The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 16 (1966)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 16 (1966 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 vigor 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 16

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Distant Stars [Fate in a Pleasant Mood and When Sun Comes Out]	Sun Ra	1966
2	Uhura's Spock and Charlie Ditties	Nichelle Nichols	1966
3	Твоя нежность Your Tenderness	(неизвестный исполнитель) (unknown artist)	1966
4	Calling Planet Earth [Fate in a Pleasant Mood and When Sun Comes Out]	Sun Ra	1966
5	Gemini 8 - Docking to Agena	Mission Audio	1966
6	На взлёт To Take Off	Алексанра Пахмутова Aleksandra Pakhmutova	1966
7	Orbits	Miles Davis	1966
8	Beyond Antares	Nichelle Nichols	1966
9	We Travel the Spaceways [Fate in a Pleasant Mood and When Sun Comes Out]	Sun Ra	1966
10	Interstellar Overdrive (Full Length Version)	Pink Floyd	1966
11	Lights of a Satellite [Fate in a Pleasant Mood and When Sun Comes Out]	Sun Ra	1966
12	Mr. Spaceman	Byrds	1966
13	Space Mates [Fate in a Pleasant Mood and When Sun Comes Out]	Sun Ra	1966
14	Твоя нежность Your Tenderness	Иосиф Кобзон Iosif Kobzon	1966
15	Worlds Approaching [Strange Strings]	Sun Ra	1966