BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)

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Annotation

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
Darkest Days (club edition)Stabbing WestwardHDCD16
D125917[none]
AqueminiOutKastCD16
D 126103
Falling in Love Again (BMG club edition)Marlene DietrichCD16
D 126104[none]
Symphonie no. 9 / Gesang der Geister über den WassernSchubert; Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi ChoirCD5
D126193[none]
GreatestDuran DuranCD19
D126212[none]
98° and Rising (BMG club edition)98°CD13
D126250[none]
Mutations (BMG music club release)BeckHDCD11
D126276[none]
Can’t Buy a Thrill (BMG Direct edition)Steely DanCD10
D 126280
The Miseducation of Lauryn HillLauryn HillCD16
D 126370[none]
The Best of 1980–1990 (BMG music club release)U2CD14
D126400[none]
…Hits (BMG club edition)Phil CollinsCD16
D 126695[none]
Jumpin’ Jive (BMG club edition)Joe JacksonCD12
D126800[none]
Thick as a BrickJethro TullCD4
D126806[none]
AqualungJethro TullCD17
D126807[none]
The Nylon Curtain (club edition)Billy JoelEnhanced CD9
D126810[none]
Candyass (BMG Music Service)OrgyCD12
D126861[none]
New Jersey (BMG club edition)Bon JoviCD12
D126935[none]
40 Seasons: The Best of Skid RowSkid RowCD16
D126943[none]
The Faculty: Music from the Dimension Motion PictureVarious ArtistsCD13
D 128129
Greatest Hits (BMG Direct)Earth, Wind & FireCD17
D 128134
The Globe Sessions (manufactured by UML)Sheryl CrowCD12
D130881[none]
Walking in AvalonChristopher CrossCD + HDCD10 + 16
D223230[none]
Across a Wire: Live in New York City (BMG club edition)Counting Crows2×CD10 + 12
D225111-1[none]
Machine Head (club edition)Deep Purple2×CD10 + 8
D226435[none]
Music of the Night: The Essential Chopin Collection (Club Edition)Fryderyk Chopin2×CD17 + 21
D 226757[none]
Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume IIBilly Joel2×CD11 + 14
D226820[none]
The Slim Shady LP (BMG club edition)EminemCD20
  • US1999-02-23
D 128121[none]
B*Witched (BMG club edition)B*WitchedCD12
  • US1999-03-16
D128747074646975121
Go: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD14
  • US1999-03-30
D130197[none]
Millennium (BMG club edition)Backstreet BoysCD12
  • US1999-05-18
D128753[none]
Enema of the State (BMG club edition)blink‐182CD12
  • US1999-06-01
D128886[none]
Here Comes the Bride (BMG club edition)Spin DoctorsCD14
  • US1999-06-01
D128902[none]
When I Look in Your Eyes (BMG club edition)Diana KrallCD13
  • US1999-06-08
D 128963[none]
Bitches BrewMiles Davis2×CD2 + 5
  • US1999-06-08
D230791
Surrender (BMG club edition)The Chemical BrothersCD11
  • US1999-06-22
D148224[none]
Brave New WorldStyxCD14
  • US1999-06-29
D130063[none]
Forget About It (BMG club edition)Alison KraussCD11
  • US1999-08-03
D170992[none]
Fly (BMG club edition)Dixie ChicksHDCD14
  • US1999-08-31
D 131986[none]
The Fragile (BMG club edition)Nine Inch Nails2×CD12 + 11
  • US1999-09-21
D231447[none]
LodgerDavid BowieEnhanced CD10
  • US1999-09-28
D 148375[none]
Club Mix 2000 (BMG club edition)Various Artists2×CD12 + 12
  • US1999-10-12
DRC22569
Awake and Breathe (BMG club edition)B*WitchedCD13
  • US1999-10-26
D132620[none]
Simply the Best of the 80’sVarious Artists4×CD16 + 16 + 16 + 16
  • GB1999-10-30
DIRCD17743217108922
The Songs That Got Away (BMG club edition)Sarah BrightmanCD14
  • US1999-11-16
D132422[none]
The Best of Simon & Garfunkel (club edition)Simon & GarfunkelCD20
  • US1999-11-16
D 132834[none]
Sheryl Crow & Friends Live From Central Park (BMG club edition)Sheryl CrowCD14
  • US1999-12-07
D132551[none]
So Real (BMG club edition)Mandy MooreCD13
  • US1999-12-07
D 132847[none]
Fanmail (BMG club edition)TLCCD17
D128145[none]
Always Never the Same (BMG club edition)George StraitHDCD10
D128151[none]
Moanin’ (RVG edition/BMG club version)Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersCD8
D128331[none]
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (BMG club edition)Jim Hall & Pat MethenyCD17
D 128553[none]
Greatest HitsNew Kids on the BlockCD14
D128737
The Best of KansasKansasCD12
D128748[none]
Pure 70sVarious ArtistsCD18
D128812[none]
Mirrorball (BMG club edition)Sarah McLachlanEnhanced CD14
D128832[none]
Astro Lounge (BMG club edition)Smash MouthCD15
D 128880[none]
Marsalis Plays Monk - Standard Time Vol.4Wynton MarsalisCD14
D130211
Come by MeHarry Connick, Jr.CD13
D 130417[none]
Tattoos & Scars (BMG club edition)Montgomery GentryHDCD11
D 130467[none]
Synkronized (club edition)JamiroquaiCD10
D 130986[none]
On the 6 (BMG club edition)Jennifer LopezCD14
D 130987[none]
Runaway Bride: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD14
D 131393[none]
Brand New Day (BMG club edition)StingCD10
D131425[none]
Janis Joplin’s Greatest HitsJanis JoplinCD12
D 132006[none]
Greatest HitsSublimeEnhanced CD12
D 132113[none]
Chant Down Babylon (BMG music club release)Bob MarleyCD12
D132430[none]
The Neil Diamond CollectionNeil DiamondCD18
D132435008811211929
All Time Greatest HitsSteppenwolfCD18
D132438[none]
The Last Tour on Earth (BMG club edition)Marilyn MansonCD14
D 132445[none]
Make YourselfIncubusCD13
D 132660
Live OnKenny Wayne Shepherd BandCD14
D132661[none]
All the Way...A Decade of SongCéline DionCD16
D 132827[none]
IssuesKornCD16
D 132837
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ’Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You’ll Know That You’re RightFiona AppleCD10
D 132870
The Clash (US version)The ClashCD15
D133085[none]
Givin' Away The StoreSonny StittCD13
D133162 - 32 Jazz 32156
S Club (BMG club edition)S Club 7CD11
D 133327[none]
…And Then There Was X (BMG Direct)DMXCD18
D134619[none]
Walking Off the Buzz (BMG club edition)Blessid Union of SoulsCD12
D 136114[none]
Juju (RVG/club edition)Wayne ShorterCD8
D145197[none]
Space Oddity (BMG Direct)David BowieEnhanced CD10
D 148376[none]
Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers (BMG Direct, 62 minute version)Bob Marley & The WailersCD14
D153521[none]
Songs of Freedom (BMG music club release)Bob Marley4×CD24 + 18 + 18 + 18
D 207493[none]
The Better Life (BMG club edition)3 Doors DownCD11
  • US2000-02-08
D134858[none]
Aquarius (BMG club edition)AquaCD12
  • US2000-02-28
D133337[none]
Pickin' on Petty: A Bluegrass Tribute to Tom PettyPickin’ On ProjectCD12
D132948132948
The State (BMG club edition)NickelbackCD11
  • US2000-03-07
D1348573912840700002
Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Hans Zimmer & Lisa GerrardCD17
  • US2000-04-05
D135225[none]
Return of Saturn (BMG club edition)No DoubtCD14
  • US2000-04-11
D 133790[none]
I Wanna Be With You (BMG club edition)Mandy MooreCD12
  • US2000-05-09
D 135543[none]
Oops!…I Did It Again (BMG club edition)Britney SpearsCD12
  • US2000-05-16
D134934[none]
The Marshall Mathers LP (BMG club edition)EminemCD18
  • US2000-05-23
D 135081[none]
Crush (BMG club edition)Bon JoviCD12
  • US2000-06-13
D135972[none]
La Luna (BMG club edition)Sarah BrightmanCD15
  • US2000-08-29
D136720[none]
Milk Cow Blues (BMG club edition)Willie NelsonCD15
  • US2000-09-19
D136440[none]
Charlie’s Angels: Music From the Motion Picture (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD15
  • US2000-10-24
D138187[none]
Whoa, Nelly! (BMG club edition)Nelly FurtadoCD12
  • US2000-10-24
D168385[none]
Parachutes (BMG club edition)ColdplayCD10
  • US2000-11-07
D136834[none]
Give ’Em Enough RopeThe ClashCD10
D133084[none]
UnforgettableNat King ColeCD25
D133134