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Metro Records
(Update: 11th. September 2017)

Metro was a budget subsidiary of MGM Records. It operated between 1965 and 1968, reissuing many of the albums previously issued on the MGM/Verve family of labels. Often the Metro reissues were abridged, having only ten songs instead of the original twelve.

All of the albums were issued in both mono and stereo, although the "stero" versions were many times rechanneled. The label was a flat black with silver print, with the "metro" in large letters at the top of the label.

This Is Where It Started The Beatles, Tony Sheridan & The Titans

mono	stereo

(M-563)	(MS-563)
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MONO Released

#1-1 This Is Where It Started The Beatles, Tony Sheridan & The Titans
(MONO 1st. Press "Bloomfield Press": M-563)
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TITLE		This Is Where It Started The Beatles, Tony Sheridan & The Titans
CATALOG NUMBER		M-563
RELEASE DATE		15th. August 1966 / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		My Bonnie (My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean) The Beatles With Tony Sheridan		The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In) The Beatles With Tony Sheridan
		Cry For A Shadow The Beatles With Tony Sheridan		Rye Beat (Comin' Thru The Rye) The Titans
		Johnson Rag The Titans		You Are My Sunshine Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers
		Swanee River Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers		Summertime Beat (In The Good Old Summertime) The Titans
		The Darktown Strutters' Ball The Titans		Why The Beatles With Tony Sheridan
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
			Catalogue number "M-563" was printed at the lower left corner of the flont cover.		metro lion logomark and the credit "® © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. / Printed in U.S.A." were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP
				In the summer of 1966, MGM repackaged its Beatles / Tony Sheridan / The Titans album for issuance on its budget Metro subsidialy lanel.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP

				Two tracks by The Titans were dropped from the line up.
LABEL CLOSE UP

Black label with silver print featuring the "metro" logo.			"METRO RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO- GOLDWYN- MAYER, INC.- Made in U.S.A." apperes in white letters at the perimeter.
LABEL CLOSE UP
			The East Coast Pressings: Pressed by MGM's factory in Bloomfield, New Jersey, with labels printed by Pace Press, in New York. The Bloomfield record have a 1 1/2" diameter ring and labels with the side number on the left and the catalog number on the right.
OTHER ITEM
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LABEL		Black label with silver print featuring the METRO logo
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY	SLEEVE	Bloomfield, New Jersey
	VINYL	Bloomfield, New Jersey
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	m563 SIDE 1 66mt310 (hand etched) J11(?) (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	m563 SIDE 2 66mt311 (hand etched) I21(?) (machine stamped)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
PUBLISHER'S NAME		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
PRINTER CREDIT		® © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. / Printed in U.S.A.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Notes by Sonny Daye
INNER SLEEVE		Plain White Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		Director of Engineering: Val Valentin A & R Coordinator: Irv Stimler
COMMENTS		In the summer of 1966, MGM repackaged its Beatles / Tony Sheridan / The Titans album for issuance on its budget Metro subsidialy lanel. The album was retitled "This Is Where It Started" and contained the same songs and running order as the original LP, except that two tracks by Titans , "Flying Beat" and "Happy New Year Beat" were dropped from the line up. The record was packaged in a multicolored text only cover. The back liner shows the covers to other albums in "Metro's exciting world of Music!" and has new liner notes by Sonny Daye. There are mono / stereo covers. Black label with silver print: "METRO RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO- GOLDWYN- MAYER, INC.- Made in U.S.A." apperes in white letters at the perimeter. Type-1) The East Coast Pressings: Pressed by MGM's factory in Bloomfield, New Jersey, with labels printed by Pace Press, in New York. The Bloomfield record have a 1 1/2" diameter ring and labels with the side number on the left and the catalog number on the right. Type-2) The West Coast Pressings: Pressed by Waddell in Burbank, California. The Waddell discs have a 2 3/4" diameter outer groove and labels with the catalog number on the left and the side number on the right. The Beatles and Tony Sheridan songs on the stereo album are mono recordings "electronically enhanced for reproduction in stereo". The Titans recordings sound mono, though there might be some slight stereo separation. Some stereo discs were packaged in mono covers with a STEREO stickers.

STEREO Released

#2-1 This Is Where It Started The Beatles, Tony Sheridan & The Titans
(STEREO 1st. Press "Waddell Press": MS-563)
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TITLE		This Is Where It Started The Beatles, Tony Sheridan & The Titans
CATALOG NUMBER		MS-563
RELEASE DATE		15th. August 1966 / First Press
TRACK LISTING		SIDE 1		SIDE 2
		My Bonnie (My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean) The Beatles With Tony Sheridan		The Saints (When The Saints Go Marching In) The Beatles With Tony Sheridan
		Cry For A Shadow The Beatles With Tony Sheridan		Rye Beat (Comin' Thru The Rye) The Titans
		Johnson Rag The Titans		You Are My Sunshine Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers
		Swanee River Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers		Summertime Beat (In The Good Old Summertime) The Titans
		The Darktown Strutters' Ball The Titans		Why The Beatles With Tony Sheridan
FRONT -->Click!		BACK -->Click!	SIDE 1 -->Click!	SIDE 2 -->Click!	DISK

INNER SLEEVE		FRONT COVER CLOSE UP

			Catalogue number "MS-563" was printed at the upper left corner of the flont cover. The Beatles and Tony Sheridan songs on the stereo album are mono recordings "electronically enhanced for reproduction in stereo". The Titans recordings sound mono, though there might be some slight stereo separation.
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP			BACK COVER CLOSE UP
		metro lion logomark and the credit "® © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. / Printed in U.S.A." were printed at the upper right corner of the front cover.
			In the summer of 1966, MGM repackaged its Beatles / Tony Sheridan / The Titans album for issuance on its budget Metro subsidialy lanel.
BACK COVER CLOSE UP

				Two tracks by The Titans were dropped from the line up.
LABEL CLOSE UP

Black label with silver print featuring the "metro" logo. The West Coast Pressings: Pressed by Waddell in Burbank, California. The Waddell discs have a 2 3/4" diameter outer groove and labels. "METRO RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO- GOLDWYN- MAYER, INC.- Made in U.S.A." apperes in white letters at the perimeter.
LABEL CLOSE UP
				With the catalog number on the left and the side number on the right.
OTHER ITEM
-

LABEL		Black label with silver print featuring the METRO logo
MIX		FAKE STEREO
PRESS FACTORY	SLEEVE	Waddell in Burbank, California
	VINYL	Waddell in Burbank, California
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	MS-563 SIDE-1 66-MTS-810 (hand etched)
	SIDE 2	MS-563 SIDE-2 66-MTS-811-REV (hand etched)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
PUBLISHER'S NAME		-
COVER FORM		Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
PRINTER CREDIT		® © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. / Printed in U.S.A.
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		Notes by Sonny Daye
INNER SLEEVE		Plain White Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER		Director of Engineering: Val Valentin A & R Coordinator: Irv Stimler
COMMENTS		In the summer of 1966, MGM repackaged its Beatles / Tony Sheridan / The Titans album for issuance on its budget Metro subsidialy lanel. The album was retitled "This Is Where It Started" and contained the same songs and running order as the original LP, except that two tracks by Titans , "Flying Beat" and "Happy New Year Beat" were dropped from the line up. The record was packaged in a multicolored text only cover. The back liner shows the covers to other albums in "Metro's exciting world of Music!" and has new liner notes by Sonny Daye. There are mono / stereo covers. Black label with silver print: "METRO RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO- GOLDWYN- MAYER, INC.- Made in U.S.A." apperes in white letters at the perimeter. Type-1) The East Coast Pressings: Pressed by MGM's factory in Bloomfield, New Jersey, with labels printed by Pace Press, in New York. The Bloomfield record have a 1 1/2" diameter ring and labels with the side number on the left and the catalog number on the right. Type-2) The West Coast Pressings: Pressed by Waddell in Burbank, California. The Waddell discs have a 2 3/4" diameter outer groove and labels with the catalog number on the left and the side number on the right. The Beatles and Tony Sheridan songs on the stereo album are mono recordings "electronically enhanced for reproduction in stereo". The Titans recordings sound mono, though there might be some slight stereo separation. Some stereo discs were packaged in mono covers with a STEREO stickers.