The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 28 (1974)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 28 (1974 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 28

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Spaced	Aerosmith	1974
2	Soyuz 14 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	1974
3	Надежда Hope	Анна Герман Anna Gherman	1974
4	So Long Supernova	Comus	1974
5	Earth Juice	Return to Forever	1974
6	All Fly Away	Jefferson Starship	1974
7	Benson Arizona [Dark Star]	John Yager	1974
8	Ты мне веришь или нет? Do You Believe Me or Not?	Мила Берлинская и ИгорьКапитанников Mila Berlinskaya and Igor' Kapitannikov	1974
9	Uhura's Theme	Nichelle Nichols	1974
10	Soyuz 16 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	1974
11	Saturn Boy	Star Park	1974
12	Beyond the Seventh Galaxy	Return to Forever	1974
13	Children of the Universe	Comus	1974
14	Five Hundred Miles High	Stan Getz	1974
15	Vulcan Worlds	Return to Forever	1974
16	Vulcan Princess	Stanley Clarke	1974
17	Yesterday Princess	Stanley Clarke	1974