![]() Son Bryan Stepneski, the band director at Clifton High School, said he was subjected to a lot of music growing up, listening to his father's custom tapes while riding in the car. "People come in with collections for me to buy and my favorite is anything I never heard before," Stepneski said. The Hackensack native and Bergen Community College business major said his musical tastes started with pop, but that as he grew older he developed an appreciation for jazz and classical music. View Gallery: The Record King is closing after 56 years of business in Hackensack "I don't do that so much anymore," Stepneski said. If you hum a few bars, he can usually come up with the name of the song, the name of the group, and sometimes sing all the lyrics. With arm motions. Customers benefit from Stepneski's encyclopedic musical memory, his ability to pick a disc from an obscure stack, and the store's encyclopedic range of music on 45s, LPs, eight-track tapes, cassettes and CDs. The store's attraction for musical buffs of all ages is its ability to come up with that obscure tune that never found its way onto the internet, as well as the historic favorites. "That's the part I'll miss," said Stepneski. Owner Craig Stepneski says he has been notified he must vacate the 56-year-old Main Street storefront where he has worked since 1974 to make way for downtown redevelopment, and is welcoming in-person customers while he can. Get a musical immersion education while you can at Hackensack Record King. Watch Video: Watch: The Record King, Craig Stepneski, sings in Hackensack shop
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