The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 42 (1986)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 42 (1986 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 42

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Галактическое путешествие [изк-ф Поезд вне расписания] Galactic Travel [Unscheduled Train]	Диалог Dialog	1986
2	My Own Planet	Flaming Lips	1986
3	Сатурн Saturn	Космическая детскотека Cosmic Discotheque	1986
4	Orion	Metallica	1986
5	Red Shift	Sex Clark Five	1986
6	Rock It to the Moon	Stranglers	1986
7	Telstar	Ventures	1986
8	Fly Me to the Moon	Vermont Jazz Ensemble	1986
9	Юпитер [из к-ф Поезд внерасписания] Jupiter [Unscheduled Train]	Диалог Dialog	1986
10	Mars, the Bringer of War	Emerson, Lake, and Powell	1986
11	New World	Boston	1986
12	Launch	Boston	1986
13	STS-51L - Launch	Mission Audio and CBS News	1986
14	Challenger Accident Address	Ronald Reagan	1986
15	Flying for Me	John Denver	1986
16	Fifty-One-L	Sex Clark Five	1986
17	The Green Hills of Earth	David Frishberg	1986