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Big Brother and the Holding Company

1967 studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company
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Big Brother and the Holding Company

Summary

Big Brother and the Holding Company is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (424 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Brother and the Holding Company's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company's genre is psychedelic rock[4].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company was followed by Cheap Thrills[5].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company was produced by Bob Shad[6].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company was performed by Big Brother and the Holding Company[7].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company's record label is recorded as Mainstream Records[8].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company was released on January 1, 1967[9].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big Brother and the Holding Company'}[10].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+1431'}[11].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company's non-free artwork image URL is recorded as https://janisjoplin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Big-Brother.jpg[12].
  • Big Brother and the Holding Company's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1967-09[15]

  • Genre(s): acid rock, blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, soul[16]

  • Community tags: acid rock, album rock, blues rock, blues-rock, hard rock, pop/rock, psychedelic rock, psychedelic/garage, rock, rock & roll, soul[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2464c8f8-7d3f-32e4-afaa-870ccb18d869[18]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Big Brother and the Holding Company was it[7]. It was produced by Bob Shad[6].

Publication

Big Brother and the Holding Company was published on January 1, 1967[9]. Its genre is psychedelic rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Big Brother and the Holding Company was followed by Cheap Thrills[5].

Why It Matters

Big Brother and the Holding Company ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (424 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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