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Revised 9/2/14

MGM
NO Labels and Company Sleeves 1958-1973

Labels
Trade Mark of
Loew's Inc.
Trade Mark
of Loew's Inc.
Trade Mark of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Trade Mark
of Loew's Inc.
45 MGM 957 - 1958
to
45 MGM 1134 - 1960
45 MGM 985 - 1958
to
45 MGM 1093 - 1960
45 MGM 1151 - 1962
to
MGM 1322 - 1966
End of series
45 MGM 6518 - 1959
to
45 MGM 6567 - 1961
MGM Records was  started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in late 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. In the early 1950s, MGM Records was considered one of the major record companies (besides Columbia, RCA, Decca, Capitol, Mercury and Coral) and had its own manufacturing facilities in the US.
In Norway, the label was distributed by Iversen og Frogh A/S (later Carl M. Iversen A/S) until 1968. 
In 1969, EMI's Norwegian subsidiary EMI Norsk A/S was established and MGM became one of their labels.
Trade Mark of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Trade Mark of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
German label 
Norwegian pressing (710)
German label 
Norwegian pressing (710)
45 MGM 6555 - 1961
to
MGM 6584 - 1964
End of series
45 MGM 3076
Reissue of 1948 recording
61128 - 1967
to
61214 - 1969
2006 011 - 1970
to
2006 315 - 1973
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
45 MGM 957 - 1958
to
.
Rough paper - waxy inside
 Cut straight  Glued bottom/right  
No 2
.
to
45 MGM 992 - 1958
Rough paper - waxy inside
Labels distributed by 
Iversen og Frogh A/S
   Cut straight  Glued bottom/right  
Colour Hits series (green vinyl)
No 3 a
Late 1958
to
.
Green
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
No 3 b
.
to
1961
Darker green
Later issues in picture sleeves
  Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
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