The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 55 (1995)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 55 (1995 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 55

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	All ETs Aren't Nice (open hatch mix)	S.P.O.C.K	1995
2	Life on Mars	Happy Rhodes	1995
3	Destination Venus	Man or Astro-Man?	1995
4	Astrogirl (paradise mix)	S.P.O.C.K	1995
5	Hideous Realms of Neptune	Jamie Janover	1995
6	Lunar Journey	Jo and Joe and Friends	1995
7	In Space No One Can Hear You Scream	S.P.O.C.K	1995
8	Escape Velocity	Man or Astro-Man?	1995
9	Lost in Space	S.P.O.C.K	1995
10	STS-67 - Launch	Mission Audio	1995
11	Floating	Laika and the Cosmonauts	1995
12	Mirror World	S.P.O.C.K	1995
13	Out of Limits	Man or Astro-Man?	1995
14	Blast Off	Matt Heckert	1995
15	Neutral Zone (Jupiter version)	S.P.O.C.K	1995
16	Where No Mandolin Has Gone Before	Nashville Mandolin Ensemble	1995
17	Never Thrust a Klingon (satellite version)	S.P.O.C.K	1995
18	Transmissions From Venus	Man or Astro-Man?	1995