Past Masters

1988 compilation album by The Beatles
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Past Masters
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Past Masters

Summary

Past Masters is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,940 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Past Masters's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Past Masters's genre is rock music[4].
  • Past Masters was produced by George Martin[5].
  • Past Masters was performed by The Beatles[6].
  • Past Masters's record label is recorded as Parlophone[7].
  • Past Masters is part of The Beatles' albums in chronological order[8].
  • Past Masters is part of The Beatles compilation albums discography[9].
  • Past Masters's Commons category is recorded as Past Masters[10].
  • Past Masters's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Past Masters was distributed by 2 × LP[12].
  • Past Masters was distributed by 2 × CD[13].
  • Past Masters was published on March 7, 1988[14].
  • Past Masters's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Past Masters'}[15].
  • Past Masters's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+5609'}[16].
  • Past Masters's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+32'}[17].
  • Past Masters's contains is recorded as Past Masters –Volume One[18].
  • Past Masters's contains is recorded as Past Masters – Volume Two[19].
  • Past Masters's form of creative work is recorded as compilation album[20].

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[21]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[22]

  • First release date: 1988-03-07[23]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[24]

  • Community tags: am pop, double album, pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, rock pop[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 37657513-7a52-42bd-b235-09347c437cb2[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Past Masters was performed by The Beatles[6]. It was produced by George Martin[5].

Publication

Past Masters was published on March 7, 1988[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is rock music[4]. Part of include The Beatles' albums in chronological order[8], a Wikimedia albums discography[27] and The Beatles compilation albums discography[9]. Recorded distribution format include 2 × LP[12] and 2 × CD[13].

Why It Matters

Past Masters ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,940 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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