The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 7 (1960)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 7 (1960 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 7

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Space Aura [Music for Tomorrow's World]	Sun Ra	1960
2	Countdown	John Coltrane	1960
3	Cruise to the Moon	Chaperones	1960
4	Hot Rod Rocket	Charlie Ryan	1960
5	Rocket 69	Connie Allen and the Todd Rhodes Orchestra	1960
6	Invasion	Dovers	1960
7	Я верю, друзя, караваны ракет I Believe, My Friends, Caravans of Rockets	Георг Отс Gheorg Ots	1960
8	Rockin Moon Man	Hugh X. Lewis	1960
9	Countdown (alternate take)	John Coltrane	1960
10	Orbit Around the Moon	Joe Meek and the Blue Men	1960
11	Mercury Redstone 1A - Capsule Recovery Successful	Newsreel	1960
12	Get on the Moon Baby	Julian	1960
13	Moon Rocketin'	Les Vogt	1960
14	Fly Me to the Moon	Nancy Wilson	1960
15	Orbit	Paul Revere and the Raiders	1960
16	Fly Me to the Moon	Peggy Lee	1960
17	Rockin' Satellite	Ray Sawyer	1960
18	Rocket Ship	Vernon Green and the Medallions	1960
19	Tapestry From an Asteroid [Music for Tomorrow's World]	Sun Ra	1960
20	I'm Building a ?? (On the Moon)	Weldon Rogers	1960
21	Ночами долго курятастрономы Long Nights Astronomers Smoking	Юрий Визбор Yurij Vizbor	1960