From usbwcs3c@ibmmail.com Tue Sep 13 09:59:04 1994 Return-Path: Received: from ibmmail.com by duke.cs.duke.edu (5.65/3.9G/4.1.3) id AA04655; Tue, 13 Sep 94 09:57:44 -0400 Message-Id: <9409131357.AA04655@duke.cs.duke.edu> Received: from IBMMAIL.COM by ibmmail.COM (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 1985; Tue, 13 Sep 94 09:57:28 EDT Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 09:57:16 EDT From: usbwcs3c@ibmmail.COM To: ola@cs.duke.edu Subject: BMG list Status: R ----------------------- Mail item text follows --------------- To: I1004993--IBMMAIL From: Eugene Casale ext. 53118 SUBJECT: BMG list Owen, here's the list as is. I hope this is useful. Gene BMG Collection: Popular - Last Edit: 26 Apr 94 - Last Discovery: SR/15/0 Notes: I have taken over from Bob Neidorff, so don't flame too quickly. Since I modified Bob's list in my own database, you will need to either get used to my version or edit my monthly update to match the old format. Better yet, you could start over with a new database of the full list. Yhighly recommended? Price Codes: A=$14.98, B=$15.98 Ywill NOT be continued? The following information is believed to be accurate. No warranties to accuracy are made. Check first to be sure. Prices may have changed since this was transcribed. Most soundtracks are listed under the artist name "Soundtracks." Not all artists are listed last-name-first. Look both places. This list was created by hand typing the contents of years of BMG music fliers. This list may contain discontinued titles. This list may contain typographical errors. Report errors. The latest version of this list is available by FTP from node: PERCH.NOSC.MIL To get it, log onto that node and issue the following command: get Y.cd?bmg.txt *PLEASE* e-mail any suggestions, corrections, omissions, etc. to: ah472@freenet.HSC.Colorado.edu This list was created by Bob Neidorff This list is maintained by Bob Morris The archive is maintained by mike@jammin.nosc.mil FYI: A few bits of information about BMG. BMG stands for Bertlesmann Music Group, which is a subsidiary of Bertlesmann A. G., a conglomerate owned by Richard Mohn of West Germany. Bertlesmann A. G. also owns RCA Records, Arista, Parents Magazine, Young Miss Magazine, Doubleday, Bantam Books, and other well known media giants. Occasionally, people experience problems with BMG. Most often, these are related to incorrect shipments. Sometimes, people get defective discs. From what I have heard and personally experienced, BMG will correct all errors. They will not give you a hard time. If you receive a disc that you did not order, do NOT open it. Mark the package "REFUSED" and put it back into your mailbox. You will be credited with the price of the disc and also with the shipping. If you want more direct contact, you can call BMG, but they only offer a normal phone line: 317/542-0414. It is a good idea to confirm any telephone conversation with a letter. For your own peace of mind, keep notes of your phone call. Save the name of the person you talked with, what you discussed, what they are going to do to help, and the date/time of the call. Those notes make it easier if you need to call back. BMG distributes compact discs and tapes through their music club. Many titles are available on tape that aren't available on CD, and vice versa. _This_list_specifically_addresses_CD_titles_only._ If you are a BMG subscriber, you will periodically get a magazine from them listing titles that are available, special offers, and the featured disc of the month. Classical subscribers get a different mailing than popular music subscribers, and tape subscribers get a still different mailing. The popular magazine (catalog) is called Discovery. The Classical catalog is called Encore. The tape catalog is called Medley. BMG does not offer membership outside the USA. If you hate being forced to return a postcard every mailing, saying that you don't want anything, there's good news. If you are a BMG member and have fulfilled your obligation, you can call BMG and ask them to change your membership to the "Positive Option". With this, you will not get cards promising to send you a featured selection if you do nothing. The cards will still come along with the flyers, but the cards will say to mail them back if you want any discs at all. There is another company that offers a similar deal to that of BMG. That company is Columbia House. Satisfaction with Columbia House has been mixed, based on a very small sample of rec.audio readers. There is no file available that contains all Columbia House offerings, but Columbia House will mail a partial list of their collection to anyone, member or not. To get a copy of that list, call 812/466-8125. The Columbia House collection partially overlaps the BMG collection. Columbia House is owned by Sony, who also owns CBS, so Columbia House has Sony and CBS titles that are not in the BMG collection. Catagories are seperated by ">". Entries end with "<".