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 Complete Piano Trios (BMG club edition)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; The Mozartean Players2×CD9 + 9
D 208964[none]
QuadropheniaThe Who2×CD10 + 7D 211107[none]
Physical GraffitiLed Zeppelin2×CD6 + 9D 212318[none]
Die späten KlaviersonatenLudwig van Beethoven; Maurizio Pollini2×CD8 + 8
D 214913
Candide (BMG club edition)Leonard Bernstein; Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Adolph Green, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Della Jones, Kurt Ollmann, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus2×CD18 + 16D 235006[none]
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MeThe CureCD17D 24204[none]
The Immaculate Collection (club edition)MadonnaCD17D 254164[none]
The Piano Trios (BMG club edition)Antonín Dvořák; Trio Fontenay2×CD8 + 10D 254522[none]
6 Brandenburg Concertos / 4 Orchestral Suites (BMG club edition)Johann Sebastian Bach; The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock3×CD13 + 13 + 17D 284161[none]
Venetian Vespers (BMG club edition)Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh2×CD18 + 12
D 284220[none]
Sing It Again Rod (BMG club edition)Rod StewartCD12D-100942[none]
2112RushCD6D-133716[none]
Slippery When Wet (BMG club edition)Bon JoviCD10D-143465[none]
Songs From the Big Chair (club edition)Tears for FearsCD8D-143666[none]
Kojiki (BMG club edition)KitaroCD7D-143758[none]
Days of Future Passed (BMG club edition)The Moody Blues with the London Festival Orchestra conducted by Peter KnightCD7
D-144245[none]
Eat a Peach (BMG Direct)The Allman Brothers BandCD9D-163353[none]
PyromaniaDef LeppardCD10D-170402[none]
Bird and Diz (club edition)Charlie Parker & Dizzy GillespieCD13D-173413[none]
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and MoreVarious Artists2×CD14 + 7D-201062[none]
The Joy of Christmas, Volume 1Various ArtistsCD12
D-213228-1[none]
Sheryl CrowSheryl CrowCD13D100022
The Sound of Music: An Original Soundtrack RecordingRodgers & HammersteinCD16D100046
The Royal Scam (club edition)Steely DanCD9D100408[none]
In My Tribe (Reissue, repress, BMG club edition, abridged)10,000 ManiacsCD11D100481[none]
The Long Run (BMG Direct)EaglesCD10D100649
The Best of The Alan Parsons ProjectThe Alan Parsons ProjectCD12D100877[none]
Green RiverCreedence Clearwater RevivalCD9D101523
Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (club edition)Asleep at the WheelCD18D101678[none]
Rastaman Vibration (club edition)Bob Marley & The WailersCD10D101680[none]
Chopin: Ballade no. 1 / Liszt: Après une lecture de Dante / Schumann: Piano Sonata no. 1Chopin, Liszt, Schumann; Hélène GrimaudCD6D101749[none]
Music for the Masses (club edition)Depeche ModeCD14D101911[none]
Under Lock and Key (BMG club edition)DokkenCD10D101921[none]
Rio (BMG club edition)Duran DuranCD9D101930[none]
Book of Dreams (BMG club edition)The Steve Miller BandCD12D102017[none]
Learning to Crawl (club edition)PretendersCD10D102036[none]
Greatest Hits (BMG club edition)Teena MarieCD9D102144[none]
The Velvet Underground & Nico (club edition)The Velvet Underground & NicoCD11D102155[none]
Weekend in L.A. (club edition)George BensonCD11D102167[none]
Crime of the CenturySupertrampCD8D10228002238142
The Renaissance Lute (BMG club edition)Ronn McFarlaneCD38
D102400
Famous ChorusesBach; Concentus Musicus WienCD15
D102966
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (club edition)Elton JohnCD10D103070[none]
Merry Christmas (club edition)Bing CrosbyCD12D104697[none]
Stones in the Road (BMG club edition)Mary Chapin CarpenterCD13
D105168[none]
Janis Joplin's Greatest HitsJanis JoplinCD10D105192[none]
…But Seriously (BMG club edition)Phil CollinsCD12D105967[none]
Perfectly Good Guitar (club edition)John HiattCD12D110306[none]
W.A. Mozart: Serenade, K. 361 (370a), "Gran Partita"W.A. Mozart; Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin MehtaCD13D110517
The Best of Leonard Cohen (club edition)Leonard CohenCD12D110544[none]
Shooting Straight in the Dark (BMG club edition)Mary Chapin CarpenterCD11
D110897[none]
London CallingThe ClashCD19D110926[none]
Pachelbel: Canon / Albinoni: Adagio / Bach / Bonporti / MolterOrchestre de chambre Jean‐François PaillardCD10D111132
Live AliveStevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleCD13D111534[none]
The Velvet Underground (club edition)The Velvet UndergroundCD10D112713[none]
Trio (BMG club edition)Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou HarrisCD11D114804
Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Adagio & Fugue, KV 546 / Canon / "Toy" Symphony (BMG club edition)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Pachelbel, Leopold Mozart; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville MarrinerCD15D115530[none]
Ella and Louis (BMG Direct)Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongCD11D116454[none]
Study in Brown (BMG club edition)Clifford Brown & Max RoachCD9D116648[none]
Knussen Dirigiert Knussen (BMG club edition)Oliver Knussen; London SinfoniettaCD19
D116769
Christmas Organ MusicKevin Bowyer(unknown)21
D120147
Icarus (BMG club edition)Paul Winter ConsortCD9D120329[none]
Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975EaglesCD10D123481[none]
Greatest Hits (club edition)Billy OceanCD13D124510[none]
Chariots of FireVangelisCD7D124869[none]
Paradise Theater (BMG Direct)StyxCD11D125243
Breakfast in America (BMG Direct)SupertrampCD10D125246[none]
Is This Desire? (BMG club edition)PJ HarveyCD12
D125723
Gran TurismoThe CardigansCD11D126242
Why Do They Rock So Hard?Reel Big FishCD17D126248
Slippery When Wet (BMG Direct)Bon JoviCD10D126936
Trio II (BMG club edition)Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly PartonCD10D128725
Crossing the Bridge (BMG club edition)Eileen IversCD12
D128766[none]
Greatest Hits 1974–78 (BMG Direct)The Steve Miller BandCD14D133199[none]
The Best of Johnny RiversJohnny RiversCD15D134650[none]
Pat Metheny Group (BMG club edition)Pat Metheny GroupCD6D134750[none]
Ragas and Sagas (BMG club edition)Jan Garbarek / Ustad Fateh Ali Khan & Musicians from PakistanCD5D136022[none]
Cosmo’s FactoryCreedence Clearwater RevivalCD11D140756
Symphony no. 1 / no. 10: AdagioMahler; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann ScherchenCD5D141376
Greatest Hits on Earth (Club Edition)The 5th DimensionCD11D144264[none]
Sports (BMG)Huey Lewis and the NewsCD9D144448[none]
Symphony no. 5Mahler; Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann ScherchenCD5D144709
Curb (BMG club edition)NickelbackCD12D144853[none]
In a Silent WayMiles DavisCD2
D145427
One for the Road (BMG Direct edition)The KinksCD21D145576[none]
Muswell HillbilliesThe KinksHybrid SACD14D145577
Living With Ghosts (BMG club edition)Patty GriffinCD10
D150794[none]
Flaming Red (BMG club edition)Patty GriffinCD13
D150795[none]
A Night in Tunisia (RVG ed / BMG club version)Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersCD7D160931[none]
Dos amigosFreddy Fender & Flaco JiménezCD14D162696
Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (BMG club edition)EaglesCD10D163318[none]
Document (club edition)R.E.M.CD11D163503[none]
Frampton Comes Alive! (club edition)Peter Frampton2×CD8 + 6D235180[none]
Words & Music: John Mellencamp’s Greatest HitsJohn Mellencamp2×CD19 + 18D260200[none]
Come Fly With MeFrank SinatraCD15[none]
Picture ThisHuey Lewis and the NewsCD10[none]