MGM Records was a record label founded by the

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film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films. It transitioned into a pop music label that continued into the 1970s. The company also released soundtrack albums of the music for some of their non-musical films as well, and on rare occasions, cast albums of off-Broadway musicals such as '' The Fantasticks'' and the 1954 revival of '' The Threepenny Opera''. In one instance, MGM Records released the highly successful soundtrack album of a film made by another studio,

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's '' Born Free'' (1966).

Background

There was also a short-lived Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Records of 1928, which produced recordings of music featured in MGM movies, not sold to the general public but made to be played in movie theater lobbies. These Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer records were manufactured under contract with the studio by Columbia Records.

History

Soundtrack albums

Their first soundtrack was of '' Till the Clouds Roll By'', a 1946 film based on the life of composer

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. It was the first soundtrack album of a live-action film ("album" then applied to multi-disc sets) originally issued as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records. As in many early MGM soundtrack albums, only eight selections from the film were included on the original version of the album. In order to fit the songs onto the record sides the musical material needed editing and manipulation. This was before tape existed, so the record producer needed to copy segments from the playback discs used on set, then copy and re-copy them from one disc to another, adding transitions and cross-fades until the final master was created. Needless to say, it was several generations removed from the original and the sound quality suffered. Also, the playback recordings were purposely recorded very "dry" (without reverberation) otherwise it would come across as too hollow sounding in large movie theaters. This made these albums sound flat and boxy. MGM Records called these "original cast albums" in the style of

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's Broadway show cast albums. They also coined the phrase "recorded directly from the soundtrack". Over the years the term "soundtrack" began to be commonly applied to any recording from a film, whether taken from the actual film soundtrack or re-recorded. The phrase is also sometimes incorrectly used for Broadway cast recordings. While it is correct to call a "soundtrack" a "cast recording" (since it represents the film cast) it is never correct to call a "cast recording" a "soundtrack". Among MGM's most successful soundtrack albums were those of the films '' Good News'' (the 1947 version), '' Easter Parade'', '' Annie Get Your Gun'', ''

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'', '' Show Boat'' (the 1951 version), '' The Band Wagon'', '' Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'', and '' Gigi''. When the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'' was first shown on television in 1956 (by CBS), the label issued a soundtrack album of songs and dialog excerpts recorded directly from the film, as they had done with their LP of music and dialog from '' Quo Vadis'' in 1951. '' Aba Daba Honeymoon'', performed by Debbie Reynolds and

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in the film '' Two Weeks With Love'', became the first soundtrack single to become a national hit, selling a million copies and charting at No. 3. By 1950,

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had been perfected for recording use. This markedly improved the sound quality on long play (LP) albums from 1951 forward. MGM Records also issued albums of film scores, including '' Ben-Hur'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' How the West Was Won'', the 1967 fake-stereo 70mm re-release of '' Gone With the Wind'', and '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. The ''Ben-Hur'' and ''King of Kings'' albums were studio recreations of the scores, but done with the original orchestrations; the ''How the West Was Won'', ''Gone With the Wind'', ''2001'', and ''Doctor Zhivago'' albums were the genuine soundtracks. MGM Records also released a second soundtrack album of ''Quo Vadis'', this one containing only music from the film. Beginning in the 1990s, authentic soundtrack albums of the musical scores to ''Ben-Hur'' and ''King of Kings'' became available. The

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editions of these albums featured literally the entire scores, including outtakes. Rhino also released a full-length two-disc album of the score of ''Gone With the Wind'', recorded from the soundtrack in the original mono. As in the case of the non-musical films, Rhino Records, which obtained the rights to the MGM soundtracks (owned by Turner Entertainment) in the 1990s, issued longer versions of their movie musical albums, containing virtually all of the songs and music. Rhino's license expired at the end of 2011 and the albums Rhino issued were deleted. Warner Bros. now owns the MGM soundtracks first issued by MGM Records and Warner Bros' WaterTower Music unit now has the rights to release the MGM soundtracks.

Record manufacturing

MGM operated their own record manufacturing plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, from 1947 until 1972; pressing not only their own records but a great deal of sub-contract work for other record companies, including

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. For several years in the late 1940s-early 1950s, MGM operated a radio syndication business, producing ''

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'' and a variety of other series based on inactive movie properties such as '' Dr. Kildare'',

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, and '' Crime Does Not Pay''. The MGM record pressing plant also manufactured the electrical transcriptions used to distribute the shows to local stations. The record manufacturing division was closed when MGM Records was sold to PolyGram; after which MGM's former competitors began manufacturing records issued by MGM.

As a pop label

In the early 1950s, MGM Records was considered one of the "major" record companies (besides

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, RCA Victor,

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, Capitol and Mercury) due to owning its own manufacturing facilities. Subsidiary

Cub Records Cub Records was an American record label, and a subsidiary of MGM Records, which started in 1958 for rhythm and blues releases. Artists who released records on Cub included the Impalas (" Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"), Jimmy Jones (" Handy ...

was launched in the late 1950s and Verve Records (predominately a Jazz label) was acquired from Norman Granz in December 1960. Other MGM subsidiaries and distributed labels included: Kama Sutra (from 1965 until Kama Sutra's sister label Buddah Records took over distribution in 1969), Ava, Heritage, Lion and Metro (for

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), Leo (children's records), Hickory, MGM South, Pride, CoBurt, L&R, and Lionel. MGM moved successfully into the rock and roll era with many hit records by

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, Herman's Hermits, the Animals, the Cowsills, Lou Christie, the Osmonds, and Cub-subsidiary singer Jimmy Jones, whose hits were on MGM in the UK. Pre-rock pop singer Joni James and country singer Conway Twitty also scored hits on the rock and roll charts. James' "There Goes My Heart" in 1958 was promoted as the first

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to be released in stereophonic sound. Although it was the first stereo single to come out of the major record companies, edging out the RCA Victor release of Perry Como's " Love Makes the World Go 'Round" by mere days, the single was issued in September 1958, while the first overall

s to be released in stereophonic sound were issued by Bel Canto Records in June 1958. MGM also distributed Cameo-Parkway Records briefly in 1967. Four albums and two singles were released under this arrangement before Allen Klein bought the Cameo-Parkway catalog and renamed the label ABKCO. Another label distributed by MGM was American International Records, the record label division of American International Pictures, whose film library is now owned by MGM.

Country music

MGM Records' first president Frank Walker discovered and signed Hank Williams who became the linchpin of MGM Records' country music operations. Other notable MGM artists of this genre include Hank Williams Jr., Sheb Wooley, Conway Twitty, Sandy Posey,

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, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Roy Acuff,

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, Mel Tillis,

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, Jim Stafford and C.W. McCall.

Classical music

MGM Records issued music of a variety of musical genres, but used the same set of catalog numbers. The label also offered a modest catalog of classical recordings beginning in 1951; among them was catalog number E3711, an account of two sonatas by

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, billed as the first in a complete cycle, recorded by pianist

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. In 1962, MGM Records picked up American distribution of the prestigious German classical music label Deutsche Grammophon Records. The arrangement lasted until 1969 when

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established its American office.

Sale to PolyGram and phase out

MGM Records was sold to PolyGram in 1972. As part of the deal, PolyGram received perpetual rights to the "MGM Records" name and a ten-year license to use the MGM trademark and logo. In 1976, MGM Records, including its artists, was absorbed into PolyGram's

. However, PolyGram continued releasing MGM soundtrack albums and reissues using the MGM Records imprint until 1982. With PolyGram's abandonment of the MGM Records trademark, MGM was able to reclaim its rights to that trademark in 1997. The MGM Records catalog is now split. Although the first three entities remain under the aegis pf

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, the pop music catalog is managed by Universal Music Enterprises and bears the Polydor imprint, with distribution in North America by Republic Records, the musical theater catalog is now released by Decca Broadway, and the country music catalog is managed by Universal Music Group Nashville with reissues bearing the Mercury Records Nashville imprint. The soundtracks released by MGM for its films before 1986, however, is managed by

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via its WaterTower Music unit and the catalogs of a few other artists also have new owners.

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regained control of his MGM/Verve recordings (including those with his group

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) in mid 1977 after two years of negotiations. Zappa later licensed the recordings to Rykodisc, starting in 1987. After his death Gail Zappa licensed them to Universal Music Enterprises.

MGM Music

In 1986, MGM formed MGM Music for the licensing of music of which MGM owns the rights. It focuses on licensing soundtracks. It manages the music and music publishing rights of MGM films from 1986 and beyond. ( Warner Bros. Discovery's Turner Entertainment unit owns the pre-1986 MGM soundtracks.) It also manages the music and music publishing rights of

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and Orion films.

Notable artists

* Billy Eckstine *

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(L&R) * Chris Bartley (Vando) *

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( Sunflower Records) * Earl Hines *

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(US) *

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* Every Mother's Son * Eydie Gorme (also Steve & Eydie duo) * Five Man Electrical Band (Lionel) * Friend and Lover (Verve Forecast) *

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(Lion Records) * Geordie (US) * Gloria Gaynor * Grateful Dead ( Sunflower Records) * Harry Horlick * Herman's Hermits (US) * Johnny Bristol *

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* Les Fradkin ( Sunflower Records) * Lionel Hampton * Lou Christie *

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* Micky Dolenz * Molly Bee *

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* Paul Frees * Petula Clark (US) * Randy Edelman * Richie Havens * Sammy Davis Jr. * Shelley Berman (Verve) *

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(Verve) * The Animals (US) *

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with Tony Sheridan (US) * The Blues Project (Verve Forecast) * The Cowsills *

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* The Gentrys *

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( Verve Forecast) * Tommy Edwards * Tony Blackburn * Woody Herman *

Art Mooney Arthur Joseph Mooney (February 11, 1911 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer and bandleader. His biggest hits were "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" and "Baby Face" in 1948 and "Nuttin' For Christmas," with Barry Gordon, in 1955. Hi ...

* Bob Lind ( Verve Folkways) * Bobby Lewis * C.W. McCall * Davy Jones *

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* Eartha Kitt * Gary Owens (Pride) *

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(US, where they were renamed the George Mitchell Voices) *

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and His Orchestra *

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* Janis Ian (Verve/Verve Forecast) * Jasper Wrath *

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* Jimmy Jones (Cub) * Joni James * Lainie Kazan *

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, MGM/Verve *

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* Michael Parks *

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* Millie Jackson *

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* Roy Orbison * Sandy Posey * Steve Lawrence (also Steve & Eydie duo) *

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(Cub) * The Incredible Bongo Band (Pride) * The Louvin Brothers * The Lovin' Spoonful (Kama Sutra) *

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(Verve) * The Osmonds (also

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solo,

solo, Donny & Marie Osmond duo, & Little Jimmy Osmond solo) * Vaughn Meader (Verve) * Vincent Lopez * Wayne Newton * Andy Starr * Augie Rios * Conway Twitty *

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* Dennis Yost & the Classics IV (MGM South) * Donn Reynolds * Elke Sommer *

(Verve) * George Shearing Quintet * Hank Williams * Hank Williams Jr. *

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* Jim Stafford * Jo Ann Tolley * Johnny Tillotson *

* Mel Tillis * Neil Sedaka *

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* Sheb Wooley * Sister Rosetta Tharpe *

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(Kama Sutra) * Teddy Wilson * The Righteous Brothers (Verve) * The Royalettes *

The Stereos The Stereos were an American pop/rock/doo-wop group from Steubenville, Ohio. They began as The Buckeyes around 1955 with members Bruce Robinson and Ronnie Collins, and released two singles on the Cincinnati label Deluxe Records in 1957. In 1959 ...

(Cub) * The Sylvers (Pride) * The Tymes * The Velvet Underground (Verve and MGM) *

Tommy Roe Thomas David "Tommy" Roe (born May 9, 1942) is a retired American rock and pop singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits "Sheila" (1962) and " Dizzy" (1969), Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late ...

(MGM South) *

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* Walter Wanderley (Verve)

References

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