The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 47 (1991)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 47 (1991 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 47

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Motorway to Roswell	Pixies	1991
2	Pump Up the Space Suit	Galactic Cowboys	1991
3	Fly Up to the Moon	Black	1991
4	Death of a Space Piper	Rare Air	1991
5	Sea of Tranquility	Galactic Cowboys	1991
6	Wernher Von Braun	Nova Mob	1991
7	STS-39 - Launch	Mission Audio	1991
8	Apollo XI	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	1991
9	Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons	Pixies	1991
10	Astral Jig	Rare Air	1991
11	Here's That Old Martian Again	Shorty Rogers	1991
12	Girl From Planet Earth	Spirit Machine	1991