The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 38 (1982)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 38 (1982 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 38

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Themes From E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Walter Murphy	1982
2	Fall Over Me Satellite	Aaron Booth	1982
3	I Saw the Satellite	Blank Tapes	1982
4	А как наши космонавты (хороводная) And as Our Cosmonauts (round dance)	Мария Тимофеевна Яковенко Mariya Timofeyevna Yakovenko	1982
5	Metal Moon	Matthias Weber and NickPantell	1982
6	Planet Talk	Matthias Weber and NickPantell	1982
7	Reckless Planet	Matthias Weber and NickPantell	1982
8	Major Tom	Peter Schilling	1982
9	Moon Is a Harsh Mistress	Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz	1982
10	STS-4 - Launch	Mission Audio	1982
11	Countdown	Rush	1982
12	Moon Rocks	Talking Heads	1982
13	Theme From Star Trek	Walter Murphy	1982