Custom field shows on first slide only

I have a custom field set for each slide
I’ve added the custom field in the necessary part(s) of a customised meteor-slideshow.php as follows…

<div class="mslide mslide-<?php echo $meteor_count; ?>">
<?php // Adds slide image with Slide URL link

if ( get_post_meta( $post->ID, "slide_url_value", $single = true ) != "" ): ?>
<div class="slidetext"><a href="<?php echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, "slide_url_value", $single = true ); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_field('slide_text'); ?></a></div>	

<div class="slimage"><a href="<?php echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, "slide_url_value", $single = true ); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'featured-slide', array( 'title' => get_the_title() ) ); ?></a></div>

<?php // Adds slide image without Slide URL link
else: ?>

<div class="slidetext"><?php the_field('slide_text'); ?></div>
<div class="slimage"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'featured-slide', array( 'title' => get_the_title() ) ); ?></div>

This code works perfectly with Meteor Slides 1.5.1

In the latest version it’s showing the custom field for the first slide only. If i put the_title() in after the endif as described in the tutorial HERE The titles all come up perfectly.

Are there some changes in version 1.5.3 worth knowing about?

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/meteor-slides/