The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 29 (1975)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 29 (1975 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 29

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Earth Ship	Mahavishnu Orchestra	1975
2	Soyuz 17 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	1975
3	Star Drek	Bobby Pickett and Peter Ferrara	1975
4	Star Trek	Charles Randolph Grean Sounde	1975
5	Lost in Space	Graeme Edge Band	1975
6	Гагаринский марш Gagarin's March	Иосиф Кобзон Iosif Kobzon	1975
7	I Want to See Another World	Jefferson Starship	1975
8	Kohoutek	Journey	1975
9	On the Way Home to Earth	Mahavishnu Orchestra	1975
10	Rockin' Rocket	Long Tall Ernie and theShakers	1975
11	Moon Is a Harsh Mistress	Judy Collins	1975
12	Venusian Suite (Part I Sirenes)	Lenny White	1975
13	Venusian Suite (Part II)	Lenny White	1975
14	Soyuz 19 - Launch	BBC News	1975
15	Apollo Soyuz - Launch	Mission Audio	1975
16	Handshake in Space	Mission Audio	1975
17	Cosmic Strut	Mahavishnu Orchestra	1975
18	1. Treatise on Cosmic Fire 2. The Fire of Mind or Solar Fire	Todd Rungren	1975
19	Pegasus	Mahavishnu Orchestra	1975