time at the store as a dedicated teenage music fan.

"I used to come and spend most lunchbreaks here trawling through the racks," Mr Curnovic said.

" I was a high school kid, you know, trying to frantically collect all the punk CDs that I could find. "

Previous owner Victor Aird said Mr Curnovic "pleaded" for a job at the store.

"When he was 16, he used to come in here … from [working at] the local hamburger joint on the corner, smelling of oil with green hair," Mr Aird said.

He worked at the shop for around

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