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
Shania Twain (BMG Club Edition)Shania TwainCD10
D103851[none]
Armed Forces (club edition)Elvis Costello & The AttractionsCD21
D106952[none]
ExposedVince NeilCD11
D110893[none]
His 12 Greatest Hits (club edition)Neil DiamondCD12
D115969[none]
Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star WarsJohn Williams; National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles GerhardtCD7
D116573
Beyond These ShoresIonaCD15
D120364[none]
Get a Grip (BMG music club release)AerosmithCD14
D120814[none]
ZooropaU2CD10
D123400
I’m Alive (Club Edition)Jackson BrowneCD10
D125039[none]
Uptown MTV Unplugged (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD14
D154441[none]
In My Time (BMG club edition)YanniCD11
D163900[none]
Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / “Porgy and Bess” Suite (Catfish Row) / Cuban Overture (BMG club edition)George Gershwin; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James LevineCD4
D164384[none]
The John Lennon CollectionJohn LennonCD19
D173627[none]
Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2Led Zeppelin2×CD16 + 16
D207102[none]
The Best of Jethro Tull: The Anniversary CollectionJethro Tull2×CD19 + 17
D231588[none]
Dreams Beyond ControlSpyro GyraCD12
D503456
Rumbas! Tangos! Congas!Xavier CugatCD24
  • -1993
DMC1-1074
The Best of Henry ManciniHenry Mancini & His OrchestraCD12
DMC31103-1
The Best of Henry ManciniHenry Mancini3×CD12 + 12 + 12
DMC31103-1 #15086, DMC31103-2 #15086, DMC31103-3 #15086
All Time Southern Gospel FavoritesVarious ArtistsCD12
SSD 8521[none]
Ringside at Condon'sEddie CondonCD11
Too High to Die (BMG club release)Meat PuppetsCD13
  • US1994-01-25
D 112069[none]
Together Alone (BMG Direct)Crowded HouseCD13
D 102151[none]
I Know Who Holds Tomorrow (BMG club edition)Alison Krauss & The Cox FamilyCD12
  • US1994-02-04
D170999
Live at the Acropolis (BMG club edition)YanniCD10
  • US1994-03-01
D102477[none]
Superunknown (BMG club edition)SoundgardenCD15
  • US1994-03-08
D 102515[none]
The Downward Spiral (BMG club edition)Nine Inch NailsCD14
  • US1994-03-08
D102767[none]
Paganini for TwoNiccolò PaganiniCD22
  • US1994-03-15
D 102870[none]
A Boy Named GooGoo Goo DollsCD13
  • US1994-03-15
D 108127[none]
Mind Blowin (BMG Music Service)Vanilla IceCD17
  • US1994-03-22
D 103002[none]
Very (BMG music club release)Pet Shop BoysCD12
D135187[none]
This Is Me (Club Edition)Randy TravisCD10
  • US1994-04-26
D 103171[none]
American RecordingsJohnny CashCD13
  • US1994-04-26
D 111623[none]
MélodiesHector Berlioz; Françoise Pollet, Anne Sofie von Otter, John Aler, Thomas Allen, Cord Garben2×CD15 + 14
  • DE1994-05-09
D 206306028943586023
Symphonies nos. 53 "L'Imperiale" / 73 "La Chasse" / 79Haydn; Orpheus Chamber OrchestraCD12
  • US1994-05-10
D 104838
Weezer (Blue Album, BMG club release)WeezerCD10
  • US1994-05-10
D 105943[none]
Swamp OpheliaIndigo GirlsCD11
  • US1994-05-10
D110001[none]
Mexican Baroque (Mfg. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. under license)ChanticleerCD22
  • US1994-06-07
D 105811[none]
Vivaldi Concerti and Other Works (BMG club edition)Antonio Vivaldi; Eliot Fisk, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Albert Fuller, Frederic Hand, Louise SchulmanCD21
  • US1994-06-07
D 134799[none]
Wishes (Club Edition)Lari WhiteCD10
  • US1994-06-14
D 104948[none]
ParklifeBlurCD16
  • US1994-06-18
D 105663[none]
Blade RunnerVangelisCD12
  • US1994-06-21
D 104912[none]
21... Ways to Grow (BMG club edition)ShaniceCD15
  • US1994-06-24
D104917[none]
Cracked Rear View (BMG club edition)Hootie & the BlowfishCD12
  • US1994-07-05
D 105872[none]
Unity (BMG club edition)Big MountainCD11
  • US1994-07-19
D 105793[none]
Harbinger (club edition)Paula ColeCD14
  • US1994-07-19
D105107[none]
No Ordinary Man (BMG Club Edition)Tracy ByrdCD10
  • US1994-08-08
D 103339[none]
When I WokeRusted RootCD13
  • US1994-08-23
D 108460[none]
Stranger Than FictionBad ReligionCD15
  • US1994-09-06
D 105985
What a Way to LiveMark ChesnuttCD10
  • US1994-09-13
D 106124008811109424
four (BMG club edition / PMDC)Blues TravelerCD12
  • US1994-09-13
D106046[none]
Disco 2Pet Shop BoysCD12
  • US1994-09-20
D 1060630724382810520
Mad About Kids' Classics: The Greatest Music From Disney Cartoons (Club Edition)Various ArtistsCD11
  • US1994-09-20
D 106549
Piano Sonatas Nos. 12-14, 19 (BMG club edition)Beethoven; Alfred BrendelCD13
  • US1994-09-20
D 106726[none]
Waitin’ on SundownBrooks & DunnCD10
  • US1994-09-27
D 105888[none]
Kick a Little (club edition)Little TexasCD10
  • US1994-09-27
D 106163[none]
StrategemBig Head Todd and the MonstersCD11
  • US1994-09-27
D106161075992458023
George DucasGeorge DucasCD10
D108346[none]
No Need to Argue (BMG club edition)The CranberriesCD13
  • US1994-10-04
D 106258[none]
Awake (Club Edition)Dream TheaterCD11
  • US1994-10-04
D106154[none]
Cross Road (BMG club edition)Bon JoviCD14
  • US1994-10-04
D106183[none]
File Under: Easy Listening (club edition)SugarCD10
  • US1994-10-06
D 106050[none]
The Very Best of Elvis Costello and The AttractionsElvis Costello & The AttractionsCD22
  • US1994-10-25
D 106956[none]
The Platinum Collection (BMG club edition)Blondie2×CD26 + 21
  • US1994-11-01
D 206364[none]
Lookin' Back at Myself (BMG Club Edition)Aaron TippinCD10
  • US1994-11-08
D 106020[none]
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 (BMG club release)StingCD14
  • US1994-11-08
D 106357[none]
Let Your Love Flow: 20 Years of HitsThe Bellamy Brothers2×CD18 + 17
  • US1994-11-08
D 207008
The Sweetest Days (BMG club edition)Vanessa WilliamsCD12
  • US1994-12-06
D 106335[none]
Second ComingThe Stone RosesCD99
D 106912[none]
Second ComingThe Stone RosesCD99
D 106912020831118422
Sixteen Stone (Dolby HX Pro, B NR, club edition, BMG)BushCassette12
C108056[none]
Sixteen Stone (Club Edition – BMG, Dolby Pro, MX, B, NR)BushCassette12
C114264[none]
Pronounced Jah‐Nay (BMG club edition)ZhanéCD13
D 100115[none]
Greatest Hits (1980-1994) (BMG club edition)Aretha FranklinCD15
D 101597[none]
NBA Jam SessionVarious ArtistsCD10
D 102096
DogmanKing’s XCD14
D 102401[none]
Under the PinkTori AmosCD12
D 102480[none]
Under the Pink (BMG music club release)Tori AmosCD12
D 102480075678256721
The Funky Headhunter (BMG club edition)MC HammerCD16
D 102509[none]
Grammy’s Greatest Moments, Volume III (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD12
D 102596
The Best of Village People (BMG club edition)Village PeopleCD14
D 102709[none]
Son of Altered BeastMatthew SweetCD7
D 102722[none]
Longing in Their HeartsBonnie RaittCD12
D 102742[none]
ChantThe Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de SilosCD19
D 102957
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (BMG Music Service)OutKastCD17
D 103062[none]
Ain’t Enough Comin’ InOtis RushCD12
D 103160[none]
Annunciation (BMG Club Edition)The SubdudesCD13
D 103172729021032325
Talking TimbuktuAli Farka Touré with Ry CooderCD10
D 103178[none]
Orchestral Suites 1 & 2 (Mfg. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., record club release)J. S. Bach; Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher HogwoodCD17
D 103224[none]
All‐4‐One (BMG club edition)All‐4‐OneCD11
D 103267[none]
Four Chords & Several Years Ago (BMG club edition)Huey Lewis & the NewsCD17
D 103274[none]
I Say I Say I SayErasureCD10
D 103281[none]
King MissileKing MissileCD17
D 103290[none]
Fruitcakes (BMG Direct edition)Jimmy BuffettCD13
D 103336
Symphony no. 8Dmitri Shostakovich; London Symphony Orchestra, André PrevinCD5
D 103891[none]
Pieces of You (BMG club edition)JewelCD14
D 103972[none]
Kiss My A**: Classic Kiss RegroovedVarious ArtistsCD11
D 104907[none]
Mozart Portraits (BMG club edition)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Cecilia Bartoli, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, György FischerCD9
D 104923[none]
ZingalamaduniArrested DevelopmentCD15
D 104936[none]
Musik für Saiteninstrumente, Schlagzeug und Celesta / Bratschenkonzaert (BMG club edition)Bartók; Wolfram Christ, Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji OzawaCD7
D 105660[none]