Hit Factory Mastering

Mastering and lacquer cutting suites at , located at 421 West 54th Street, NYC. Closed in 2005.

Vinyl releases can be recognized by [i]THFM[/i], [i]HFM[/i], [i]HF[/i] or [i]Hit Factory[/i] etched in the runouts. Please credit with [i]Lacquer Cut At[/i].

Mastering and lacquer cutting engineers known to have worked here:
- [a=Carlton Batts];
- [a=Chris Gehringer], signed with [i]cg[/i];
- [a=Herb Powers Jr.] (chief engineer, ca. 1988-1997), signed with a smiley: [i]:-)[/i] or [i](^:[/i];
- [a=James Cruz] (1995-2000), signed with [i]JHC[/i];
- [a=Joe Yannece], signed with [i]J.Y.[/i];
- [a=Ricardo Gutierrez], signed with [i]REZ[/i];
- [a=Tim Young], signed with [i]TY[/i];
- [a=Tom Kowen],
- [a=Tom Coyne], signed with [i]¢[/i];
- [a=Tony Gillis];
- [a=Tony "Tippy" Tarochione] (1968-2005), signed with [i]Tippy[/i].

If an engineer's signature appears in the runouts, please credit with [i]Lacquer Cut By[/i] and the appropriate ANV.