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The Harder They Come soundtrack is a compilation album featuring original recordings from the 1972 Jamaican film. It’s notable for popularizing reggae music internationally and showcasing artists like Jimmy Cliff. The soundtrack remains significant within the history of both reggae and Jamaican cine...
“Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970” is a compilation album showcasing the diverse sounds emerging from San Francisco’s burgeoning psychedelic music movement during that decade. Rhino Records released this four-disc collection featuring various artists instrumental in shaping...
“No Thanks! The ‘70s Punk Rebellion” is a compilation album offering a comprehensive overview of early punk music from the 1970s. Featuring artists across both the US and UK, it showcases the genre’s raw energy and rebellious spirit. This collection provides valuable insight for anyone interested in...
“Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets: 1965-1968” is a compilation album presenting a rich collection of recordings from Southern California’s vibrant garage rock and psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s. Featuring diverse bands, it captures a unique moment in American musical history. T...
“Left of the Dial” is a collection of recordings representing the diverse sounds emerging from American college radio stations during the 1980s. The compilation features artists largely outside mainstream success at the time, showcasing influential bands in genres like alternative rock and new wave....
The Antología del Cante Flamenco is a 1958 Hispavox recording featuring a diverse collection of flamenco vocal performances from the decade. This anthology showcases influential singers and represents a significant historical record of early Spanish cante flamenco. It’s valuable for researchers, stu...
Fabric 100 is a DJ mix compilation album released in 2018 as part of the Fabric series, published by the London nightclub Fabric. The album was mixed by Craig Richards, a resident DJ at the club. It was released to mark the hundredth installment of the series, which showcases electronic and dance mu...
Nijinsky is a full-length ballet created by choreographer Václav Nižinský. It tells a complex narrative utilizing innovative movement and musical notation represented through neumes. The work, developed in the 21st century under Jiří Kylián’s direction, explores themes of ritual and sacrifice. It's...
The NOW That’s What I Call Music! 122 compilation offers a collection of popular songs from the 2020s. It includes significant chart hits across the pop genre. This album is suitable for listeners interested in contemporary UK music trends and provides access to widely recognized tracks. It appeals...
The NOW That’s What I Call Music! 120 compilation offers a selection of popular music tracks from the 2020s. Featuring diverse pop artists and charting singles, it provides listeners with a snapshot of contemporary hits. This album is suitable for anyone interested in current mainstream pop music tr...
The Certosa di San Martino is a former Carthusian monastery overlooking Naples whose church and associated rooms contain extensive seventeenth-century Baroque fresco decoration. Artists represented in the complex include Giovanni Lanfranco, whose painting in the nave includes an expansive Ascension...
NOW That's What I Call Music! 119 is a British compilation album released in 2022 as part of the long-running NOW series. The ongoing series originated in the United Kingdom in 1983 as a joint venture by EMI and Virgin Records. These albums compile a selection of current popular charting singles acr...
The Sala Regia is a ceremonial hall in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, connecting the Sistine Chapel and Pauline Chapel with other important papal spaces. Its 16th-century fresco program was executed by Giorgio Vasari and several other Mannerist artists. The paintings present episodes interpre...
NOW That's What I Call Music! 121 is a British compilation album released in 2023 as the 121st main installment of the NOW series, a long-running UK franchise that originated in 1983 through a partnership between record companies EMI and Virgin. The series compiles recent popular chart hits spanning...
The Abelardo Rodriguez Market murals form an extensive public-art program created in Mexico City during the 1930s by several artists associated with Mexican muralism. Contributors included Pablo O'Higgins, Isamu Noguchi, Marion and Grace Greenwood, and other artists working under a program influence...
Locks of hair from Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) are preserved in various public and private collections worldwide. These strands were sampled during 20th-century forensic studies investigating theories of arsenic poisoning as a factor in his death on Saint Helena. The analyses produced varying and...
"Now That's What I Call an Era: Disco" is a compilation album issued as part of the long-running "Now That's What I Call Music" franchise in the United Kingdom. The album features a curated collection of popular disco hits primarily from the 1970s, highlighting the genre's widespread cultural impact...
NOW That's What I Call Motown is a compilation album released as part of the widespread Now That's What I Call Music! series in collaboration with Universal Music. The album exclusively features tracks originally released under the Motown Records label, focusing on the soul and pop hits of the 1960s...
A lock of hair belonging to composer Ludwig van Beethoven is preserved at the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, located at San Jose State University in California. The hair was originally cut from Beethoven's head the day after his death in 1827 and was later acquired by the center in 1...
Now Yearbook Presents: The 60s - Volume 1: 1960-1962 is a multi-artist compilation album that collects popular music released during the early 1960s. As part of the extensive 'Now That's What I Call Music' spin-off series in the UK, it features a mix of rock and roll, pop, and easy listening tracks...
"Now That's What I Call an Era: (Feels Like) Heaven" is a compilation album released in the United Kingdom as part of the extensive "Now That's What I Call Music" series. Issued in the early 2020s, this specific edition focuses on the new wave, synth-pop, and alternative pop music that defined the 1...
Now That's What I Call an Era: The Sound of the Suburbs is a British various-artists compilation in the long-running Now That's What I Call Music series. Its selection focuses on music associated with the late 1970s and early 1980s, particularly new wave, post-punk, ska revival, power pop, and relat...
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