The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 89 (2007)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 89 (2007 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 89

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Sleeping Satellite	Bryan Rice	2007
2	Beam Me Up to Heaven	Warp 11	2007
3	Гимн лагеря Космос Space Camp Anthem	неизвестный исполнитель unknown artist	2007
4	Melody From Mars	Action Faust	2007
5	Destination Moon	Cole Jacobs	2007
6	Fly Me to the Moon	Aidan Goldstraw	2007
7	Martian Girl	April's Dad	2007
8	Fly Me to the Moon	Archie Hopkins	2007
9	Космонавт Cosmonaut	Чеширский Пёс Cheshire Cat	2007
10	Star Trek	Denny Berthiaume and Jeff Buenz	2007
11	Soyuz TMA-10 - Undocking From ISS	Mission Audio	2007
12	Neil Armstrong	Dexateens	2007
13	Destination Moon	Diana Panton	2007
14	Космос Space	Дима Билан Dima Bilan	2007
15	He's Dead, Jim	Warp 11	2007
16	Песня космонавта Song of the Cosmonaut	Dj Kosmonavt feat. A. De Maar	2007
17	Destination Moon	Deborah Cox	2007
18	Fly Me to the Moon	Eric Mailov	2007
19	I'm Dead, Jim	Warp 11	2007
20	Space Cowboy	Eve St. Jones	2007