BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)

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Annotation

BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (also credited as BMG Direct Marketing) was BMG's US company that owned the BMG Music Service record club.
If the release text states BMG Direct, please use that label instead.

Not a ‘true’ label, but treated as one in MB, for now. When you spot BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. on a release please:

  • Add BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. as label with the D###### code as the catalogue number
  • Add other visible labels with their respective catalogue numbers
  • Add ‘BMG club edition’ to the disambiguation
  • If you see Mfd. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., add the manufactured for release-label relationship

BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. was the US company that owned the BMG Music Service record club, and by extension, BMG Direct.
The company was formed in 1988, when Bertelsmann Music Group acquired RCA, owner of the RCA Music Service record club. The record club was then renamed BMG Music Service. BMG Music Service acquired Columbia House in June 2005. BMG Music Service ceased operations on June 30, 2009.

Catalog numbers of the original label appear on BMG Direct/BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. pressings as normal.
For legacy releases: If, on a release, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. is credited as a label, instead add the release's actual label(s) and catalog number(s) as the label credit, and format BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.'s using the manufactured by release-label relationship, or whatever relationship is applicable.

Annotation last modified on 2021-08-05 07:56 UTC.

Releases

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateCatalog#Barcode
A Change of Seasons (BMG Club Edition)Dream TheaterCD5
  • US1995-09-19
D 103937[none]
A PortraitCecilia BartoliCD16
  • US1995-09-19
D 111918[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG club edition)Debbie GibsonCD12
  • US1995-09-26
D102229[none]
Starting Over (BMG club edition)RebaCD10
  • US1995-10-03
D112066[none]
Insomniac (BMG Music Service)Green DayCD14
  • US1995-10-10
D105095[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG club release)The MonkeesCD20
  • US1995-10-24
D 104268[none]
Smells Like Children (BMG club edition)Marilyn MansonCD16
  • US1995-10-24
D 113029[none]
In From the StormVarious ArtistsCD12
  • US1995-10-24
D104104090266823321
You Still Got Me (Club Edition)Doug SupernawCD11
  • US1995-10-24
D111299[none]
Delta Blues and SpiritualsSon HouseCD10
D 108935[none]
Something to Remember (BMG club edition)MadonnaCD14
  • US1995-11-07
D 105110[none]
Who’s NextThe WhoCD16
  • US1995-11-07
D 113215[none]
All of This Love (Club Edition)Pam TillisHDCD10
  • US1995-11-07
DIDY 038826
Orange Crate Art (club edition)Brian Wilson and Van Dyke ParksCD12
  • US1995-11-14
D 105106[none]
Rarities: Attack of The SmithereensThe SmithereensCD26
  • US1995-11-21
D110859[none]
The Memory of Trees (BMG club release)EnyaCD11
  • US1995-11-21
D110948[none]
Tigerlily (Club Edition, BMG)Natalie MerchantCassette11
C 108921[none]
You’d Prefer an AstronautHumCD9
D 100296[none]
Works for String Quartet / String Trio, op. 20 (BMG club edition)Anton Webern; Emerson String QuartetCD23
D 100310
Classics Volume 11 (BMG club edition)The Brothers JohnsonCD15
D 102170[none]
Dreamland (Club Edition)YellowjacketsCD10
D 102231
The Road Home (club edition)HeartCD15
D 102967[none]
Jill SobuleJill SobuleCD13
D 103176[none]
Symphonie no. 6Mahler; Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre BoulezCD4
D 103409[none]
Greatest HitsExposéCD15
D 103438[none]
Friends (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD13
D 103527[none]
The Gold ExperiencePrinceCD18
D 103555[none]
MedusaAnnie LennoxCD10
D 103678[none]
Celtic Voices: Women of SongVarious ArtistsCD14
D 103771[none]
A Spanner in the WorksRod StewartCD12
D 103827[none]
Daphnis et Chloé / La Valse (Club Edition)Ravel; Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre BoulezCD14
D 103834[none]
Ace in the Hole (BMG Direct version)Elvin BishopCD13
D 103902[none]
Let’s Go BangJennifer Love HewittCD12
D 104048[none]
Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King (club edition)Various ArtistsCD12
D 104227[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG club edition)Bruce SpringsteenCD18
D 105204[none]
New BeginningTracy ChapmanCD11
D 105224[none]
Fern Hill (BMG club edition)Corigliano, Belmont, Barber; Kansas City Chorale, Charles BruffyCD14
D 105356[none]
Amplified Heart (BMG club edition, "MFG for BMG" on CD and D015724 on back of case)Everything but the GirlCD11
D 105724[none]
If My Heart Had Wings (club edition)Melissa ManchesterCD10
D 105855[none]
BalanceVan HalenCD12
D 106394[none]
The RaptureSiouxsie and the BansheesCD12
D 106927[none]
We Live HerePat Metheny GroupCD9
D 106938[none]
A Thousand Memories (BMG club edition)Rhett AkinsCD10
D 108034[none]
HeadquartersThe MonkeesCD20
D 108038[none]
Live at LeedsThe WhoCD14
D 108120[none]
TwistedDel AmitriCD12
D 108130[none]
Collective SoulCollective SoulCD12
D 108133[none]
DeluxeBetter Than EzraCD13
D 108160[none]
The Cream of Clapton (BMG club release)Eric ClaptonCD19
D 108241[none]
Blown to Smithereens: Best of The SmithereensThe SmithereensCD16
D 108303[none]
Recall (BMG club edition)TechnotronicCD12
D 108314[none]
King for a Day Fool for a Lifetime (club edition)Faith No MoreCD14
D 108332[none]
Everything Is Wrong (BMG Music Service)MobyCD13
D 108355[none]
Live BitesScorpionsCD14
D 108377[none]
Electr‐O‐Pura (BMG club release)Yo La TengoCD14
D 108389[none]
Sex & ViolinsRednexCD14
D 108409
Relish (BMG club release)Joan OsborneCD12
D 108513[none]
Divinities: Twelve Dances With GodIan AndersonCD12
D 108552[none]
Sittin' on ChromeMasta Ace IncorporatedCD16
D 108558[none]
I Am an Elastic FirecrackerTripping DaisyCD12
D 108574[none]
OctopusThe Human LeagueCD9
D 108605[none]
Short BusFilterCD11
D 108611
…I Care Because You Do (BMG Music Service)Aphex TwinCD12
D 108612[none]
100% FunMatthew SweetCD12
D 1086166[none]
Forever Blue (BMG Direct)Chris IsaakCD13
D 108711[none]
SinglesThe SmithsCD18
D 108712[none]
Miss Thang (BMG club edition)MonicaCD16
D 108792[none]
The Celts (BMG club release)EnyaCD15
D 108872[none]
Mirror Ball (BMG club release)Neil YoungHDCD11
D 108873[none]
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Original Soundtrack Album) (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD12
D 108916[none]
Tigerlily (BMG club edition)Natalie MerchantCD11
D 108921[none]
These DaysBon JoviCD12
D 108925[none]
Sparkle and Fade (club edition)EverclearCD14
D 108975[none]
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (BMG club edition)OasisCD12
D 111069[none]
Different ClassPulpCD12
D 111224[none]
Subliminal Plastic Motives (BMG Record Club)SelfCD12
D 111273[none]
Billie Holiday’s Greatest HitsBillie HolidayCD19
D 111329[none]
Resident AlienSpacehogCD13
D 111561[none]
Russian SketchesBaltimore Symphony Orchestra, David ZinmanCD8
D 111596[none]
Cello ConcertosVivaldi, Boccherini; Mischa Maisky, Orpheus Chamber OrchestraCD17
D 111734[none]
Kids: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD13
D 111762[none]
Symphonien nos. 5 & 7Ludwig van Beethoven; Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos KleiberCD8
D 111964[none]
Violin Concerto / Serenades / HumoresqueJean Sibelius; Anne‐Sophie Mutter, Staatskapelle Dresden, André PrevinCD6
D 112075[none]
Sonatine Nos. 1, 2 (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)Richard StraussCD7
D 112472[none]
Pet Your FriendsDishwallaCD12
D 112501[none]
River SongsThe BadleesCD11
D 112505[none]
Boulez Conducts Webern, IIWebern; Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre BoulezCD16
D 112557[none]
Tragic Kingdom (BMG club edition)No DoubtCD14
D 113049[none]
King Biscuit Flower Hour: TriumphTriumphCD13
D 118153[none]
Lemonade and BrowniesSugar RayCD14
D 120004[none]
Fantasie "Wanderer", Lieder / Fantasien / Hungarian Rhapsody (Club Edition)Schubert, Brahms, Liszt; Evgeny KissinCD16
D 125256[none]
Bette of RosesBette MidlerCD11
D 140445[none]
Le nozze di Figaro (Club Edition)Mozart; Lucio Gallo, Sylvia McNair, Cheryl Studer, Boje Skovhus, Cecilia Bartoli, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado3×CD33 + 29 + 19
D 207225[none]
La clemenza di Tito (BMG club edition)Mozart; Bartoli, Heilmann, Jones, Montague, Cachemaille, Bonney, Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra & Chorus, Christopher Hogwood2×CD25 + 28
D 208356[none]
Cello-Suiten (BMG club edition)J.S. Bach; Mstislav Rostropovich2×CD21 + 21
D 273269-1, D 273269-2[none]
The BendsRadioheadCD12
D-108299[none]
Personal Best: The Harry Nilsson AnthologyHarry Nilsson2×CD28 + 21
D-205990[none]
Greatest HitsStyxCD16
D100403[none]
Live at the BBCDire StraitsCD8
D102140
The Bridge (BMG club edition)Ace of BaseCD15
D103913[none]