The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 24 (1971)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 24 (1971 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 24

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Жила девчонка на земле A Girl Lived on Earth	Людмила Зыкина Lyudmila Zykina	1971
2	Space Is Deep [In Search of Space]	Hawkwind	1971
3	Friendly Galaxy No. 2	Sun Ra	1971
4	Звездам навстречу Meet the Stars	Людмила Зыкина Lyudmila Zykina	1971
5	Rejoice in the Sun [Silent Running]	Joan Baez	1971
6	Apollo 15 - Lunar Landing	Mission Audio	1971
7	Apollo 15 - Scott's First Footsteps	Mission Audio	1971
8	Apollo 15 - Irwin's First Footsteps	Mission Audio	1971
9	Apollo 15 - Falling Objects	Mission Audio	1971
10	Born to Go [In Search of Space]	Hawkwind	1971
11	Знаете, каким он парнембыл Do You Know What a Guy He Was	Юрий Гуляев Yurij Gulyayev	1971
12	Planet Queen	T Rex	1971
13	Звездам навстречу Meet the Stars	Людмила Зыкина Lyudmila Zykina	1971
14	Milky Way	Weather Report	1971
15	Запевала звёздных дорог Guiding Spitit on the Stellar Road	Юрий Гуляев Yurij Gulyayev	1971
16	Созвёздье Гагарина Constellation Gagarin	Людмила Зыкина Lyudmila Zykina	1971