The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 36 (1980)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 36 (1980 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 36

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Imperial March [Star Wars]	No Doubt	1980
2	Phone Call From the Moon	Adrian Belew	1980
3	Soyuz T-2 - Brezhnev Decorates Crew	USSR Documentary	1980
4	Fifty-Three Miles West of Venus	B-52s	1980
5	Star Trek	Henry Mancini	1980
6	Покорители космоса (самодеятельность) Conquerors of Space (amateur)	Государственный духовой оркестр РСФСР National Brass Band of the RSFSR	1980
7	Space Invader	Pretenders	1980
8	Spacer	Sheila and B. Devotion	1980
9	Soyuz 38 - Primer latinoamericano en el cosmos First Latin American in Space	TV News	1980
10	Song No 4 (Satellite)	Yes	1980
11	Imperial March [Star Wars]	R.U.P.	1980