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
Famous (BMG club edition)Puddle Of MuddCD11
D171966[none]
The Awakening (BMG music club release)Melissa EtheridgeCD16
D172472[none]
River: The Joni Letters (BMG club edition)Herbie HancockCD10
D172492[none]
Blackbird (BMG club edition)Alter BridgeCD13
D172682[none]
Feels Like Home (BMG club edition)Norah JonesCD + DVD16 + 7
D200087[none]
’80s Metal GoldVarious Artists2×CD16 + 16
D220658
Greatest Hits (BMG club edition)Spice GirlsCD + DVD15 + 13
  • US2008-01-15
D223567[none]
Symphony (BMG club edition)Sarah BrightmanCD13
  • US2008-01-29
D172948[none]
Detours (BMG club edition)Sheryl CrowCD14
  • US2008-02-05
D172982[none]
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (BMG club edition)Counting CrowsCD14
  • US2008-03-25
D172822[none]
**** Live in Phoenix (BMG club edition)Fall Out BoyCD15
  • US2008-04-01
D223596[none]
The Dutchess: Deluxe (BMG club edition)FergieCD17
  • US2008-05-27
D173559[none]
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (BMG club edition)RihannaCD15
  • US2008-06-17
D173492[none]
Sweet Rain (club edition)Stan GetzCD5
  • US2008-07-29
D 173570[none]
Something Else (BMG club edition)Robin ThickeCD12
  • US2008-09-30
D174197[none]
The Best of Bond… James Bond (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD24
  • US2008-10-28
D174302[none]
Take It to the Limit (BMG club edition)HinderCD11
  • US2008-11-04
D174395[none]
Dark Horse (BMG club edition)NickelbackCD11
  • US2008-11-18
D174414[none]
Cinco Diablo (BMG club edition)SalivaCD10
  • US2008-12-06
D174500[none]
Folie à deux (BMG club edition)Fall Out BoyCD13
  • US2008-12-16
D174396[none]
Valentine (BMG club edition)Jim BrickmanCD12
D 172924[none]
Unspoken (BMG club edition)Jim BrickmanCD14
D 173895[none]
A Celebration in Song (BMG club edition)Olivia Newton‐John & FriendsCD12
D 173944[none]
Love Songs (BMG club edition)Trisha YearwoodCD14
D172997[none]
At Club “Baby Grand” Wilmington, Delaware, Volume 1 (RVG edition/BMG club version)Jimmy SmithCD5
D173117[none]
Scars & Souvenirs (BMG club edition)Theory of a DeadmanCD13
D173126[none]
Saving Abel (BMG club edition)Saving AbelCD11
D173147[none]
Bittersweet World (BMG club edition)Ashlee SimpsonCD11
D173304[none]
X (BMG music club release)KylieCD14
D173348[none]
The Best Of (BMG music club release)RadioheadCD17
D173474[none]
Real Animal (BMG club edition)Alejandro EscovedoCD13
D173475
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (BMG Edition)ColdplayCD10
D173498
Idolize Yourself: The Very Best of Billy Idol (club edition, remastered)Billy IdolCD18
D173550[none]
Plays Fats Waller (RVG edition/BMG club version)Jimmy SmithCD7
D173929[none]
Leapin' and Lopin' (BMG club edition)Sonny ClarkCD8
D174037[none]
Seven Lives Many Faces (BMG music club release)EnigmaEnhanced CD12
D174101[none]
Doll Domination (BMG club edition)Pussycat DollsCD16
D174246[none]
A Hundred Million Suns (BMG club edition)Snow PatrolCD11
D174332[none]
The Tractors (BMG Club Edition)The TractorsCD12
D 105721[none]
Boombox (BMG music club release)KylieCD16
D174580[none]
The Hazards of LoveThe DecemberistsCD17
D174674[none]
Miss AmericaSaving AbelCD11
  • US2010-06-08
D175511[none]
The Hidden Land (club edittion)Béla Fleck and the FlecktonesCD13
  • US2016-02-14
D 164107
Licht aus! Spot an! Best of Disco 1/72Various ArtistsCD18492553743214277829
The Joy Of Christmas, Volume 2Various ArtistsCD12
66649-2[none]
Greatest HitsAlice CooperCassette12C 170296[none]
‘Live’ at the HorseshoeStompin’ Tom ConnorsCD12C2 93048
Day by DayNajeeCD10D 100001[none]
L.A. WomanThe DoorsCD10D 100215[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG Direct)Little River BandCD12D 100274[none]
Madrigal Masterpieces (BMG club edition)The Deller ConsortCD15
D 100389[none]
Harrison: Seven Pastorales / Glanville-Hicks: Etruscan Concerto / Riley: June Buddhas from Mexico City Blues (BMG club edition)Lou Harrison, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Terry Riley; Dennis Russell Davies, Keith Jarrett, Brooklyn Philharmonic OrchestraCD13
D 100441[none]
Lorin Maazel Conducts Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Rosenkavalier Suite (BMG Club Edition)Richard Strauss; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorin MaazelCD11
D 100549[none]
Catching Up With Depeche ModeDepeche ModeCD13D 100560[none]
The Great Radio ControversyTeslaCD13D 100839[none]
Thick as a BrickJethro TullCD2D 101023[none]
Thick as a BrickJethro TullCD1D 101023[none]
Brahms: Haydn Variations / Reger: Mozart Variations / Ives/Schuman: Variations on AmericaBrahms, Reger, Ives/Schuman; New York Philharmonic, Kurt MasurCD28
D 101224[none]
The Who by Numbers (club edition)The WhoCD10D 101254[none]
It’s HardThe WhoCD12D 101256[none]
Class Brass: On the Edge (BMG club edition)Empire BrassCD15D 101298[none]
Switched‐On Bach 2000 (BMG club edition)Wendy CarlosCD16D 101301[none]
The New Edge (club edition)Acoustic AlchemyCD10
D 101367[none]
Daphnis et Chloé / Boléro (BMG club edition)Ravel; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon RattleCD14D 101389[none]
American Originals: Ives / Barber String Quartets (BMG club edition)Ives, Barber; Emerson String QuartetCD11
D 101392[none]
Schoenberg: Ein Überlebender aus Warschau / Webern: Orchesterwerke (BMG club edition)Schoenberg, Anton Webern; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio AbbadoCD15
D 101393[none]
ExodusBob Marley & The WailersCD10D 101679[none]
Saturate Before UsingJackson BrowneCD10D 101731[none]
La Divina (BMG club edition)Maria CallasCD16D 101739[none]
L'Œuvre de Edgar Varèse, Volume 1: 1920-1927 (BMG club edition)Edgar Varèse; Orchestre national de France, Phyllis Bryn‐Julson, Kent NaganoCD8
D 101744[none]
Rickie Lee Jones (BMG club edition)Rickie Lee JonesCD11D 101789[none]
No SecretsCarly SimonHDCD10D 101824[none]
Upstairs at Eric’sYazCD11D 101828[none]
Anthology (BMG club edition)The BabysCD10D 101854094632135124
Black Sabbath (BMG Direct Marketing edition)Black SabbathCD5D 101861
Heaven and Hell (club edition)Black SabbathCD8D 101862[none]
Candy-OThe CarsCD11
D 101885[none]
The CarsThe CarsCD9D 101886[none]
PanoramaThe CarsCD10D 101888[none]
Black Celebration (club edition)Depeche ModeCD12D 101910[none]
War ChildJethro TullCD10D 101971094632106728
American PieDon McLeanCD10
D 102005[none]
Mother’s Milk (BMG)Red Hot Chili PeppersCD13
D 102049[none]
Time Passages (club edition)Al StewartCD9D 102071[none]
Arc of a DiverSteve WinwoodCD7D 102099[none]
Rock a Little (club edition)Stevie NicksCD11D 102150[none]
Best of Jennifer WarnesJennifer WarnesCD10D 102156[none]
The Monty Python Instant Record CollectionMonty PythonCD24D 102195[none]
Night and DayJoe JacksonCD9D 102212[none]
Welcome to the Real WorldMr. MisterCD10D 102243[none]
The Best of Naked Eyes (club edition)Naked EyesCD15D 102245[none]
Exit… Stage LeftRushCD12D 102273[none]
September of My YearsFrank SinatraCD13D 102345[none]
Strangers in the NightFrank SinatraCD10D 102347[none]
Modern Jazz Quartet (BMG club edition)Modern Jazz QuartetCD12
D 102415[none]
Italian Flute ConcertosJames Galway, I Solisti Veneti, Claudio ScimoneCD13D 102461
LoveThe CultCD10D 102651[none]
All the RageGeneral PublicCD10D 102666[none]
Shabooh ShoobahINXSCD10D 102673[none]
Meat Is MurderThe SmithsCD10D 102693[none]