The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 8 (1961)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 8 (1961 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 8

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Cluster of Galaxies [Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow]	Sun Ra	1961
2	Mercury Redstone 2 - The Story of Ham	Newsreel	1961
3	Ham the Space Monkey	Ray Allen and the Embers	1961
4	Man From Mars	Butch Paulson	1961
5	Concerto for the X-15	Elliott Evans	1961
6	First Man on Mars	Jackie Fautheree	1961
7	Kosmos in Blue [Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow]	Sun Ra	1961
8	Восток 1 - Переговоры межды Королёвым и Гагариным во время старта Vostok 1 - Conversation between Korolev and Gagarin during the launch	Mission Audio	1961
9	Восток 1 - Поехали! Vostok 1 - Let's Go!	Mission Audio	1961
10	Yurij Gagarin	ABC News	1961
11	Yurij Gagarin	Newsreel	1961
12	Марш космонавтов March of the Cosmonauts	Государственный оркестр кинематографии СССР USSR State Orchestra of Cinematography	1961
13	Славим мы тебя, славит всяземля We Praise You, Praise All the Earth	Гос. Русский нар. хор им.Пятницкого Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Choir	1961
14	Заря космического века Dawn of the Space Age	Георг Отс Gheorg Ots	1961
15	Lights of a Satellite [Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow]	Sun Ra	1961
16	Mercury Redstone 3 - Launch	Mission Audio	1961
17	Rocket Trip	Jackie Lowell	1961
18	People From Another World	Jive 5	1961
19	Solar Drums	Sun Ra	1961