The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 25 (1972)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 25 (1972 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 25

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Moonage Daydream	David Bowie	1972
2	Space Truckin'	Deep Purple	1972
3	Apollo 16 - Lunar Landing	Mission Audio	1972
4	Apollo 16 - Young's First Footsteps	Mission Audio	1972
5	Apollo 16 - Duke's First Footsteps	Mission Audio	1972
6	Apollo 16 - LRV Ride	Mission Audio	1972
7	Apollo 16 - Citrus Fruit	Mission Audio	1972
8	Rocket Man	Elton John	1972
9	Also Sprach Zarathustra	Eumir Deodato	1972
10	Spaceman	Harry Nilsson	1972
11	N1-7L - Launch	Russian Documentary	1972
12	After the Cosmic Rain (live)	Return to Forever	1972
13	Supersonic Rocketship	Kinks	1972
14	Born to Go [Greasy Truckers Party]	Hawkwind	1972
15	Марш космических негодяев March of the Space Villains	Владимир Высоцкий Viadimir Vysotskij	1972
16	Apollo 17 - Lunar Landing	Mission Audio	1972
17	Apollo 17 - Cernan's First Footsteps	Mission Audio	1972
18	Apollo 17 - Schmitt's First Footsteps	Mission Audio	1972
19	Apollo 17 - Orange Soil	Mission Audio	1972
20	Apollo 17 - Last Footsteps	Mission Audio	1972
21	Starman	David Bowie	1972