MGM Records

MGM Records on vinyl: film music, soul and pop from Hollywood

In short: MGM Records was the record label of the Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Besides film music it released pop, soul and country – and through its subsidiary Verve also jazz and The Velvet Underground. The Vinyl Room currently has 14 MGM records.

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What makes MGM Records special?

The film music: “Zabriskie Point” for Michelangelo Antonioni’s film, with music by Pink Floyd among others, Lalo Schifrin’s “The Cincinnati Kid” and Laurence Rosenthal’s “The Comedians”. Plus the collection “Andy Warhol’s Velvet Underground Featuring Nico”.

The soul side: Kim Weston with “For The First Time” and “This Is America”, Solomon Burke with “Cool Breeze” and the Royalettes with “It’s Gonna Take A Miracle”. Also Roy Orbison with “The Orbison Way”, Willie Bobo with “Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3” and T.U.M.E.

FAQ

What is MGM Records? The record label of the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, founded in the forties.

What is “Zabriskie Point”? The music for Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 film of the same name, with Pink Floyd among others.

What does MGM have to do with The Velvet Underground? The band released on Verve, which belonged to MGM; MGM later issued a compilation.

What do you have on MGM? Records from the sixties and seventies – 14 records in all.