The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 12 (1963)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 12 (1963 г.)

The annual global celebration of "Yuri's Night," commemorating the April 1961 flight of Vostok 1, increases in popularity every year. As we enter the second half-century of human spaceflight, it is a time to reflect on the development of global space culture. It began in the 1950's as two distinct cultures--Soviet and American--reflecting the Cold War rivalry that fueled the Space Race. In the intervening decades there has been a blending of these two initial cultures, other nations have added their cultural voices, and the center of the emerging global space culture has shifted. National space cultures have displayed different emphases on science fiction and UFO themes versus devotion to national astronautic accomplishments. These and other factors may be leading cultural indicators of the vigour of national space efforts and their relevance to the global thrust into the final frontier.

The researcher seeks co-researchers with backgrounds in cultural anthropology and musicology with a strong interest in space history. Of particular interest is collaboration with researchers who are familiar with space-themed music from non-English speaking cultures.

At present, the music collection of nearly 1500 tracks is organized chronologically into 100 segments, each approximating the running time of a compact disc (CD), which include voice clips of important events to provide historical context. The play lists are being rolled out incrementally as research continues. Most of the music can be found online and downloaded free of charge. In addition, a library of song lyrics is in development.

This is music to fly to Mars by. If you listened to one hour every day, you would almost be there at the end of this collection!

CD 12

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Я - Земля I Am Earth	Александра Пахмутова Alexandra Pakhmutova	1963
2	Fly Me to the Moon	Anita O'Day	1963
3	Eight Foot Two, Solid Blue	Allan Sherman	1963
4	Мечты юных космонавтов Dreams of the Young Cosmonauts	Ансамбль им. В. Локтева V. Lokteva and Ensemble	1963
5	Космические частушки Space Ditties	Ансамбль "Ярославскиеребята" "Yaroslavl Guys" Ensemble	1963
6	Moon Race	Citations	1963
7	Fly Me to the Moon	Bobby Darin	1963
8	Countdown	Crescendos	1963
9	Mercury Atlas 9 - Launch	Mission Audio	1963
10	Звездные капитаны Stellar Captains	Эмиль Горовец Emil' Gorovets	1963
11	Red Planet	Eric Dolphy	1963
12	Мечты юных космонавтов Dreams of the Young Cosmonauts	Группа солистов ансамбль им В.Локтева - Мечты юных космонавтов V. Loktev Group of Soloists Ensemble	1963
13	Fly Me to the Moon	Brenda Lee	1963
14	In First Orbit	Jean-Jacques Perrey	1963
15	Rocket Ride	Johnny Greco and the Four Epics	1963
16	Moon Dance	Sun Ra	1963
17	Fly Me to the Moon	Julie London	1963