Greatest Hits From Outer Space

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Album: Greatest Hits From Outer Space
#	Song Title		Time
1)	THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA aka ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA, OP.30 - PRELUDE (SONNENAUFGANG) - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor: Karl Böhm	More Info...
2)	DESTINATION MOON - The Ames Brothers	More Info...
3)	LUNAR RHAPSODY - Les Baxter Orchestra w. Samuel J. Hoffman (theremin)	More Info...
4)	ROCKET TO THE MOON - Moon Mullican	More Info...
5)	FORBIDDEN PLANET - David Rose And His Orchestra	More Info...
6)	FLYING SAUCERS ROCK 'N' ROLL - Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men	More Info...
7)	MAID OF THE MOON - Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo	More Info...
8)	TWO LITTLE MEN IN A FLYING SAUCER - Ella Fitzgerald	More Info...
9)	ROCKIN' IN THE ORBIT (SPACE SATELLITE) - Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	More Info...
10)	ROCKET SHIP - Vernon Green & The Medallions	More Info...
11)	TELSTAR - The Tornados	More Info...
12)	HAPPY BLUES FOR JOHN GLENN - Lightnin' Hopkins	More Info...
13)	SPACE SHIP TO MARS (FROM THE FILM ''IT'S TRAD, DAD'') - Gene Vincent	More Info...
14)	DOCTOR WHO - BBC Radiophonic Workshop	More Info...
15)	THE TWILIGHT ZONE - The Ventures	More Info...
16)	EVERYONE'S GONE TO THE MOON - Bobby Womack	More Info...
17)	THEME FROM 'STAR TREK' - Leonard Nimoy	More Info...
18)	MR. SPACEMAN - The Byrds	More Info...
19)	VISA TO THE STARS - Jean-Jacques Perrey And Gershon Kingsley	More Info...
20)	SPACE ODDITY - David Bowie	More Info...
21)	EVERYBODY GETS TO GO TO THE MOON - Thelma Houston	More Info...
22)	FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON - Johnny Harris And His Orchestra	More Info...
23)	SPACE FLIGHT - I Roy (With Lee Perry)	More Info...
24)	ARMSTRONG - John Stewart	More Info...
2)	Destination Moon	More Info...	0:02
3)	Lunar Rhapsody (With Samuel J. Hoffman)	More Info...	0:03
4)	Rocket to the Moon	More Info...	0:02
5)	Forbidden Planet	More Info...	0:02
6)	Flying Saucers Rock 'N' Roll	More Info...	0:02
7)	Maid of the Moon	More Info...	0:02
8)	Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer (With Sy Oliver and His Orchestra)	More Info...	0:03
9)	Rockin' in the Orbit (Space Satellite)	More Info...	0:01
10)	Rocket Ship	More Info...	0:03
11)	Telstar	More Info...	0:03
12)	Happy Blues for John Glenn	More Info...	0:05
13)	Spaceship to Mars	More Info...	0:02
14)	Doctor Who	More Info...	0:02
15)	Twilight Zone	More Info...	0:02
16)	Everyone's Gone to the Moon	More Info...	0:02
17)	Theme from Star Trek	More Info...	0:02
18)	Mr Spaceman	More Info...	0:02
19)	Visa to the Stars	More Info...	0:02
20)	Space Oddity	More Info...	0:03
21)	Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon	More Info...	0:04
22)	Footprints On the Moon	More Info...	0:03
23)	Space Flight (With Lee Perry)	More Info...	0:03
24)	Armstrong	More Info...	0:02

Album: Greatest Hits From Outer Space
#	Song Title		Time
1)	THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA aka ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA, OP.30 - PRELUDE (SONNENAUFGANG) - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor: Karl Böhm	More Info...
2)	DESTINATION MOON - The Ames Brothers	More Info...
3)	LUNAR RHAPSODY - Les Baxter Orchestra w. Samuel J. Hoffman (theremin)	More Info...
4)	ROCKET TO THE MOON - Moon Mullican	More Info...
5)	FORBIDDEN PLANET - David Rose And His Orchestra	More Info...
6)	FLYING SAUCERS ROCK 'N' ROLL - Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men	More Info...
7)	MAID OF THE MOON - Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo	More Info...
8)	TWO LITTLE MEN IN A FLYING SAUCER - Ella Fitzgerald	More Info...
9)	ROCKIN' IN THE ORBIT (SPACE SATELLITE) - Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	More Info...
10)	ROCKET SHIP - Vernon Green & The Medallions	More Info...
11)	TELSTAR - The Tornados	More Info...
12)	HAPPY BLUES FOR JOHN GLENN - Lightnin' Hopkins	More Info...
13)	SPACE SHIP TO MARS (FROM THE FILM ''IT'S TRAD, DAD'') - Gene Vincent	More Info...
14)	DOCTOR WHO - BBC Radiophonic Workshop	More Info...
15)	THE TWILIGHT ZONE - The Ventures	More Info...
16)	EVERYONE'S GONE TO THE MOON - Bobby Womack	More Info...
17)	THEME FROM 'STAR TREK' - Leonard Nimoy	More Info...
18)	MR. SPACEMAN - The Byrds	More Info...
19)	VISA TO THE STARS - Jean-Jacques Perrey And Gershon Kingsley	More Info...
20)	SPACE ODDITY - David Bowie	More Info...
21)	EVERYBODY GETS TO GO TO THE MOON - Thelma Houston	More Info...
22)	FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON - Johnny Harris And His Orchestra	More Info...
23)	SPACE FLIGHT - I Roy (With Lee Perry)	More Info...
24)	ARMSTRONG - John Stewart	More Info...
2)	Destination Moon	More Info...	0:02
3)	Lunar Rhapsody (With Samuel J. Hoffman)	More Info...	0:03
4)	Rocket to the Moon	More Info...	0:02
5)	Forbidden Planet	More Info...	0:02
6)	Flying Saucers Rock 'N' Roll	More Info...	0:02
7)	Maid of the Moon	More Info...	0:02
8)	Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer (With Sy Oliver and His Orchestra)	More Info...	0:03
9)	Rockin' in the Orbit (Space Satellite)	More Info...	0:01
10)	Rocket Ship	More Info...	0:03
11)	Telstar	More Info...	0:03
12)	Happy Blues for John Glenn	More Info...	0:05
13)	Spaceship to Mars	More Info...	0:02
14)	Doctor Who	More Info...	0:02
15)	Twilight Zone	More Info...	0:02
16)	Everyone's Gone to the Moon	More Info...	0:02
17)	Theme from Star Trek	More Info...	0:02
18)	Mr Spaceman	More Info...	0:02
19)	Visa to the Stars	More Info...	0:02
20)	Space Oddity	More Info...	0:03
21)	Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon	More Info...	0:04
22)	Footprints On the Moon	More Info...	0:03
23)	Space Flight (With Lee Perry)	More Info...	0:03
24)	Armstrong	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.
A concept so clever it's rather stunning it's never been used before, Ace's 2013 compilation Greatest Hits from Outer Space features 24 songs about the great starry sky. The bulk of these songs were cut between 1953 and 1970, a period that was the peak of pop culture Sci-Fi (the ringer is I-Roy's "Space Flight," from the late date of 1972), and there are certainly some shared images and sounds here. Flying saucers buzz by rockets to the moon, astronauts stare down little green men, Theremins vie with analog synthesizers on this spacious soundscape -- there are enough similarities to make this seem samey on paper, but this is hardly just dedicated to futuristic pop. Rockabilly wildman Billy Riley sings his frenzied ode to "Flying Saucers Rock & Roll," Lightnin' Hopkins salutes one of the first men in space with "Happy Blues for John Glenn," Moon Mullican lays down boogie woogie, and Vernon Green & the Medallions sing street corner harmonies about rocket ships, while the Ames Brothers cheerfully sing about the moon. As this suggests, part of the appeal of Greatest Hits from Outer Space is how it's not confined to any category: the disc flips between easy listening, soul, and rock & roll, spending as much time with Hollywood pizzaz as it does with backwoods fantasy. Some of the usual suspects are here -- it opens up with the theme from 2001; David Bowie's "Space Oddity," and the Byrds' "Mr. Spaceman" are both heard, as is the theme to Dr Who -- and sometimes there are fun spins on the familiar, as when Leonard Nimoy's "Theme from Star Trek" is substituted for the original, but the fun of this collection is hearing all the weird, buried rock & roll and soul that may not sound spacy but certainly are about the great unknown. It's a terrific pop cultural artifact. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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