24 May 2016

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

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 or 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.

The collection of more than 2,700 music tracks is organized chronologically into segments 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 CD every day, you would almost be there at the end of this collection!

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21 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1997-4

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Stargate SG-1 - Main Titles David Arnold and Joel Goldsmith 1997
1 Babylon 5 - Lines Of Communication Christopher Franke 1997
2 To the Moon and Back (Hani's Num Club Mix) Savage Garden 1997
3 Not Human S.P.O.C.K 1997
4 Babylon 5 - No Surrender, No Retreat Christopher Franke 1997
5 Saucerful of Secrets Man or Astro-Man? 1997
6 Babylon 5 - Whatever Happened To Mr Garibaldi Christopher Franke 1997
7 STS-84 Launch Mission Audio 1997
8 Jupiter Calling Per Gessle 1997
9 Babylon 5 - Whatever Happened To Mr Garibaldi - Bar Source Christopher Franke 1997
10 To the Moon And Back (Escape Into Hyper Space Remix) Savage Garden 1997
11 To the Moon and Back (Karaoke Version) Savage Garden 1997
12 Babylon 5 - Season 4 End Titles Christopher Franke 1997

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

The Films of Dylan Gangale: Bedroom Eyes

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Andromeda Gangale
Bedroom_Eyes

18 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1997-3

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Stargate SG-1 - Main Titles David Arnold and Joel Goldsmith 1997
2 To the Moon and Back (Dance Remix) Savage Garden 1997
3 Stargate SG-1 - Suite From Cold Lazarus Richard Band 1997
4 Astrogirl's Dilemma S.P.O.C.K 1997
5 Stargate SG-1 - Suite From Emancipation Kevin Kilner 1997
6 Into the Void Kyuss 1994
7 Stargate SG-1 - Suite From Torment of Tantalus Kevin Kilner 1997
8 STS-83 Launch Mission Audio 1997
9 Space Monkey John Prine 1997
10 Stargate SG-1 - Suite From Thor's Hammer Joel Goldsmith 1997
11 Orbit Jorge al Najjar 1997
12 Stargate SG-1 - Suite From The Nox Joel Goldsmith 1997
13 E.T. Phone Home S.P.O.C.K 1997
14 Stargate SG-1 - Sam and Jack Love Theme Joel Goldsmith 1997
15 You Will Go to the Moon Moxy Fruvous 1997
16 Stargate SG-1 - End Title Joel Goldsmith 1997

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

Why Cats Chatter or Chirp at Prey

Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale

Living as we do in a tropical climate, we have all manner of uninvited creepy-crawlies in our house: roaches, geckos, the occasional spider which can grow to the size of a human hand. Not a problem. I have only to chatter to my three cats, and all of them are at my side in a second or two, on station, on full alert. They follow my gaze, spot the prey, spring into action. Within seconds one of the cats takes down the prey and they stand down from the alert.



There are several theories as to why a cat utters chattering or chirping sounds when staring at prey such as birds or insects. One idea is that it may be an expression of the frustration the cat feels from not being able to immediately get to the prey. Another theory is that the chattering is a reflex motion in anticipation of delivering the killing bite to the prey’s neck. Still another explanation is that it is how the cat controls his over-the-top excitement at spotting the prey.


None of these explanations ring true. The extraordinary patience of the cat is exhibited by his motionless stakeout of a gopher hole for hours, so it seems unlikely that a cat would voice frustration the instant it spies a prey which is momentarily out of reach. It also does not make sense that cats would evolve an anticipatory reflex motion, especially such a demonstrative one which risks alerting their prey; usually, cats are masters of stealth and surprise attack. As for controlling over-the-top excitement, chattering and wild flicking of the tail are about as controlled as a football player's drawing of a penalty for excessive celebration in the end zone.

The most logical explanation of chattering or chirping is that it is a form of communication which has some survival value, else probably the behavior would never have evolved in cats. Starting from this premise, one must ask, with whom is the cat communicating, and what information is it communicating? The context of the communication is important; it occurs while the cat is hunting prey.

If the conventional wisdom is correct that cats are strictly solitary hunters, why would a cat communicate anything to another cat during a hunt? An alternative explanation of chattering or chirping as communication is that cats are communicating to their prey, that they are mimicking the prey to lull it into a false sense of security. This idea rests on at least two assumptions, both of which are false: first, that all of a cat's many and diverse prey species (insects, arachnids, reptiles, birds, rodents, et cetera) are social and that they feel safe among others of their kind; and second, that all of a cat's various prey species have a high probability of being fooled by the cat's mimicry. This latter assumption cannot be correct, since a cat's chattering or chirping sounds are the same regardless of which prey species is in its sights. Also consider that cats have been preying on these same species for millions of years, yet their supposed mimicry is far from high fidelity. If it sounds vaguely like some particular species of bird, it is not credible that the same sound would somehow be comforting another avian species whose call is distinct. Moreover, why would a mimicked bird call have a calming effect on a rodent? It is scarcely credible that a mouse thinks to itself, "I can't tell whether that sound is a bird or a cat imitating a bird, so I'll just ignore it." Meanwhile, evolutionary theory suggests that the prey species extant are the descendants of individuals who survived because they were not deceived by the cat's alleged ruse. There should have been an evolutionary race between the cat's increasing ability to more accurately reproduce the sounds of its diverse prey species on the one hand, and the prey's increasing ability to detect the intended deception on the other hand. All things, considered, it is improbable that a cat's chattering or chirping fools any prey, so there must be a better explanation for the behavior. Finally, the mimicry theory of these vocalizations requires a separate explanation of the furious tail-flicking which accompanies them, since such body language is clearly not any sort of mimicry.

Suppose that the conventional wisdom that cats are strictly solitary hunters is incorrect. This would suggest the possibility that the cat is attempting communication with others of her kind during the hunt, both vocally and via silent body language. Since the cat's best hunting strategy is stealth and surprise attack, communication may be a secondary strategy for when stealth alone will not suffice to achieve a kill. This explains chattering or chirping, as well as the tail flicking, as a survival-strategic behavior. The cat is neither expressing frustration, nor practicing a biting action at which it is already supremely proficient, nor celebrating an anticipated kill, nor mimicking its prey; he is calling for backup.

A call to the hunt can be explained even in a single-cat household. Ask not for whom the cat chatters; the cat chatters for thee to get thyself into the hunt. Your cat may regard you as something of a retard, standing around sighing, "Aw, isn't she cute," but you are a member of her social unit, and she wants you to get with the program.

An argument against cooperative hunting as an explanation of chattering or chirping, as well as of tail-flicking, is that the cat may end up sharing some of the kill with another cat, or it may even end up with no share at all; however, this is not a conclusive refutation for two reasons. First, cats are social, so a kill resulting from a cooperative hunt benefits the social unit as a whole, and in the long run the social distribution of such kills should benefit most of the members of the social unit. Secondly, cats are recreational hunters; they kill for sport as well as for food. Since hunting is not always a matter of survival, losing the benefit of the kill to another cat is often inconsequential, thus sharing, even when not entirely consensual, is unlikely to provoke a confrontation beyond some "cat cussing."

In most hunts, solitary stealth has a higher probability of success than collective stealth; with an increasing number of hunters, there are more chances for the prey to detect one of the hunters. This explains the cat's preference to hunt alone. However, its social nature, together with its nature as a recreational hunter, suggest that cats may have a flexible hunting strategy which includes cooperation as appropriate to the target of opportunity. Being far less common, humans are far less likely to observe such cooperative hunts; however, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.



Dylan tried jumping from the bed for a gecko on the ceiling, but he couldn't quite get it. I chattered to him, which is our signal to each other that there is prey within reach. Of course he already knew that, but the point was to tell him that I also knew. Move, shoot, communicate. So when I picked him up, he was ready for that, tracking the target as I lifted him to the attack position. Then I launched him to the ceiling in a quick motion, and Dylan came down with the gecko in his mouth. It was middling size, so it was gone down his throat before I could look Dylan in the eye.

Thomas Gangale's Dogs and Cats: Stories, Songs, and Images
 

15 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1997-2

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Babylon 5 - Main Title 4th Season Christopher Franke 1997
2 To the Moon and Back (Hani's Num Club Mix) Savage Garden 1997
3 Babylon 5 - Endgame - Part 1 Christopher Franke 1997
4 Astronaut G. Love and Special Sauce 1997
5 Babylon 5 - Endgame - Part 2 Christopher Franke 1997
6 STS-82 - Launch Mission Audio 1997
7 Babylon 5 - Falling Toward Apotheosis Christopher Franke 1997
8 One More Astronaut I Mother Earth 1997
9 Babylon 5 - Into The Fire - Part 1 Christopher Franke 1997
10 Orbit Jesse Cook 1997
11 Babylon 5 - Into The Fire - Part 2 Christopher Franke 1997

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

The Films of Dylan Gangale: Sweet Dreams

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Dylan Gangale and Andromeda Gangale
Sweet Dreams

12 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1997-1

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Star Trek First Contact Theme Grady Nichols 1997
2 Contact - End Credits Alan Silvestri 1997
3 Alien Attack S.P.O.C.K 1997
4 Star Trek: Voyager - Main Theme (Mozart Arrangement) Jerry Goldsmith 1997
5 Empire Strikes Back Medley-Darth Vader-Yoda's Theme Meco 1997
6 Space Seed S.P.O.C.K 1997
7 STS-81 - Launch Mission Audio 1997
8 To the Moon and Back Savage Garden 1997
9 Space Avengers Return to Base 2 Skinnee J's 1997
10 Ballad of William Robinson Bill Mumy 1997
11 Astronaut Blind 1997
12 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny 1997
13 Space March David Arnold 1997
14 Обратный отсчет музыка Countdown Music Долфин Dolphin 1997
15 Men in Black Will Smith 1997

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

The Films of Dylan Gangale: Sweet Dreams

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Dylan Gangale and Jack Fainga'a

11 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1996-5

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Babylon 5 - War Without End, Part 1 Christopher Franke 1996
2 Саша, я хочу быть космонавтом Sasha, I Want to Be a Cosmonaut Тайм Аут Time Out 1996
3 Start All Over on Mars Newsong 1996
4 Galactica (Remix 96) Rockets 1996
5 Затерянные в космосе Lost in Space Селина Плейс Selina Pleis 1996
6 Babylon 5 - War Without End, Part 2 Christopher Franke 1996
7 STS-80 - Launch Mission Audio 1996
8 Babylon 5 - Z'ha'dum Christopher Franke 1996
9 U-Uranus Man or Astro-Man? 1996
10 Возвращение блудного космонавта Return of the Prodigal Cosmonaut Жорж Штурман Zhorzh Shturman 1996
11 "Снова в космос Back Into Space" "Зимовье Зверей Zimov'ye Zverej" 1996
12 Babylon 5 - Season 3 End Titles Christopher Franke 1996

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

10 May 2016

In Memoriam: Jack Daniel Fainga'a

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Dylan Gangale and Jack Fainga'a

Three years ago my good friend Jack was killed and eaten in Tonga. He was only a year old.

 
  

The Films of Dylan Gangale: Flip the Dog, Flip the Cat

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Andromeda Gangale and Dylan Gangale
Holding, offense, ten yards, repeat the down.

No flag on the play. Marilyn calls this the "Ronnie Lott hit."

08 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1996-4

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Babylon 5 - Severed Dreams Christopher Franke 1996
2 Super Rocket Rumble Man or Astro-Man? 1996
3 Sputnik - Yuri Gagarin - The Earth Is Blue CCCP 1996
4 Babylon 5 - Voices Of Authority Suite Christopher Franke 1996
5 STS-79 - Launch Mission Audio 1996
6 Spacer Woman From Mars Johan Agebjorn & Sally Shapiro 1996
7 Babylon 5 - Shadow Dancing - Part 1 Christopher Franke 1996
8 C'mon Do the Laika! Laika & the Cosmonauts 1996
9 Fly Me to the Moon Megumi Hayashibara 1996
10 Babylon 5 - Shadow Dancing Part 2 Christopher Franke 1996

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

The Films of Dylan Gangale: Flip the Dog

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Andromeda Gangale and Dylan Gangale

06 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1996-3

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Babylon 5 - Interludes And Examinations - Part 1 Christopher Franke 1996
2 Another Space Song Failure 1996
3 Laika Laika CCCP 1996
4 Silver Machine [ Love in Space] Hawkwind 1996
5 STS-78 - Launch Mission Audio 1996
6 Babylon 5 - Interludes And Examinations - Part 2 Christopher Franke 1996
7 Planet Collision Man or Astro-Man? 1996
8 Cosmic Girl Jamiroquai 1996
9 Outta Space Jimi Tenor 1996
10 Babylon 5 - Messages From Earth Suite Christopher Franke 1996
11 Babylon 5 - Messages From Earth Christopher Franke 1996

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

The Films of Dylan Gangale: American Drama

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Dylan Gangale and Rhade Fainga'a
About this final exam in American Drama... you're not nervous, right?

  

05 May 2016

SpaceX Baffling the Public with Rocket Spin

Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale

From ABC News: SpaceX's Next Rocket Landing Attempt 'Unlikely' to Succeed

'SpaceX has already shown it has the ability to recycle a rocket, but the company expects its next attempt to land a Falcon 9 at sea will be unsuccessful.

'Launching from Cape Canaveral at 1:21 a.m. ET Friday, Elon Musk's private space company will deliver a Japanese commercial communications satellite into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit high above the Earth's surface.

'Getting the JCSAT-14 into that orbit will require higher speeds and more fuel.

'As a result, the first stage of the Falcon 9, which SpaceX still plans to attempt to land on its drone ship, "will be subject to extreme velocities and re-entry heating, making a successful landing unlikely," the company said in a statement.'

Speaking as an aerospace engineer, this doesn't make sense. The first stage carried a full propellant load before and it will carry a full propellant the next time. Same first stage, same propellant load, same burnout velocity. The real difference is the upper stage; that is what will kick the satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. But, as far as the first stage is concerned, a payload is a payload is a payload, so the next rocket landing attempt is no more unlikely to succeed than the previous one.

So why would SpaceX issue such a statement? Space technology is a risky business. If at first you don't succeed, well that was to be expected. The first time you succeed, everyone expects you to succeed again... and again... again. So now SpaceX is having performance anxiety. Elon Musk isn't sure he can get it up a second time.

It's not all that surprising that a so-called "NewSpace" company would stoop to such cynical spin-doctoring to lower expectations in the interest of its public image, for although "Old Space" may be decrepit, "NewSpace" is still adolescent, and it's far from surprising that a major news organ would uncritically repeat such corporate spin-doctoring for its lack of technical expertise, but both do a disservice in misinforming the public.

Thomas Gangale in Outer Space!
Thomas Gangale's Politics and Lies
 

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1996-2

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - Main Title Jerry Goldsmith 1996
2 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - Red Alert Jerry Goldsmith 1996
3 Space Race Is Over Billy Bragg 1996
4 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - Temporal Wake Jerry Goldsmith 1996
5 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - The Dish Jerry Goldsmith 1996
6 We Was Watching Star Trek Herman Beavers 1996
7 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - Temporal Wake Jerry Goldsmith 1996
8 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - The Dish Jerry Goldsmith 1996
9 STS-77 - Launch Mission Audio 1996
10 STS-77 - Landing Mission Audio 1996
11 Космический вальс Cosmic Waltz Чиж и К Chizh and K 1996
12 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - Evacuate Jerry Goldsmith 1996
13 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - Total Evacuation / Picard and the Borg Jerry Goldsmith 1996
14 Star Trek Johnny Keating 1996
15 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - The Interchange / Phoenix's Flight / Borg Dies Jerry Goldsmith 1996
16 My Favorite Martian Doughboys 1996
17 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - First Contact Jerry Goldsmith 1996
18 Star Trek VIII: First Contact - End Titles Jerry Goldsmith 1996

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

04 May 2016

The Films of Dylan Gangale: I Respectfully Disagree!

Copyright © 2016 by Dylan Gangale


Jack Fainga'a

El Cinco de Mayo: Una Fiesta Americana

Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale

Los gringos y los pochos think it's Mexican Independence Day. ¡No! El Grito de Dolores del 16 de septiembre de 1810 era el pronunciamiento de la guerra por la independencia mexicana. El Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army's upset victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on 5 May 1862. It deserves to be celebrated by all Americans, not just those of Mexican descent. The outcome of the Battle of Puebla caused Mexico to become the all-consuming focus of French foreign policy for the next five years. With much of his army tied down in Mexico, Napoleon III backed away from considering intervention in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy with the objective of dismembering the United States. Following the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865, a resurgent United States recommitted itself to enforcing the Monroe Doctrine against European intervention in the Americas, obliging Napoleon III to withdraw his support of Emperor Maximillian in 1867. The Mexican republic was restored.

¡Todos somos uno! ¡Viva México! ¡Viva America! ¡Viva la libertad!

Thomas Gangale's Lies and Politics
 

02 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1996-1

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Star Trek: Voyager (Rock Remix) Jerry Goldsmith 1996
2 Cosmos CCCP 1996
3 Galaxy of My Love Angela Bofill 1996
4 Babylon 5 - Main Title 3rd Season Christopher Franke 1996
5 Back on Planet Earth Ayreon 1996
7 STS-72 - Launch Mission Audio 1996
8 STS-72 - Flight Day 5 EVA Mission Audio 1996
9 STS-72 - Landing Mission Audio 1996
10 Space Race Is Over Billy Bragg 1996
11 Babylon 5 - A Late Delivery From Avalon - Part 1 Christopher Franke 1996
12 Если бы на Марсе If Mars Were Браво Bravo 1996
13 Everyone's Favorite Martian Man or Astro-Man? 1996
14 Spaceman Babylon Zoo 1996
15 Babylon 5 - A Late Delivery From Avalon - Part 2 Christopher Franke 1996

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection

01 May 2016

Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection, CD1995-5

It's the "ultimate" because this trip through music, space, and time keeps growing. More than 2,700 music tracks organized chronologically, spanning more than a century, plus voice clips from space missions and other historical events. More than 200 hours of musical exploration... and counting.
SelectionTitlePerformerRelease
Year
1 Goldeneye Tina Turner 1995
2 Search the Sky S.P.O.C.K 1995
3 Космонавт Cosmonaut Ва-Банкь Va-Bank' 1995
4 Universe's Only Intergalactic... Man or Astro-Man? 1995
5 Take Me to the Stars S.P.O.C.K 1995
6 Telstar [Live in Japan] Ventures 1995
7 Soyuz TM-22 - Launch Mission Audio 1995
8 Stormtrooper S.P.O.C.K 1995
9 Space Cowboy (Classic Radio Mix) Jamiroquai 1995
10 STS-69 Launch Mission Audio 1995
11 STS-69 Landing Mission Audio 1995
12 Trouble with Tribbles S.P.O.C.K 1995
13 War of the Satellites Man or Astro-Man? 1995
14 Mars Blueblood Jo & Joe & Friends 1995
15 All ETs Aren't Nice (ARM Mix) S.P.O.C.K 1995
16 Within a Martian Heart Man or Astro-Man? 1995
17 Ленинск (Байконур) Leninsk (Bajkonur) Владимир Самошин Vladimir Samoshin 1995
18 Vega Hawkwind 1995
19 Astrogirl (Red Mix) S.P.O.C.K 1995

Index to Countdown to Yuri's Night: The Ultimate Space Music Collection