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
Coal ChamberCoal ChamberCD14
D 122764
Zoot Suit Riot (BMG club edition)Cherry Poppin’ DaddiesCD14
D 122813[none]
Beneath the Surface (BMG club edition)IncognitoCD14
D116175[none]
Picture This (BMG club edition)Jim BrickmanHDCD13
D116836[none]
The Popular Duke Ellington (BMG club edition)Duke Ellington and His OrchestraCD12
D116900[none]
Chants of India (club edition)Ravi ShankarCD16
D116983[none]
Never Home (BMG music club release)Freedy JohnstonCD11
D116992
Let’s Face It (BMG music club release)The Mighty Mighty BosstonesCD12
D118086[none]
A Twist of Jobim (BMG music club release)Various ArtistsCD11
D118098[none]
One More Time (BMG music club release)Real McCoyCD12
D118172[none]
His Best (BMG club edition)Bo DiddleyCD20
D118322[none]
Greatest KISSKISSCD16
D118342[none]
Two for the Road: The Music of Henry ManciniDave GrusinCD10
D118464
Third Eye Blind (BMG club edition)Third Eye BlindCD14
D118606[none]
Revolution (Club Edition)SlaughterEnhanced CD14
D118657[none]
Middle of Nowhere (BMG club edition)HansonCD21
D118672[none]
ReverenceFaithlessCD11
D118861[none]
Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) (BMG music club release)Bob CarlisleCD11
D118863[none]
The Nixons (BMG Music Service)The NixonsCD12
D118952
Diz ’n Bird at Carnegie HallCharlie Parker & Dizzy GillespieCD15
D118967
Surfacing (BMG Direct)Sarah McLachlanEnhanced CD10
D120052[none]
The Very Best of RainbowRainbowCD16
D120118[none]
Nothin' But The TaillightsClint BlackCD12
D120287[none]
Opera Arias (Club Edition)Mozart, Haydn, Gluck; The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock; Anne Sofie von OtterCD14
D120302[none]
Shakin’ Things Up (BMG club edition)Lorrie MorganCD11
D120444[none]
Destroyer (club edition)KISSCD10
D120467[none]
Next (BMG club edition)Vanessa WilliamsCD12
D120472[none]
Fush Yu Mang (BMG club edition)Smash MouthCD12
D120575[none]
Anytime (BMG music club release)Brian McKnightCD12
D120974[none]
Talkin' VerveGeorge BensonCD12
D120990
So Much for the Afterglow (BMG club release)EverclearCD13
D121108[none]
The Deram Anthology 1966–1968David BowieCD27
D121227[none]
Tubthumper (BMG club edition)ChumbawambaCD12
D121308[none]
Come On Over (original version, BMG club edition)Shania TwainCD16
D121360[none]
Pure Disco 2 (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD21
D121361[none]
Love Among the Ruins (Club Edition, BMG)10,000 ManiacsCD12
D121420
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And EvilVarious ArtistsCD14
D121451[none]
Days of the New (Orange Album)Days of the NewCD12
D121461[none]
Dude Ranch (BMG club edition)blink‐182CD15
D121465[none]
Deconstructed (BMG Music Service)BushCD11
D121520
Precious MemoriesSister Rosetta TharpeCD10
D121578[none]
In Loving Memory Of…Big WreckCD13
D121720
Elgar: Violin Concerto, op. 61 / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (BMG club edition)Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Kennedy, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony OrchestraCD4
D121791
Nine LivesAerosmithCD13
D121793[none]
Greatest Hits, Volume IIIBilly JoelCD17
D121801[none]
The Ozzman ComethOzzy OsbourneCD15
D122004[none]
The Best of… Tom Jones (BMG club edition)Tom JonesCD22
D123240[none]
The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988John MellencampCD14
D125000[none]
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (BMG club edition)Sarah BrightmanCD16
D128867[none]
Life After DeathThe Notorious B.I.G.2×CD13 + 12
D218196-1[none]
Year of the Horse (club edition)Neil Young & Crazy Horse2×HDCD7 + 5
D218848[none]
Live/1975–85 (BMG club edition)Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band3×CD13 + 14 + 13
D242463[none]
Open Road Rock, Volume 2Various ArtistsCD10
DPC1-1462[none]
Open Road Rock, Volume 3Various ArtistsCD10
DPC1-1463[none]
Forever in Love (The Encore Collection)Floyd CramerCD10
755174452628
Wide Open Spaces (BMG club edition)Dixie ChicksHDCD12
  • US1998-01-27
D123018[none]
The Best of Judas Priest: Living After MidnightJudas PriestCD16
  • US1998-02-03
D142809[none]
Train (BMG club edition)TrainCD13
  • US1998-02-24
D 128729[none]
*NSYNC (BMG club edition)*NSYNCCD13
  • US1998-03-24
D122535[none]
City of Angels: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsHDCD14
  • US1998-03-31
D124484[none]
At Budokan: The Complete Concert (club edition)Cheap Trick2×Enhanced CD11 + 8
  • US1998-04-08
D 225557[none]
Lilith Fair (A Celebration of Women in Music)Various Artists2×CD13 + 12
  • US1998-04-28
D 222847[none]
Songs From Ally McBeal (BMG club edition)Vonda ShepardCD14
  • US1998-05-05
D125571[none]
Godzilla: The Album (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD15
  • US1998-05-18
D125579[none]
It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (BMG club edition)DMXCD19
  • US1998-05-19
D124977[none]
Can’t Hardly Wait: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD15
  • US1998-05-26
D125578[none]
Gloria! (BMG club edition)Gloria EstefanCD16
  • US1998-06-02
D125714[none]
Diabolus in MusicaSlayerCD11
  • US1998-06-09
D124837[none]
Vertical Man (BMG Direct version)Ringo StarrCD13
  • US1998-06-16
D123315731455859829
Armageddon: The Album (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD14
  • US1998-06-23
D125703[none]
Flashdance: Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD10
  • US1998-07-14
D115111[none]
Cruel Summer (BMG club edition)Ace of BaseCD12
  • US1998-07-14
D125080[none]
The Number of the BeastIron MaidenEnhanced CD11
  • US1998-09-29
D 138481602923012926
The Singles 86>98Depeche Mode2×CD10 + 11
  • US1998-10-06
D 226715[none]
#1'sMariah CareyCD17
  • US1998-11-17
D 128132[none]
Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (BMG club edition)DMXCD16
  • US1998-12-22
D128067[none]
The Best There IsDolly PartonCD9
D 102893[none]
Left of the Middle (BMG club edition)Natalie ImbrugliaCD12
D 122698[none]
Guilty ’Til Proved Innocent!The SpecialsCD18
D 122938[none]
In the Wee Small Hours (BMG Direct)Frank SinatraCD16
D 123171
Remember to BreatheRebekahCD12
D 124841
Faith (BMG club edition)Faith HillCD12
D 125238[none]
The Dirty Boogie (BMG club edition)The Brian Setzer OrchestraCD13
D 125515[none]
Stunt (BMG Club Edition)Barenaked LadiesCD13
D 125736[none]
AqueminiOutKastCD16
D 126103
Falling in Love Again (BMG club edition)Marlene DietrichCD16
D 126104[none]
Can’t Buy a Thrill (BMG Direct edition)Steely DanCD10
D 126280
The Miseducation of Lauryn HillLauryn HillCD16
D 126370[none]
…Hits (BMG club edition)Phil CollinsCD16
D 126695[none]
The Faculty: Music from the Dimension Motion PictureVarious ArtistsCD13
D 128129
Greatest Hits (BMG Direct)Earth, Wind & FireCD17
D 128134
Music of the Night: The Essential Chopin Collection (Club Edition)Fryderyk Chopin2×CD17 + 21
D 226757[none]
Sublime (BMG club edition, Richmond pressing)SublimeCD17
D115599
Sixpence None the RicherSixpence None the RicherCD13
D121401[none]
Facing the AnimalYngwie MalmsteenCD13
D121945[none]
Backstreet Boys (BMG club edition)Backstreet BoysEnhanced CD12
D121975[none]
Greatest Hits: The 60th Anniversary Collection (BMG club edition)The Andrews SistersCD16
D122106[none]
Destiny’s Child (BMG music club release)Destiny’s ChildEnhanced CD13
D123052[none]
Best of B.T.O. (Remastered Hits)Bachman–Turner OverdriveCD12
D123069[none]
Wish You Were HereMark WillsCD11
D123073[none]