The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 86 (2006)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 86 (2006 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 86

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Космические нимфы Space Nymphs	неизвестный исполнитель unknown artist	2006
2	Cosmic Surf	Red Elvises	2006
3	Picard Flute Solo	unknown artist	2006
4	Soyuz TMA-8 - Launch	Mission Audio	2006
5	Imperial March	AeroSith	2006
6	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress	Albert Lee	2006
7	Галактика снов The Galaxy of Dreams	Анна Герман Anna Gherman	2006
8	STS-121 - Launch	Mission Audio	2006
9	Космонавты The Cosmonauts	Б.Г. B.G.	2006
10	Fly Me to the Moon	Bart Howard	2006
11	Space Monkeys in Orbit	Casper del Blanco	2006
12	Space Is the Place	Col. Bruce Hampton	2006
13	Sunset on Planet Mars	Cooler	2006
14	Космонавт Панченко Cosmonaut Panchenko	Лесников-16 Lesnikov-16	2006
15	Я - Космонавт (original miks) I Am a Cosmonaut	Тина Чарльз Tina Charl'z	2006