The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 9 (1961)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 9 (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 9

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Solar Drums	Sun Ra	1961
2	Космические частушки Space Ditties	Клавдия Коток и В. Паршин (баян) Klavdiya Kotok and V. Parshin (accordion)	1961
3	Blast Off to Love	Jocko Henderson	1961
4	Special Address to Congress	John F. Kennedy	1961
5	Fly Me to the Moon	Nat King Cole	1961
6	Infinity of the Universe [Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy/Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow]	Sun Ra	1961
7	Родина слышит, родиназнает The Motherland Hears, the Motherland Knows	(неизвестный исполнитель) (unknown artist)	1961
8	Я - Земля I Am Earth	Ольга Воронец и Инстр.ансамбль Ol'ga Voronets and Ensemble	1961
9	Планета бурь Planet of Storms	"Планета бурь" кинематографический саундтрек "Planet of Storms" Cinematic Soundtrack	1961
10	Mercury Redstone 4 - Launch	Mission Audio	1961
11	Mercury Redstone 4 - Recovery, Part 1	NBC News	1961
12	Mercury Redstone 4 - Recovery, Part 2	NBC News	1961
13	Mercury Redstone 4 - Pow! The Hatch Went	NASA Press Conference	1961
14	Tapestry From an Asteroid [The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra]	Sun Ra	1961
15	Rocking on the Moon	Ronnie Sando	1961
16	Vostok 2	Newsreel	1961
17	Марш артиллерицов-космонавтов March of Artillery-Cosmonaut	Сводный Оркестр МВО Consolidated Orchestra MVO	1961
18	Man in Space	Vigilantes	1961
19	Я верю, друзя, караваныракет I Believe, My Friends, Caravans of Rockets	Владимир Трошин Vladimir Troshin	1961
20	Mercury Atlas 5	American Newsreel	1961
21	Mercury Atlas 5	Cameroonese Newsreel	1961
22	Space Jazz Reverie [The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra]	Sun Ra	1961