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
Southern Accents (club edition)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersCD9D 102813[none]
My Favourite Kreisler (BMG club edition)Fritz Kreisler; Itzhak Perlman, Samuel SandersCD16D 103112[none]
Harmonielehre / The Chairman Dances / Tromba Lontana / Short Ride in a Fast Machine (BMG club edition)John Adams; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon RattleCD6
D 103211[none]
Orchestral Suites 3 & 4, Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1062 (BMG club edition)J. S. Bach; Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher HogwoodCD13D 103311[none]
The Very Best of CreamCreamCD20D 103385[none]
Winelight (BMG club edition)Grover Washington, Jr.CD6D 103606[none]
Lush Life (BMG club edition)John ColtraneCD5D 103614[none]
The Drifters’ Golden HitsThe DriftersCD12D 103859[none]
Ten Years Together: The Best of Peter, Paul & MaryPeter, Paul & MaryCD13D 104131[none]
Come On Come On (BMG club edition)Mary Chapin CarpenterCD12
D 105174[none]
Brahms: Sonatas for Piano & Cello / Schumann: Adagio & Allegro (BMG club edition)Brahms, Schumann; János Starker, Rudolf BuchbinderCD9
D 105802[none]
Run With the Pack (BMG Direct)Bad CompanyCD10D 105814[none]
An die Musik: Favorite Schubert Songs (BMG club edition)Franz Schubert; Bryn Terfel, Malcolm MartineauCD23
D 105827[none]
Relayer (club release / Marino remaster)YesCD3D 105839[none]
Carmina Burana (BMG club edition)Carl Orff, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Leonard SlatkinCD25
D 105954[none]
Share My WorldNajeeCD12D 106141[none]
Summer (BMG club edition)George WinstonCD15D 106884[none]
The Singles CollectionThe SpecialsCD15D 108028[none]
Cantos (BMG club edition)Tōru Takemitsu; Richard StoltzmanCD4
D 108061[none]
In a Landscape (BMG club edition)John CageCD8
D 108099[none]
Evocation of the Spirit (BMG club edition)Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert ShawCD9
D 108369[none]
An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant and Polyphony (BMG club edition)Anonymous 4CD21
D 108660
The Glory of Henry Purcell (BMG club edition)Henry PurcellCD16
D 108786[none]
Concert à quatre / Les Offrandes oubliées / Le Tombeau resplendissant / Un sourire (BMG club edition)Messiaen; Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun ChungCD7
D 108885[none]
L.P.The RembrandtsCD15D 108897[none]
Comes a Time (Club Edition)Neil YoungCD10D 108952[none]
Liebeslieder Waltzes / Evening Songs (BMG club edition)Johannes Brahms; Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert ShawCD40
D 110548[none]
Alive in America (club edition)Steely DanCD11D 111583[none]
Hollywood Town HallThe JayhawksCD10D 111636[none]
Briefcase Full of Blues (BMG club release)Blues BrothersCD12D 111651[none]
Bette MidlerBette MidlerCD10D 111656[none]
[Led Zeppelin IV] (BMG club version)Led ZeppelinCD8D 112014[none]
Long Way Home (BMG Direct Marketing / Gitanes Blues Productions)Clarence “Gatemouth” BrownCD13
D 112410[none]
Opera Arias (BMG club edition)Bryn Terfel, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James LevineCD14D 112644[none]
Sunday at the Village Vanguard (BMG club edition)Bill Evans TrioCD10D 113226[none]
John Denver’s Greatest Hits (club edition, MFD by JVC)John DenverCD11D 113777[none]
Greatest Hits (club edition)Seals & CroftsCD10D 114461[none]
October (club edition)U2CD11D 114632[none]
Never a Dull MomentRod StewartCD9D 114710[none]
Of Eternal Light (BMG club edition)Monk, Messiaen, Gordon, Ligeti, Sherman, Moran; Musica SacraCD9
D 115558[none]
Greatest HitsThe DoorsCD12D 116366
JawsJohn WilliamsCD12D 116499[none]
Talas (BMG Music Club edition)TalasCD10D 116927[none]
Negotiations and Love Songs: 1971–1986 (BMG club release)Paul SimonCD16
D 120461[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG Direct)James TaylorCD12D 123790[none]
Rumours (BMG Direct club release)Fleetwood MacCD11D 124025[none]
Sinfonia Concertante K. 364 / Concertone K. 190Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin MehtaCD6D 125032[none]
Slowhand (Club Edition)Eric ClaptonCD9D 125094[none]
Horowitz at Home (BMG club edition)Vladimir HorowitzCD9D 125211[none]
The Grand Illusion (BMG Direct)StyxCD8D 125245[none]
Albinoni: Adagio / Pachelbel: CanonAlbinoni, Pachelbel, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell; Orpheus Chamber OrchestraCD15
D 125270[none]
Hotel CaliforniaEaglesCD9D 130030[none]
Captain & Tennille's Greatest Hits (club edition)Captain & TennilleCD12D 130116[none]
The Best of The Manhattan Transfer (club edition)The Manhattan TransferCD12D 130125[none]
Christmas Music from Medieval and Renaissance EuropeThe Sixteen, Harry ChristophersCD16D 130133034571162638
Bridge of Sighs (club version, expanded edition, 24‐bit remastered)Robin TrowerCD13D 131674[none]
Albinoni's AdagiosAlbinoniCD23D 131979
The Jazz Singer (Original Songs From The Motion Picture) (BMG club edition)Neil DiamondCD14D 132877[none]
Symphony no. 8 / The Noon WitchDvořák; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraCD8D 133119
Shakuhachi: The Japanese Flute (BMG Club Edition)Kōhachiro MiyataCD5
D 133975[none]
Overtures (BMG club edition)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville MarrinerCD9D 134267[none]
Houses of the Holy (club edition)Led ZeppelinCD8D 134321[none]
Torch (Club edition - BMG, reissue)Carly SimonCD11D 134660[none]
Das Lied von der ErdeGustav Mahler; Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto KlempererCD6D 134662[none]
The BestHumble PieCD9
D 135183[none]
Merry Christmas From London (BMG Club Edition)Lorrie MorganCD10
D 135197[none]
The Yiddish Dream: A Heritage of Jewish SongVarious ArtistsCD23
D 135393[none]
John Barleycorn Must Die (BMG club edition)TrafficCD6D 144290[none]
Best ShotsPat BenatarCD15D 144319[none]
In‐A‐Gadda‐Da‐VidaIron ButterflyCD6D 144356[none]
Ancient Voices of Children / Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) (BMG club edition)George CrumbCD11
D 144538[none]
BoyU2CD11D 144636[none]
Boy (BMG Direct 10 Track)U2CD10D 144636[none]
Live by RequestKenny RogersCD31D 146066[none]
Back in the High LifeSteve WinwoodCD8D 153271[none]
Celtic Wedding (BMG club edition)The ChieftainsCD9D 153655[none]
SecurityPeter GabrielCD8D 153801[none]
In Through the Out DoorLed ZeppelinCD7D 153830[none]
Good StuffThe B‐52sCD10D 153851[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG Club Edition)Linda RonstadtCD12D 153905[none]
Blind Melon (club ed reissue w/ Capitol cat# booklet last page)Blind MelonCD13D 154234[none]
Slide It In (club edition)WhitesnakeCD10D 154308[none]
The Unforgettable FireU2CD10D 154515[none]
Fair Warning (BMG Direct)Van HalenCD9D 154521[none]
Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (BMG club edition)Linda RonstadtCD11D 160157[none]
The Corporate World (BMG club edition)Gail Ann DorseyCD10
D 160750[none]
Bach, Handel, Purcell, etc. (BMG club edition)Johann Sebastian Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell; Maurice André, Hedwig BilgramCD29D 161381[none]
Concertos baroques italiens (BMG club edition)Albinoni, Tartini, Vivaldi; Maurice AndréCD7D 161430[none]
Greatest Hits, Volume III (BMG club edition)Barry ManilowCD10D 163819[none]
Mechanical ResonanceTeslaCD12D 163844[none]
The Best of Wilson Pickett (BMG club edition)Wilson PickettCD12D 163938[none]
20 Greatest HitsThe TurtlesCD20D 164069[none]
Dreamboat AnnieHeartCD10D 164175[none]
Who’s NextThe WhoCD9D 170350[none]
A Song of David: Music of the Sephardim and Renaissance Spain (BMG club edition)La RondinellaCD27
D 173383[none]
RaptureAnita BakerCD8D 173404[none]
Violator (BMG Music Club)Depeche ModeCD9D 173408[none]
I Am Santa ClausBob RiversCD16D 174612[none]
Unforgettable: With Love (BMG club edition)Natalie ColeCD22
D 183452[none]
StarsSimply RedCD10D 190658[none]