How To Identify Music Club CDs
(Columbia House / BMG)
Music club CDs are very easy to identify
if you know what to look for.
The two largest music clubs, which incindentally are the only two I
have
found to leave a distinctive "mark" of some sort on their items, are
Columbia
House music club and BMG music club. Most Columbia House CDs will
have 1 of 2 indicators on the back insert- (a) There will either be the
letters "CRC" printed somewhere, usually close to the bar code, or (b)
There will be some kind of note in the fine print on the back insert
signaling
that the CD was manufactured by Columbia House. BMG music club
CDs
always have the same indicator on the back insert - a small note which
replaces the bar code with the BMG disc number, and a small note which
will read something like "manufactured for BMG direct..." along with an
address.
Examples Of Columbia House music club CDs
(look
for circle and arrow)
("CRC" on back insert - kinda small)
("CRC" on back insert)
(note on back insert - "Manufactured By Columbia House Under
License")
Example of BMG music club CD
(this is the universal style "stamp" that is on all BMG CDs - in
place of bar code)