The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 32 (1977)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 32 (1977 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 32

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Star Wars	Meco	1977
2	Voyager - Greetings From Earth 7	Golden Record	1977
3	Мне приснился шум дождя It Had the Sound of Rain	Надежда Чепага и ВладиславКоннов Nadezhda Chepaga and Vladislav Konnov	1977
4	Theme From Star Trek	Montefiori Cocktail	1977
5	Destination Moon	Norman Connors	1977
6	Voyager - Greetings From Earth 8	Golden Record	1977
7	Spaceship Superstar	Prism	1977
8	Cygnus X-1	Rush	1977
9	Tango in Space	Space	1977
10	Voyager - Greetings From Earth 9	Golden Record	1977
11	Rocket Man (Version 2)	Spotnicks	1977
12	Moon Rider	Up With People	1977
13	Star Trek	Ventures	1977
14	Voyager - Greetings From Earth 10	Golden Record	1977
15	Звездная песня неба Starry Sky Song	Евгенич Головин (Давида Тухманова - Вларимира Фирсова Yevgenij Golovin (Davida Tukhmanova - Vladimira Firsova)	1977