Various Artists
The company has also released several hundred "Various Artists" compilations, organized by theme or genre. These include such eclectic projects as a ten-CD political protest song box set, an eleven-CD set of the Jewish and Yiddish performers of the mid-1930s, a seven-CD box featuring 195 different versions of the song "Lili Marleen," compilations of music based on and from the TV series Bonanza, a four-CD collection of British music hall songs of the early 20th century, a ten-CD set of late-1930s calypso music, and a 52-CD "History of Pop Music" set.
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