The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 58 (1996)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 58 (1996 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 58

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Outta Space	Jimi Tenor	1996
2	Spacer Woman From Mars	Johan Agebjorn and Sally Shapiro	1996
3	Star Trek	Johnny Keating	1996
4	C'mon Do the Laika!	Laika and the Cosmonauts	1996
5	Super Rocket Rumble	Man or Astro-Man?	1996
6	Fly Me to the Moon	Megumi Hayashibara	1996
7	STS-79 - Launch	Mission Audio	1996
8	Start All Over on Mars	Newsong	1996
9	Затерянные в космосе Lost in Space	Селина Плейс Selina Pleis	1996
10	Саша, я хочу быть космонавтом Sasha, I Want to Be a Cosmonaut	Тайм Аут Tajm Aut	1996
11	Theme From Star Trek (dream space mix)	Two of Galaxy	1996
12	U-Uranus	Man or Astro-Man?	1996
13	Star Trek: Voyager rock remix	Soundtrack	1996
14	Возвращение блудного космонавта Return of the Prodigal Cosmonaut	Жорж Штурман Zhorzh Shturman	1996
15	Снова в космос Back Into Space	Зимовье Зверей Zimov'ye Zverej	1996