09 September 2014

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 TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Moonage DaydreamDavid Bowie1972
2Space Truckin'Deep Purple1972
3Apollo 16 - Lunar LandingMission Audio1972
4Apollo 16 - Young's First FootstepsMission Audio1972
5Apollo 16 - Duke's First FootstepsMission Audio1972
6Apollo 16 - LRV RideMission Audio1972
7Apollo 16 - Citrus FruitMission Audio1972
8Rocket ManElton John1972
9Also Sprach ZarathustraEumir Deodato1972
10SpacemanHarry Nilsson1972
11N1-7L - LaunchRussian Documentary1972
12After the Cosmic Rain (live)Return to Forever1972
13Supersonic RocketshipKinks1972
14Born to Go [Greasy Truckers Party]Hawkwind1972
15Марш космических негодяев
March of the Space Villains
Владимир Высоцкий
Viadimir Vysotskij
1972
16Apollo 17 - Lunar LandingMission Audio1972
17Apollo 17 - Cernan's First FootstepsMission Audio1972
18Apollo 17 - Schmitt's First FootstepsMission Audio1972
19Apollo 17 - Orange SoilMission Audio1972
20Apollo 17 - Last FootstepsMission Audio1972
21StarmanDavid Bowie1972

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