The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 19 (1969)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 19 (1969 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 19

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Гагаринское звено The Gagarin Squadron	(неизвестный исполнитель) (unknown artist)	1969
2	Soyuz 5	IAF Documentary	1969
3	В кабинете Гагарина Gagarin's office	Владимир Бысоцкий Vladimir Bysotskij	1969
4	Valleys of Neptune (Guitar)	Jimi Hendrix	1969
5	N1-3L - Launch	Russian Documentary	1969
6	N1-3L - Launch	English Documentary	1969
7	Walk of Ed White	Up With People	1969
8	Apollo 9 - EVA	Mission Audio	1969
9	It Came out of the Sky	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
10	Astronomy Domine	Pink Floyd	1969
11	Space Cowboy	Steve Miller Band	1969
12	Apollo 10 - Approaching the Lunar Surface	Mission Audio	1969
13	Apollo 10 - Lunar Module Gyration	Mission Audio	1969
14	Saucerful of Secrets	Pink Floyd	1969
15	N1-5L - Launch	Russian Documentary	1969
16	Space Oddity	David Bowie	1969
17	Valleys of Neptune (Piano)	Jimi Hendrix	1969