Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.

Defunct US record pressing plant which was located in Cranbury, NJ. Hub-Servall was founded by Paul Miller in 1970 and was one of the longest running pressing plants on the East Coast. In 2004, Hub closed its doors and sold its fourteen Tracy-Val Hamilton automatic presses to the RIP-V Pressing Plant in Quebec, Canada. With the closure of RIP-V in 2015 six of these presses returned to New Jersey to be used by Independent Record Pressing, whose plant manager was Dave Miller, the son of Hub-Servall's Paul Miller. The other presses wound up at Cascade Record Pressing and Brooklyn Vinyl Works. Pressing identifiers include : Runout etchings : "H-S", "HUB". When "HUB TV" is found, also give LCCN "Mastered At" credit to Tracy-Val Corporation. 2.75" outer pressing ring with 1.375" inner ring Number codes on labels : 76 (found on US Mercury / Polydor / Polygram and related labels) 91 (found on US K-Tel releases after 1974)