The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 35 (1979)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 35 (1979 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 35

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Planet Claire	B-52s	1979
2	Soyuz 33 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	1979
3	Children of the Sun	Billy Thorpe	1979
4	Solar Anthem	Billy Thorpe	1979
5	Waiting for the UFOs	Graham Parker	1979
6	Star Trek (The Motion Picture)	Bob James	1979
7	Star Walk (12'' mix)	Graham Central Station	1979
8	Countdown	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	1979
9	Star Trek Theme	Neil Norman	1979
10	Walking on the Moon	Police	1979
11	Alpha Centauri	UFO	1979
12	There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)	B-52s	1979
13	Soyuz 34 - In Orbit	Mission Audio	1979
14	Домик в Байконуре Camping in Baikonur	Владимир Трошин Vladimir Troshin	1979