Inside the tiny NYC record store where you could run into Bella Hadid, Bono or see Lana Del Rey smoking
NY Post
When Bella Hadid wants another Broadway soundtrack on vinyl or Bono seeks a rare original Rolling Stones record, they head downtown to see their buddy Jamal Alnasr.
Alnasr is the go-to vinyl hunter — yes, those discs that spun in the ’70s have had their popularity revived — for everyone from Lana Del Rey and Carlos Santana to Joe Schmo and tourists alike at his shop, Village Revival Records, in the heart of Greenwich Village.
“Especially here in New York. You get the drunk-y, you get the superstar, you get everything when you live in New York,” he told The Post.
And he would know.
The Palestinian immigrant opened his record shop in 1994 after working at a family friend’s store around the corner for a few years. Over 30 years later, he remains selling records, CDs, cassettes and DVDs from what’s very likely become the city’s most impressive and extensive collection of music.
He estimates he has about 295,000 records stacked around his store and 600,000 in total with his storage stock.
