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
PoisonBell Biv DeVoeCD10
D-100547[none]
Bona Drag (club edition)MorrisseyCD14
D 100578[none]
Live at Leeds (club edition)The WhoCD6
D 101253[none]
Uprising (BMG music club release)Bob Marley & The WailersCD10
D 101682042284621120
No Vacancy: The Best of the MotelsThe MotelsCD19
D 101803[none]
Made in Japan (BMG Direct)Deep PurpleCD7
D 101907[none]
Paul SimonPaul SimonCD11
D 102064[none]
The Madcap LaughsSyd BarrettCD13
D 102644[none]
Ocean Front Property (Club Edition)George StraitCD10
D102937[none]
Rock of the Westies (BMG club edition)Elton JohnCD9
D 103082[none]
Days of Open HandSuzanne VegaCD11
D 103115[none]
Classics, Volume 12 (club edition)Peter FramptonCD13
D-104894[none]
Ritual de lo habitual (cluib edition)Jane’s AddictionCD9
D 110020[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG club edition)BanglesCD14
D110417[none]
Melrose (club edition)Tangerine DreamCD9
D 110724[none]
Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats (BMG club edition)Peter GabrielCD16
D 111089[none]
Born to Sing (BMG club edition)En VogueCD12
D 114187[none]
Van HalenVan HalenCD11
D 114620
FloodThey Might Be GiantsCD19
D 114772[none]
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 / Borodin: String Quartet No. 2Tchaikovsky, Borodin; Emerson String QuartetCD8
D 115030[none]
Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso / Havanaise / Sarasate: Carmen-Fantasy / Chausson: Poème / Ravel: Tzigane (BMG club edition)Saint‐Saëns, Sarasate, Chausson, Ravel; Itzhak Perlman, New York Philharmonic, Zubin MehtaCD9
D-115457[none]
Have You Seen Me Lately?Carly SimonCD11
D 120912[none]
The Freewheelin’ Bob DylanBob DylanCD13
D122146
Nashville SkylineBob DylanCD10
D122581
Best of ’81 to ’85Y&TCD16
D-123564[none]
WarU2CD10
D 124619[none]
StandardsThe AlarmCD15
D-124765[none]
Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major, K. 361/370a "Gran Partita" (BMG club edition)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Amadeus Winds, Christopher HogwoodCD7
D 125178[none]
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (The Layla Sessions: 20th anniversary edition (remixed version))Derek and the DominosCD14
D 125249[none]
Zenyattà MondattaThe PoliceCD11
D 130108[none]
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (BMG Direct Marketing)Sinéad O’ConnorCD10
D 133512[none]
Goodbye JumboWorld PartyCD12
D 133536[none]
Greatest HitsRod StewartCD10
D 133779[none]
The Story of the Moody Blues: Legend of a BandThe Moody BluesCD12
D 134284[none]
Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’EmMC HammerCD13
D 134791[none]
ChangesbowieDavid BowieCD18
D143693
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapAC/DCCD9
D 143944[none]
Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982 - 198310,000 ManiacsCD14
D 144340[none]
Blaze of Glory (BMG club edition)Jon Bon JoviCD11
D144490[none]
The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers: Unchained MelodyThe Righteous BrothersCD12
D144658[none]
Flesh & Blood (BMG club edition)PoisonCD14
D150207[none]
Shake Your Money Maker (Club Edition)The Black CrowesCD11
D 152142[none]
Under a Blood Red Sky (BMG music club release)U2CD8
D 153598[none]
The Raw & The RemixFine Young CannibalsCD12
D 153904[none]
The Segovia Collection, Volume 7: Guitar EtudesAndrés SegoviaCD37
D 160386[none]
The Segovia Collection, Volume 8Andrés SegoviaCD15
D 160414[none]
My Favorite Things (stereo, club edition)John ColtraneCD4
D 161587[none]
TrixterTrixterCD12
D 161594[none]
Eyes of the WorldMacAlpineCD11
D163288[none]
Ah Via Musicom (club edition)Eric JohnsonCD11
D163459[none]
Moondance (club edition)Van MorrisonCD10
D 164585[none]
Third StageBostonCD10
D 173392[none]
Ghost of a DogEdie Brickell & New BohemiansCD14
D 173923[none]
diVINYLSDivinylsCD11
D 174057[none]
Faith Hope LoveKing’s XCD13
D 174229[none]
Edge of the CenturyStyxCD10
D-174498[none]
Cry of the ProphetsChris Thomas KingCD11
D 180101[none]
Little CaesarLittle CaesarCD12
D 183514[none]
Keepin’ Me Up Nights (club edition)Asleep at the WheelCD12
D 183578[none]
Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix StoryJimi Hendrix4×CD11 + 15 + 12 + 7
D 217005[none]
Walt Disney’s Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition (BMG club edition)The Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski2×CD9 + 6
D217060[none]
Chronicles (full metal core)Rush2×CD14 + 14
D-224059[none]
Live on BroadwayBarry ManilowCD12
D 224805[none]
Mixed Up (BMG Direct)The CureCD11
D 274190[none]
Cause of DeathObituaryCD9
RR 9370-2
Capitol Collectors Series: Grand Funk RailroadGrand Funk RailroadCD15
  • US1991-02-26
D 173258[none]
Tchaikovsky: 1812 / Marche slave / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / In the Steppes of Central Asia / Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol / Russian Easter Festival Overture (BMG club edition)Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme JärviCD6
  • US1991-03-12
D 100060[none]
The Godfather, Part II (BMG club edition)Nino RotaCD14
  • US1991-03-26
D116497[none]
The Godfather (BMG club edition)Nino RotaCD12
  • US1991-03-26
D116498008811023126
Impromptus D899 & D935Franz Schubert; Krystian ZimermanCD8
  • US1991-04-09
D 134796[none]
Temple of the DogTemple of the DogCD10
  • US1991-04-16
D 131124[none]
Greatest Hits: 10 Years and Change 1979-1991StarshipCD12
  • US1991-05-14
D 190270078635242324
Slow, Deep and HardType O NegativeCD7
  • US1991-06-04
D 122810016861931322
Into the Great Wide Open (club edition)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersCD12
  • US1991-07-02
D 135409[none]
Hot WireKixCD10
  • US1991-07-09
D 164398[none]
Blue LinesMassive AttackCD9
  • US1991-08-06
D148145[none]
The CommitmentsThe CommitmentsCD14
  • US1991-08-13
D 174016[none]
High Lonesome (Club Edition)Randy TravisCD10
  • US1991-08-27
D111075[none]
Naughty by Nature (Explicit)Naughty by NatureCD13
  • US1991-08-30
D 154559[none]
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue / 3 Preludes & Fuges / English Suite No. 3 / French Suite No. 5 (BMG club edition)Johann Sebastian Bach; Trevor PinnockCD21
D 100960028943579520
5 Organ Concertos (BMG club edition)George Frideric Handel; Simon Preston, The English Concert, Trevor PinnockCD20
  • US1991-09-12
D 150066[none]
Metal Massacre XIVarious ArtistsCD14
  • US1991-09-13
D 207373-10[none]
Use Your Illusion II (BMG club edition)Guns N’ RosesCD14
  • US1991-09-17
D125534[none]
For My Broken Heart (BMG club edition)RebaCD10
  • US1991-10-01
D 173624[none]
The Complete Decca RecordingsBillie Holiday2×CD26 + 24
  • US1991-10-01
D217027[none]
BadmotorfingerSoundgardenCD12
  • US1991-10-08
D 105637[none]
Simply the BestTina TurnerCD17
  • US1991-10-22
D 101195[none]
Discography: The Complete Singles CollectionPet Shop BoysCD18
  • US1991-11-05
[none]
Achtung Baby (BMG club release)U2CD12
  • US1991-11-19
D 125174[none]
Mental Jewelry (BMG club edition)LīveCD12
  • US1991-12-31
D 105651[none]
Christmas FavoritesElvis Presley & Jim ReevesCD10
ATCD 2107-2013132210728
The Bonnie Raitt CollectionBonnie RaittCD20
D 100569[none]
Club MTV Party to Go, Volume One (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsCD12
D100754[none]
The Blue Note Years: The Best of Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkCD16
D 101187[none]
Shoot Out the LightsRichard and Linda ThompsonCD9
D 101251[none]
20 All‐Time Greatest Hits! (club edition)James BrownCD20
D 101342[none]
Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (club edition)Creedence Clearwater Revival featuring John FogertyCD20
D101520[none]
Chronicle: The 20 Greatest HitsCreedence Clearwater RevivalCD20
D1015200208313080249
Greatest HitsThe JamCD19
D 102214[none]
“Let’s Cut It”: The Very Best of Elmore JamesElmore JamesCD18
D 105645[none]