The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 18 (1968)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 18 (1968 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 18

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Intergalactic Motion [Outer Spaceways Incorporated]	Sun Ra	1968
2	Yurij Gagarin's Funeral	Newsreel	1968
3	Celestial Voices	Pink Floyd	1968
4	Saucerful of Secrets	Pink Floyd	1968
5	Saturn [Outer Spaceways Incorporated]	Sun Ra	1968
6	Apollo 7 - Launch	Mission Audio	1968
7	Apollo 7 - Angry Alligator	Mission Audio	1968
8	Space Odyssey	Byrds	1968
9	Galaxy Way [Monorails and Satellites, V1]	Sun Ra	1968
10	Gemini	Chick Corea	1968
11	Space Towers [Monorails and Satellites, V1]	Sun Ra	1968
12	Taurus	Spirit	1968
13	New Planet [Continuation]	Sun Ra	1968
14	Portami con te Carry Me With You	Astrud Gilberto	1968
15	Apollo 8 - Acquisition of Signal, Mission Control	Mission Audio	1968
16	Apollo 8 - Acquisition of Signal, Lovell	Mission Audio	1968
17	Apollo 8 - What the Moon Looks Like	Mission Audio	1968
18	Apollo 8 - Genesis	Mission Audio	1968
19	Riders on Earth Together, Brothers in Eternal Cold	Archibald Macleish	1968
20	Fly Me to the Moon	Bobby Womack	1968