10 September 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 26 (1973)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 26 (1973 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 26
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Space RaceBilly Preston1973
2MoonshakeCAN1973
3Earth Calling [Space Ritual]Hawkwind1973
4На космодроме Байконур
At the Bajkonur Cosmodrome
Константин Беляев
Konstantin Belyayev
1973
5Five Hundred Miles HighReturn to Forever1973
6Skylab 1 - LaunchMission Audio1973
7Skylab 2 - FlyaroundMission Audio1973
8Space Station #5Montrose1973
9Hymn of the Seventh GalaxyReturn to Forever1973
10Born to Go [Space Ritual]Hawkwind1973
11Celestial Terrestrial CommutersMahavishnu Orchestra1973
12Silver Machine [Space Ritual]Hawkwind1973

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