Polydor Incorporated

US subsidiary of Polydor International. Manufacturing and distribution company of Polydor. Established 1969 and located in New York City. The PolyGram Corporation, including Polydor, Inc., was moved from 1700 Broadway to 810 Seventh Ave. in 1974 Name variants: - Polydor Incorporated - Polydor, Inc. - Polydor Inc. - Polydor Inc Starting in the mid-1970s and continuing into the late 1980's, the center labels of US PolyGram sublabels began showing two-digit number ID codes signifying from which pressing plant the record originated. A partial list of confirmed plants and their corresponding numbers are as follows: 6 = All Disc Records, Inc. 16 = Sonic Recording Products, Inc. (pre-ca. 1975), Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. (1975 to ca. 1983), Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc. (post-ca. 1983) 18 = Presswell 19 = Bestway Products Inc. 22 = Allied Record Company 24 = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. 25 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria 26 = PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA 49 = Specialty Records Corporation 53 = Keel Mfg. Corp. (pre-1981), Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd. (post-1981) 54 = Shelley Products 56 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman 57 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA (post-1981) 60 = Sound Makers 70 = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis 72 = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN (post-Dec. 1972) 73 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute 75 = GRT Record Pressing 76 = Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp. (post-1970) There are some numeral codes which have so far been unconfirmed as to their corresponding pressing plants, including 30 (either Plastic Products or Peter Pan Industries) and 75 (presumably MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville); plus other manufacturing codes (i.e. for cassettes) including 12 and 35.