The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 30 (1976)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 30 (1976 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 30

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Осколок Луны Lunar Shard	Юрий Визбор Yurij Vizbor	1976
2	Black Hole	Utopia	1976
3	Soyuz 21 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	1976
4	Star Trek	Eumir Deodato	1976
5	Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft	Klaatu	1976
6	Time Warp	Utopia	1976
7	Orbit	Jean-Yves Labat	1976
8	You Are My Starship	Norman Connors	1976
9	1. Man of Leo 2. Stellar 3. Space Theme 4. Space Requiem	Stomu Yamashta	1976
10	Journey Into Capricorn	Stan Kenton	1976
11	Space War	Utopia	1976
12	Theme From Star Trek	Van McCoy	1976
13	Martian Landscape	UFO	1976
14	Soyuz 22 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	1976
15	Pegasus	Stan Kenton	1976
16	Star Trek	Utopia	1976