Venerable Latin music store Record Mart back in gear - New York City

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Posted on: December 12th, 2007
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Musica ] [ Blogante Business ] [ Blogante Entertainment ] [ Blogante Essentials ] [ New York ] [ New York City ]

“Veteran store owner Jesse Moskowitz likes to brag about being the second New Yorker to buy a Fania record.

“You know, Jerry Masucci himself [co-founder of Fania] came to the store one day, and when I bought an album he told me I was his second client ever,” he recalls.

The owner of Record Mart — the just-reopened legendary Latin music store in the Times Square subway station — is standing behind a blue Formica countertop, his long black hair combed back with gel.”*

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