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And to actually risk flaming and people sending me their unsubscribe messages,
the URL for JPL (home of Voyager and some VERY cool information on the Voyager
mission--ok, so some of it is on the internal pages, but there's still lots of
cool Voyager stuff on the public pages...) is:
www.jpl.nasa.gov
By the way, the infamous "Face on Mars" pic is alway portrayed upside down (so
the face is right side up). How many of you knew that?
Oh yeah, here's the track listing of the music on the gold record:
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra,
Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40
Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43
Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56
Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra
LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi M?xico.
3:14
"Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38
New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20
Japan, shakuhachi, "Cranes in Their Nest," performed by Coro Yamaguchi. 4:51
Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin,
performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55
Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano.
Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55
Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18
Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52
"Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05
Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor
Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35
Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn
Gould, piano. 4:48
Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto
Klemperer, conductor. 7:20
Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59
Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57
Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round,"
performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17
Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting
Service. 1:12
Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38
China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37
India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30
"Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by
Budapest String Quartet. 6:37
Want to know more about Voyager's record?
The definitive work about the Voyager record is "Murmurs of Earth" by Sagan,
Drake, Lomberg et.al. Basically, this book is the story behind the creation of
the record, and includes a full list of everything on the record. "Murmurs of
Earth", originally published in 1978, was reissued in 1992 by Warner News Media
and includes a CD-ROM that replicates the Voyager record.
The book with CD-ROM may be obtained from the Planetary Society (telephone: 818-
793-1675) or from Time-Warner Interactive Group, P.O. Box 61041, Tampa, Florida,
33661-1041 (telephone: 800-593-6334).
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Subject: Re: (idm) Organic or In Dust We Trust
From: lazlo@swcp.com at Internet
Date: 26-06-1996 13:25
quoted 7 lines The best video sequence (which I haven't seen anyone mention) was the
>> The best video sequence (which I haven't seen anyone mention) was the
>> one for "Out There Somewhere ?" which featured images from the
>> "interstellar greeting" that was sent out on Voyager in the mid-'70's.
>> Brilliant.
>
> While we're being semantic here, it wasn't on Voyager, but rather a
> transmission that was sent out from the big dish at Arapahoe.
Actually the image Orbital used of a naked man and woman, the position of
the Sol system relative to certain pulsars marked by clock rate, etc. --
*was* in fact from the plate attached to the Voyager probe. I don't
remember seeing the Arecibo transmission in there anywhere. (It's a really
really lo-res bitmap.)
Cool Fact: Also attached to Voyager was a gold-plated LP with recorded
greetings in many languages.
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::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com;
http://www.swcp.com/lazlo)