MGM Records
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MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s.
A sucessor company, MGM Music, was established in 2008 under MGM.
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