EXCELLENT+ SPACE-AGE Vinyl 7" EP - "CONQUEST OF SPACE" - MAJOR YURI GAGARIN
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EXCELLENT+ SPACE-AGE Vinyl 7" EP - "CONQUEST OF SPACE" - MAJOR YURI GAGARIN. This is an exceptionally unusual find - a 45 RPM 7" EP issued by BRITONE (MK 100) in 1961 to mark the first ever MAN IN SPACE, which led to President John F Kennedy's committment that the USA would put a man on THE MOON by the end of the 1960s. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ Sleeve and disc are in Excellent condition. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ To quote the sleeve notes: "On April 12th 1961, at precisely 9.07 a.m. the USSR Space-ship "VOSTOK" with a man on board was launched into space. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ The Space-ship orbited the Earth at a speed of 18,000 m.p.h. at a distance ranging from 112 to 203 miles, after which the pilot, Major Yuri Gagarin of the USSR Air Force, born March 9th 1934 in the Smolensk Region of the USSR, Mankind's first Cosmonaut, successfully returned to Earth. The unique and historical record of this epoch making event contains the following:- April 12th 1961 10.02 a.m. Moscow Radio announcing to the peoples of the USSR and the World that the "Vostok" had been successfully launched and was in orbit. // English translation and commentary // some bars of the SONG THAT YURI GAGARIN SANG DURING HIS DESCENT BACK TO EARTH // GAGARING SPEAKING PRIOR TO HIS ENTERING THE SPACE -SHIP, with English translation. // April 14th 1961 THE RED SQUARE, MOSCOW. Reception to Gagarin. Gagarin's speech and translation. // PREMIER NIKITA KRUSCEV'S SPEECH and translation. // April 16th 1961 The Press Conference held at the Scientist's Club, Moscow. Speech by Academician A.N. Nesmeyanov, President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, with English translation. // Conclusion with another of Yuri Gagarin's favourite songs, "I love you, life".
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