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In its first seven months, MTA Records released thirteen disks. By March 1967, the
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MTA Records was established in New York City in April 1966 as a subsidiary of talent management firm MTA Productions, Ltd. Vice-president Bob
Thompson and general manager Bob Mack headed up the label, and Dick Behrke was named music director. The initials were said to stand for
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In April 1969, the label announced the premiere of a new line, the New World Series, which was planned to issue stereo 45 rpm singles. The first was a classical offering, “Clair de Lune” b/w “Anitra’s Dance,” by Walter Raim conducting the
Century 21 Orchestra.
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Richard's Fluegel Knights, and “Call Him Back,” by vocalist Brenda Byers. MTA's first LP release was “Sign of the Times,” by King Richard's Fluegel Knights.
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In an expansion into the country music field, the label signed two country artists, Bill
Goodwin, and Joann Bon & The Coquettes, and, in January 1968, signed Gene Crawford and Sharon Roberts. Jim Slone had joined the label by November 1969.
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Barbara Gold.” The recording was a combination song and recitation composed by Dick Feller and Claire Durham, prompted by an oil well blow-out from offshore drilling that became known as the
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432:"MTA Starts New Series in Stereo Single Groove".
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462:"MTA Rushes Godfrey Social Comment Deck".
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