Hey! Greetings from Funk Records, a new trading post for new and used vinyl located in beautiful Downtown Red Bank (coming to Westfield really soon). We’ve been ever-so-proudly selling records for a short time now, & are way happy with the response; serving music lovers with clean, warm and wonderful vinyl at the best prices ever. Funk’s old-school brick & mortar, hands-on, fair approach to moving precious vinyl from people who no longer want it to people who do is what will make us your one stop vinyl shop. We feel records are one of the last of an important piece of 20th century pop culture. While Walkmans (ha!), CDs, computers, mp3 players & the digital force (God knows what’s next) has taken over not only the airwaves, but our minds as well, we are still left with millions of beautiful, tangible, sweet sounding records anxiously awaiting the place they belong, on our turntables. (Just like adorable little orphans waiting to find a home. aw.) So do something good for society & for the environment. Let’s stop creating more consumables; let’s use what we’ve got! Let’s trade, collect, mix-up, mash-up, enjoy the graphics, compare, contrast, debate, learn, & fall madly in love; YES, let’s collect records! All the cool people do it! Then you will become a record Geek. Then you can say you’re cool too. So there.
Yes, Yes! Let us become, another component in your quest to acquire the perfect collection of vinyl which, as we know, it is a never-ending labor of love. Our stock changes daily and copious amounts of super-cool stuff can be found here. Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, Rock, Metal, Dance, Punk, Rockabilly, Classic Rock, Current finds, as well as lots of your old faves from the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s…our vinyl collection is carefully selected under the keen eye & brilliant ear of our savvy buyers. We’ve sifted through countless collections & bypassed the duds to get to the gems. Now, you can shop vinyl with effortless ease! How cool is that? Moreover, we present it nicely, neatly, in a warm happy store (versus a cold damp flea market @ 5am with creepy record people lurking…you know who you are), fully equipped with a listening station & a staff on hand to answer any of your questions or take any suggestions you might have. (We love that!) AND, we have more then just records. Whether an experienced digger, or someone interested in starting a new hobby, you should be psyched. We’re gonna go BIG! Coming down the pipeline, we’ll offer a full line of headphones, basic turntables, frames & other cool accessories to get you started on the road to vinyl bliss. On top of that, Funk & Standard was, is & will remain an emporium of cool clothes & t-shirts, off-beat gifts, books & so much more including our very own Organic vegan juice bar, Yummy Yummy Good Stuff. That way you can dig with a little spunk as we serve-up some yummy goodness to you. So yes, we’ve heard your call! Together with our customers, we’ve become a meeting place for the areas most colorful community of progressive, creative like-minded individuals & now diggers. Yay to that!
A Little History
Funk & Standard began on the premise that our visitors would leave the store a happier version of themselves then when they arrived. To heighten their senses through an awesome mix of goods, sights, sound, smells & making you smile. Funk arrived on the scene at a time when the huge chain stores were mercilessly swallowing up independent stores and local mom & pops, depriving communities across the country of a personal relationship with their retailers, and putting the kabash on the opportunity to discover a whole world of goods beyond what corporate retailers selected them to see (mostly based on spreadsheet calculations). No Funk department better emphasizes this theory then our records, which has, since the beginning been a part of the overall vision. Funk & Standard arose out of that community of non-conformist types that wanted a better place to shop than a corporate chain store — one with the best selection, better service, and more respect for people’s ideas and lives. We hold no grudges; some large chains (like Starbucks & Whole Foods) make amazing things happen with their prosperity, just sayin. So together, with you, we are that community of independent creative-types and listeners that wanted something more, and with that we’ve been able to take root and thrive in one of New Jersey’s most amazing cities. We’re humbled by and thankful for the continuing support and success we’ve found in trying to create a store and a venue that’s worthy of great music & so much more. So keep shopping here so we can open more stores & spread even more happy & good things!
Take me through the selling process, please.
SOOOOO, down to business – Stacks of dusty old vinyl taking up too much room? Sell us your used Records and LPs. Funk has an amazing (& growing daily) selection of stuff! Selling your LP collection is a breeze with us. Simply e-mail rob@funkandstandard.com, with your name, phone number & a brief description of what you have to offer. At that point you’ll receive a call-back & typically a meeting will be arranged. We pay top dollar, in cash, with no haggling or funny business. Simply put, we buy your records! Looking to sell a large LP collection? Hit us up! AND quick! In addition to the 12” LP format, Funk also buys and sells 45s. No problem! Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop, Rock, Metal, Dance, Punk, Rockabilly, Classic Rock, Current finds, as well as lots of your old favorites from the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s! We might pay anywhere from 25 cents to $5.00 for titles that still sell on LP. A typical collection that contains mixed titles usually averages from 20 cents to $1.50 per LP, however, rare, Out of Print and highly unusual items in Mint or Near Mint condition are handle on a case by case basis.
