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

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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
Young Lions & Old Tigers (BMG club edition)Dave BrubeckCD12
D103956[none]
The Best Of Cherrelle (BMG club edition)CherrelleCD10
D104085[none]
The Best of Alexander O'Neal (BMG club edition)Alexander O’NealCD10
D104086[none]
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD16
D104466[none]
Home Run!Geoff Moore & the DistanceCD11
D104547724382512929
Boys on the Side: Original Soundtrack Album (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD13
D106893[none]
The Woman In Me (BMG club edition)Shania TwainCD12
D106935[none]
The Greatest Hits: 20 Good VibrationsThe Beach BoysCD20
D108298[none]
Discovery Sampler: Pop, Volume 1Various ArtistsCD10
D108540
The Best Of Branigan (BMG club edition)Laura BraniganCD13
D108553[none]
Discovery Sampler: R&B, Volume 1Various ArtistsCD10
D108760
Discovery Sampler: Rock, Volume 1Various ArtistsCD10
D108761
Discovery Sampler: Alternative, Volume 1Various ArtistsCD10
D108762
Discovery Sampler: Classical, Volume 1Giya Kancheli; Evgeny Svetlanov, The USSR Symphony Orch., The Canadian Brass, Mario Lanza, Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orch.CD8
D108763
Discovery Sampler: Jazz, Volume 1Various ArtistsCD10
D108764
Discovery Sampler: Country, Volume 1Various ArtistsCD10
D108765
Give Up the Funk: The Best of ParliamentParliamentCD14
D110999[none]
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (club edition)Charles MingusCD8
D111106[none]
Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton JohnCD17
D111941
Piano Quintet SuiteJunko OnishiCD9
D112306
Boombastic (BMG music club release)ShaggyCD16
D148150[none]
Candles in the RainMelanieCD12
  • US1996-02-13
75517-49509-2755174950926
IV (Club Edition)Diamond RioCD12
  • US1996-02-27
D 111703[none]
The Process (BMG club release)Skinny PuppyCD11
  • US1996-02-27
D 112346[none]
LovelifeLushCD12
  • US1996-03-05
D 112004[none]
MTV UnpluggedKISSCD15
  • US1996-03-12
D 112216[none]
All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (BMG club edition)Diana KrallCD12
  • US1996-03-12
D 112315[none]
The Best of Django ReinhardtDjango ReinhardtCD18
  • US1996-03-19
D112309
DookieGreen DayCD14
  • US1996-04-01
D 102753[none]
Fairweather Johnson (BMG club edition)Hootie & the BlowfishCD14
  • US1996-04-23
D 108785[none]
New Beginning (BMG club edition)SWVCD17
  • US1996-04-23
D 112420[none]
EventuallyPaul WesterbergCD12
  • US1996-04-30
D 112548[none]
Celebrating SinatraJoe LovanoCD13
  • CA1996-06-03
724383771820
Subliminal Sandwich (BMG club release)Meat Beat Manifesto2×CD18 + 10
  • US1996-06-04
D 213106[none]
Greatest Hits LiveRamonesCD18
  • US1996-06-18
D 113632[none]
You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! (BMG club edition)KISSCD13
  • US1996-06-25
D 115409[none]
Phenomenon: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD11
  • US1996-07-02
D114201[none]
Lemon Parade (club edition)TonicCD12
  • US1996-07-16
D100167[none]
Full Circle (BMG club edition)Randy TravisCD12
  • US1996-08-13
D 115733[none]
112 (BMG club ediiton)112CD19
  • US1996-08-27
D115930[none]
Tha Doggfather (BMG club edition)Snoop Doggy DoggCD21
  • US1996-09-12
D116364[none]
Overnight SensationMotörheadCD11
  • US1996-10-15
D 116053[none]
This Fire (BMG club edition)Paula ColeHDCD11
  • US1996-10-15
D116096[none]
Greatest HitsTiffanyCD12
  • US1996-10-22
D 116259[none]
If We Fall in Love Tonight (Club Edition)Rod StewartCD15
  • US1996-11-12
D116332[none]
Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack (1996 film cast, BMG club edition)Andrew Lloyd Webber2×CD14 + 17
  • US1996-11-12
D216331[none]
Poison’s Greatest Hits 1986–1996PoisonCD18
  • US1996-11-26
D116525[none]
Licht aus! Spot an! Best of Disco 1/71Various ArtistsCD18
49253 8
Feelin' Groovy: 12 Breezy Rock Hits Of The 60'sVarious ArtistsCD12
75517-49506-2755174950629
Christmas Island (BMG Music Club)Jimmy BuffettCD10
B001900702602537498574
Karen Carpenter (Club edition – BMG)Karen CarpenterCassette12
C115860[none]
First Band On the Moon (club edition, BMG)The CardigansCassette11
C116274[none]
The Raw & The CookedFine Young CannibalsCD10
D 101068[none]
The Latch‐Key Child (BMG Music Service)A+CD13
D 102848[none]
Don Quixote / Tod und Verklärung (Club Edition)Richard Strauss; James Levine, Metropolitan Opera OrchestraCD14
D 108656[none]
Mr. Happy Go Lucky (BMG club edition)John MellencampCD12
D 108837[none]
Violin Concertos (BMG Music Club)Alban Berg, Igor Stravinsky; Itzhak Perlman, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji OzawaCD7
D 110922[none]
The French RecitalJames Galway, Christopher O’RileyCD12
D 111591[none]
Sound Museum – Three WomenOrnette ColemanCD14
D 111642
Boys for PeleTori AmosCD18
D 111660[none]
Boys for Pele (w/ The Tornado mix, BMG music club release)Tori AmosCD18
D 111660075678286223
The Celtic MinstrelJames GalwayCD15
D 111699[none]
The Manfred Mann Album / The Five Faces of Manfred MannManfred MannCD28
D 111976[none]
Looking EastJackson BrowneCD10
D 111977[none]
Film Cuts (club edition)The ChieftainsCD18
D 1119999[none]
Mercury FallingStingCD10
D 112208[none]
TommyThe WhoCD24
D 112317[none]
The Coming (explicit, club edition, BMG)Busta RhymesCD13
D 112464[none]
Fizzy Fuzzy Big & BuzzyThe RefreshmentsCD12
D 112533[none]
Crash (BMG music club release)Dave Matthews BandCD12
D 112604[none]
ElectriclarrylandButthole SurfersCD13
D 112622[none]
Emperor Tomato KetchupStereolabCD13
D 112651[none]
Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25 (BMG club edition)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Alicia de Larrocha, Sir Colin Davis, English Chamber OrchestraCD6
D 112677[none]
The Great Southern Trendkill (BMG Music Service)PanteraCD11
D 112779[none]
Wild Mood SwingsThe CureCD14
D 112780[none]
To the Faithful Departed (BMG club edition)The CranberriesCD13
D 112784[none]
Now in a Minute (BMG club editon)Donna LewisCD11
D 112954[none]
The Enchanted KingdomRimsky-Korsakov, Liadov, Tcherepnin; Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail PletnevCD9
D 113009[none]
Ella & Friends (BMG music club release)Ella & FriendsCD20
D 113079011105066327
Best of the Song Books: Love Songs (club edition)Ella FitzgeraldCD16
D 113108[none]
Get On Up and Dance (BMG music club release)Quad City DJ’sCD13
D 113203
Remixing This PlanetLarry NormanCD10
D 113271
Dedicated to the One I Love (alternate artwork)Linda RonstadtCD11
D 113307[none]
It's A Man's World (BMG Direct 'club' release)CherCD11
D 113368[none]
Guitar Slinger (BMG club edition)Brian Setzer OrchestraCD12
D 113399[none]
Spiritchaser (BMG Club)Dead Can DanceCD8
D 113400[none]
Songs and Music From the Motion Picture She's the OneTom Petty and the HeartbreakersCD15
D 113482[none]
Chaos and DisorderPrinceCD11
D 113484[none]
Piano QuintetsDvořák, Schumann; Alban Berg QuartetCD8
D 114106[none]
Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded HouseCrowded HouseCD19
D 114841[none]
That's Right (club edition)George BensonCD10
D 115598[none]
Sublime (BMG club edition, UML pressing,explicit)SublimeCD17
D 115599
Hey Jupiter (BMG music club release)Tori AmosCD5
D 115638[none]
Secrets (BMG club edition)Toni BraxtonCD12
D 115718[none]
Come Find YourselfFun Lovin’ CriminalsCD13
D 115778
Cleveland Quartet: The Farewell RecordingJoseph Haydn, John Corigliano; Cleveland QuartetCD9
D 115788[none]
My Generation – The Very Best of The WhoThe WhoCD20
D 115793[none]
Metalmeister: A Metal Blade CompilationVarious ArtistsCD15
D 115807[none]
Greatest Hits (club edition)Simply RedCD15
D 115931[none]
Space Jam: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD14
D 116087[none]