The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 21 (1970)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 21 (1970 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 21

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Мечты юных космонавтов Dreams of the Young Cosmonauts	(неизвестный исполнитель) (unknown artist)	1970
2	Free Flight	Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia	1970
3	Rocket Man	Pearls Before Swine	1970
4	Apollo 13 - Houston, We've Had a Problem	Mission Audio	1970
5	Apollo 13 - News Report 1	ABC-TV News	1970
6	Apollo 13 - News Report 2	CBS News	1970
7	Apollo 13 - News Report 3	CBS News	1970
8	Apollo 13 - News Report 4	CBS News	1970
9	Apollo 13 - Service Module Jettison	Mission Audio	1970
10	Apollo 13 - Lunar Module Jettison	Mission Audio	1970
11	Apollo 13 - Splashdown	Mission Audio	1970
12	Planet Caravan	Black Sabbath	1970
13	Sun-Earth Rock	Sun Ra	1970
14	Spaceship Races	Carole King	1970
15	Мы космонавты We Are Cosmonauts	Детский хор Children's Choir	1970
16	Space Funk	Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia	1970