The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 90 (2007)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 90 (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 90

	Selection Title	Performer	Release Year
1	Planet E	Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake	2007
2	Звездочёт Творческий Вечер Stargazer Creative Evening	Глеб Самойлов Gleb Samojlov	2007
3	Космос Space	Город 312 City 312	2007
4	Fly Me to the Moon	HeartStrings Duo	2007
5	Satellite	Helio Sequence	2007
6	Kirock	Warp 11	2007
7	Walkin' to the Moon	Jerry Schroeder	2007
8	Космические войска Белова Space Force Belova	Космодрому Плесецк 50 лет Plesetsk Cosmodrome 50 Years On	2007
9	STS-117 - Undocking From ISS	Mission Audio	2007
10	Leaving for Mars	Lea Luna	2007
11	Зачем я в небо лезтам космонавтов полно Why I Climb Into the Sky Full of Cosmonauts	Мумий Тролль Mummy Troll	2007
12	Fly Me to the Moon	New SH Album	2007
13	Man on the Moon	Nick Cave	2007
14	Section 31	Warp 11	2007