The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 40 (1984)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 40 (1984 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 40

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Star Trek	Ventures	1984
2	Звёзды становятся ближе Stars Are Getting Closer	Александра Пахмутова Alexandra Pakhmutova	1984
3	Ten Thousand Light Years (full version)	Boney M	1984
4	Close Encounters	Ventures	1984
5	Kiss Me on the Moon	Clowns for Progress	1984
6	Also Sprach Zarathustra	Ventures	1984
7	Space	Julian Lennon	1984
8	Columbia	Ventures	1984
9	STS-41D - Launch	Mission Audio	1984
10	Dog Star	Klaatu	1984
11	Hope Eyrie	Leslie Fish	1984
12	Gemini	Ventures	1984
13	Planetary Invasion (Album Version)	Midnight Star	1984
14	March of the Artemites	Planet P Project	1984
15	Star Wars	Ventures	1984
16	Rock and Roll Astronaut	Reincarnationfish	1984
17	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Soundtrack	1984
18	Telstar	Ventures	1984