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
The Best of The TubesThe TubesCD14
D 100360[none]
The Best of SweetSweetCD16
D 100361[none]
Keep the FaithBon JoviCD12
D 100868[none]
Life on Planet GrooveMaceo ParkerCD8
D 100869[none]
The Best of Al Stewart: Songs From the RadioAl StewartCD11
D 100875[none]
Body Mind Soul (BMG club edition)Debbie GibsonCD11
D 100881[none]
Glittering Prize 81/92Simple MindsCD12
D 100895[none]
CoreStone Temple PilotsCD12
D 100981[none]
The ChronicDr. DreCD16
D 101241[none]
Violin ConcertoBrahms; Itzhak Perlman, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel BarenboimCD4
D 101321
The Bliss Album…? Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence (BMG club edition)P.M.DawnCD15
D 101353[none]
The Four Seasons / 3 Violin Concertos (BMG club edition)Antonio Vivaldi; Itzhak PerlmanCD21
D 101386[none]
Concerti Grossi, op. 6, nos. 1-6 (BMG club edition)Handel; Boston Baroque, Martin PearlmanCD29
D 101424[none]
The Best of John Lee Hooker: 1965 to 1974John Lee HookerCD16
D 101958[none]
Minstrel in the GalleryJethro TullCD7
D 101970094632108227
Greatest Hits (BMG club edition)Elton JohnCD11
D 103077[none]
Elton John's Greatest Hits, Volume II (BMG club edition)Elton JohnCD10
D 103078[none]
RushEric ClaptonCD10
D 105632[none]
Stick Around for Joy (club edition)The SugarcubesCD10
D 105648[none]
The Glow Of Love (BMG club edition)ChangeCD7
D 105950[none]
70 Ounces of Gold: Golden Hits, Volume IIVarious ArtistsCD28
D 108402[none]
70 Ounces of Gold: Rock & GoldVarious ArtistsCD26
D 108405[none]
Greatest Hits, Volume 2James GalwayCD19
D 110746209026611782
Welcome to Wherever You AreINXSCD12
D 111070[none]
WishThe CureCD12
D 111116[none]
Love Symbol (BMG club edition)Prince and The New Power GenerationCD18
D 111136[none]
Magic and Loss (club edition)Lou ReedCD14
D 115470[none]
Cantatas: BWV 140, 147 (Club Edition)Johann Sebastian Bach; The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot GardinerCD17
D 120541[none]
Gold: Greatest Hits (BMG club edition, digitally remastered)ABBACD19
D 120679[none]
Hearts in Armor (BMG club edition)Trisha YearwoodCD10
D 121048[none]
New Miserable ExperienceGin BlossomsCD12
D 124884[none]
Patty Smyth (BMG club edition)Patty SmythCD10
D 125090[none]
Zoo Rave 1 (record club edition)Various ArtistsCD10
D 125351
Arc AngelsArc AngelsCD12
D 125385[none]
Captain & Tennille's Greatest Hits (Club edition - BMG)Captain & TennilleCD12
D 130116[none]
What’s the 411?Mary J. BligeCD12
D 130845[none]
The One (club edition)Elton JohnCD11
D 135022[none]
Her Greatest Hits (BMG Music Service)Belinda CarlisleCD13
D 135172[none]
This One’s Gonna Hurt You (BMG Club Edition)Marty StuartCD10
D 135348[none]
Shadows and Light (BMG club edition)Wilson PhillipsCD14
D 140763[none]
Big Hits and Nasty CutsTwisted SisterCD16
D 142900[none]
Ingenue (BMG club edition)k.d. langCD10
D 144370[none]
Little EarthquakesTori AmosCD12
D 150382[none]
Little Earthquakes (BMG music club release)Tori AmosCD12
D 150382075678235825
Shepherd Moons (BMG Club edition)EnyaCD12
D 153190[none]
RockinghorseAlannah MylesCD10
D 153616[none]
Cuts Like a Knife (Club Edition)Bryan AdamsCD10
D 153889[none]
Apollo 18They Might Be GiantsCD38
D 154283[none]
BreathlessKenny GCD14
D 154317[none]
Funky Divas (BMG club edition)En VogueCD13
D 161717[none]
Countdown to ExtinctionMegadethCD11
D 163340[none]
Wayne’s World: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD13
D 163551[none]
Messe G-dur / Requiem für MignonFranz Schubert, Robert Schumann; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio AbbadoCD14
D 173642[none]
DirtySonic YouthCD15
D 182486[none]
99.9 F° (club edition)Suzanne VegaCD12
D 183406[none]
The Wild LifeSlaughterCD14
D 184072[none]
Check Your HeadBeastie BoysCD20
D 192473
Beyond the Season (BMG club edition)Garth BrooksCD11
D 193578[none]
The Best of White Lion (BMG club edition)White LionCD13
D 193654[none]
War RequiemBenjamin Britten; John Eliot Gardiner, NDR‐Sinfonieorchester2×CD13 + 6
D 202364[none]
Trumpet MasterpiecesMaurice André2×CD26 + 25
D 203919[none]
Capitol Jazz: 50th Anniversary CollectionVarious Artists3×CD20 + 18 + 12
  • -1992
D 217067[none]
Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons, Hob.XX1:3)Joseph Haydn; English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir & Sir John Eliot Gardiner2×CD18 + 23
D 220369[none]
The Nutcracker (BMG club edition)Tchaikovsky; The London Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons2×CD17 + 16
D 293514[none]
…Best II (club edition)The SmithsCD14
D100325[none]
The Wooden Prince / Cantata Profana (BMG club release)Bartók; Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Pierre BoulezCD11
D101210[none]
Points of Departure (Club Edition)Orpheus Chamber OrchestraCD12
D101315[none]
The Feast of Fools (BMG club edition)Philip Pickett; New London ConsortCD31
D101737[none]
After the SnowModern EnglishCD14
D102680[none]
PlayBobby McFerrin & Chick CoreaCD6
D105634[none]
70 Ounces of Gold: Pure GoldVarious ArtistsCD29
D108403[none]
Jon Secada (BMG club edition)Jon SecadaCD12
D110742[none]
The Best of Miles Davis: The Capitol/Blue Note YearsMiles DavisCD14
D111000[none]
Bizarre Ride II the PharcydeThe PharcydeCD16
D111290
Black Eyed ManCowboy JunkiesCD13
D144230
Greatest Hits (BMG Club Edition)Reba McEntireCD10
D162110[none]
Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92Tears for FearsCD12
D180162
Big Bands AmericaVarious ArtistsCD21
DMC 2-1060[none]
You’re the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930sCole Porter3×CD22 + 24 + 23
DMC1-1020099923713623
Winston’s Summer’s Best Music Collection: 70’sVarious ArtistsCD20
DPC1-0816W[none]
Winston’s Summer’s Best Music Collection: 80’sVarious ArtistsCD16
DPC1-1041W[none]
Pop Concert FavoritesArthur Fiedler & The Boston PopsCD15
  • -1992
ZCD1-5751[none]
Rift (BMG club release)PhishCD15
  • US1993-02-02
D 101238[none]
Sax-A-Go-GoCandy DulferCD10
  • US1993-02-25
D 153804[none]
Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan (Club Edition)Richard Strauss; Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von KarajanCD10
D 134748[none]
This Time (club edition)Dwight YoakamCD11
  • US1993-03-09
D 101360[none]
Coverdale · PageCoverdale · PageCD11
  • US1993-03-16
D 101343[none]
Ein Straussfest II (BMG Direct Marketing release)Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops OrchestraCD15
  • US1993-03-23
D 173405[none]
Living in Oblivion: The 80’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD18
  • US1993-03-23
D108704[none]
Shania TwainShania TwainCD10
  • US1993-04-20
D 103851
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?The CranberriesCD12
  • US1993-04-20
D 180023[none]
Sound of White NoiseAnthraxCD11
  • US1993-05-25
D 101517[none]
Jurassic Park: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (BMG club edition)John WilliamsCD16
  • US1993-05-25
D135316[none]
Wind in the Wire (Club Edition)Randy TravisCD10
  • US1993-08-17
D 125047[none]
Human Wheels (BMG club release)John MellencampCD10
  • US1993-09-07
D 183522[none]
August and Everything After (BMG Direct)Counting CrowsCD11
  • US1993-09-14
D 102409[none]
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell…Meat LoafCD11
  • US1993-09-14
D 183394[none]
Face the Heat (Club Edition)ScorpionsCD11
  • US1993-09-21
D 503504731451825828
In UteroNirvanaCD12
  • US1993-09-21
D190124[none]
Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (BMG club edition)RebaCD10
  • US1993-09-28
D125466[none]