What Are the Contents of the Golden Record?

What are the contents of the Golden Record?金唱片上有什么？#

The contents of the record were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University, et. al. Dr. Sagan and his associates assembled 115 images and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind and thunder, birds, whales, and other animals. To this they added musical selections from different cultures and eras, and spoken greetings from Earth-people in fifty-five languages, and printed messages from President Carter and U.N. Secretary General Waldheim. Each record is encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle. Instructions, in symbolic language, explain the origin of the spacecraft and indicate how the record is to be played. The 115 images are encoded in analog form. The remainder of the record is in audio, designed to be played at 16-2/3 revolutions per minute. It contains the spoken greetings, beginning with Akkadian, which was spoken in Sumer about six thousand years ago, and ending with Wu, a modern Chinese dialect. Following the section on the sounds of Earth, there is an eclectic 90-minute selection of music, including both Eastern and Western classics and a variety of ethnic music. Once the Voyager spacecraft leave the solar system, they will find themselves in empty space. It will be forty thousand years before they make a close approach to any other planetary system.

唱片的内容是由康奈尔大学的卡尔·萨根等人主持的一个委员会为美国国家航空航天局挑选的。萨根博士和他的同事们汇集了 115 幅图像和各种自然的声音，比如海浪、风和雷声，鸟、鲸和其他动物的声音。他们又加入了来自不同文化、不同时代的音乐选段，地球人用五十五种语言说出的问候，以及卡特总统和联合国秘书长瓦尔德海姆的书面致辞。每张唱片都装在一个起保护作用的铝制封套里，同时附有一个唱头和一枚唱针。封套上用符号语言写成的说明，解释了飞船从哪里来，并指出这张唱片该怎样播放。那 115 幅图像以模拟信号的形式编码。唱片其余部分是音频，设计为每分钟 16⅔ 转播放。音频里有口头问候：从约六千年前在苏美尔使用的阿卡德语开始，到一种现代汉语方言——吴语结束。在地球之声的部分之后，是一段 90 分钟、兼收并蓄的音乐选集，既有东西方的古典作品，也有多种民族音乐。旅行者号飞船一旦离开太阳系，就将置身于空旷的太空之中。要过四万年，它们才会接近另一个行星系统。

Music from Earth来自地球的音乐#

The following music was included on the Voyager record.

旅行者号唱片收录了以下音乐。

- Germany. 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 México. 3:14
- United States. "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, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest"). Performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51
- Germany. Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin. Performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55
- Austria. Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55
- Georgia. 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
- United States. "Melancholy Blues." Performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05
- Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes. Recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30
- Russia. Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance. Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35
- Germany. Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No. 1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48
- Germany. Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement. The Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20
- Bulgaria. "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin." Sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59
- United States. Navajo Indians, Night Chant. Recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57
- United Kingdom. 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
- United States. "Dark Was the Night." Written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15
- Germany. Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina. Performed by Budapest String Quartet. 6:37

- 德国。巴赫，《F 大调第二勃兰登堡协奏曲》第一乐章。慕尼黑巴赫管弦乐团，卡尔·里希特指挥。4:40
- 爪哇。宫廷甘美兰，《百花》（Kinds of Flowers）。罗伯特·布朗录制。4:43
- 塞内加尔。打击乐。夏尔·迪韦勒录制。2:08
- 扎伊尔。俾格米少女成年礼之歌。科林·特恩布尔录制。0:56
- 澳大利亚。原住民歌曲《晨星》与《魔鸟》。桑德拉·勒布伦·霍姆斯录制。1:26
- 墨西哥。《铃铛》（El Cascabel）。洛伦索·巴塞拉塔与墨西哥马里亚奇乐队演奏。3:14
- 美国。《约翰尼·B. 古德》。查克·贝里作曲并演唱。2:38
- 新几内亚。男子会所之歌。罗伯特·麦克伦南录制。1:20
- 日本。尺八曲《鹤之巢笼》。山口五郎演奏。4:51
- 德国。巴赫，E 大调第三小提琴帕蒂塔中的《回旋曲式加沃特》。阿蒂尔·格鲁米欧演奏。2:55
- 奥地利。莫扎特，《魔笛》中夜后的咏叹调，第 14 首。埃达·莫泽演唱，慕尼黑巴伐利亚国家歌剧院，沃尔夫冈·萨瓦利希指挥。2:55
- 格鲁吉亚。格鲁吉亚苏维埃社会主义共和国，合唱《恰克鲁洛》。莫斯科广播电台采集。2:18
- 秘鲁。排箫与鼓。利马文化之家采集。0:52
- 美国。《忧郁蓝调》。路易斯·阿姆斯特朗与他的“热力七人组”演奏。3:05
- 阿塞拜疆。阿塞拜疆苏维埃社会主义共和国，风笛。莫斯科广播电台录制。2:30
- 俄罗斯。斯特拉文斯基，《春之祭》中的《献祭之舞》。哥伦比亚交响乐团，伊戈尔·斯特拉文斯基指挥。4:35
- 德国。巴赫，《平均律键盘曲集》第二卷，C 大调第一首前奏曲与赋格。格伦·古尔德钢琴。4:48
- 德国。贝多芬，《第五交响曲》第一乐章。爱乐管弦乐团，奥托·克伦佩勒指挥。7:20
- 保加利亚。《Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin》（意为“绿林好汉德利奥出发了”）。瓦利娅·巴尔坎斯卡演唱。4:59
- 美国。纳瓦霍印第安人，《夜之圣歌》。威拉德·罗兹录制。0:57
- 英国。霍尔本，《帕凡、加利亚德、阿勒曼德及其他短小曲调》中的《仙女圆舞》。戴维·芒罗与伦敦古乐合奏团演奏。1:17
- 所罗门群岛。排箫。所罗门群岛广播公司采集。1:12
- 秘鲁。婚礼之歌。约翰·科恩录制。0:38
- 中国。古琴曲《流水》。管平湖演奏。7:37
- 印度。拉格《你去往何方》（Jaat Kahan Ho）。凯萨尔拜·凯尔卡尔演唱。3:30
- 美国。《夜色漆黑》（Dark Was the Night）。盲人威利·约翰逊作曲并演唱。3:15
- 德国。贝多芬，降 B 大调第十三弦乐四重奏，作品 130，《谣唱曲》。布达佩斯弦乐四重奏团演奏。6:37

Making of the Voyager Golden Record旅行者金唱片的制作#

Many people were instrumental in the design, development and manufacturing of the golden record.

金唱片的设计、研制和制造，有许多人出了力。

- Blank records were provided by the Pyral S.A. of Creteil, France.
- CBS Records contracted the JVC Cutting Center in Boulder, Colorado to cut the lacquer masters which were then sent to the James G. Lee Record Processing center in Gardena, California to cut and gold plate eight Voyager records.
- Gold plating took place on August 23, 1977; afterward, the records were mounted in aluminum containers and delivered to JPL.
- The record is constructed of gold-plated copper and is 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter. The record's cover is aluminum and electroplated upon it is an ultra-pure sample of the isotope uranium-238. Uranium-238 has a half-life of 4.468 billion years.
- The records also had the inscription "To the makers of music – all worlds, all times" hand-etched on its surface.

- 空白唱片由法国克雷泰伊的皮拉尔公司提供。
- 哥伦比亚唱片公司委托科罗拉多州博尔德的 JVC 刻片中心刻制漆盘母版，随后送到加利福尼亚州加迪纳的詹姆斯·G. 李唱片加工中心，刻制并镀金，一共做了八张旅行者号唱片。
- 镀金在 1977 年 8 月 23 日完成；之后唱片被装进铝制容器，交付喷气推进实验室。
- 唱片用镀金的铜制成，直径 12 英寸（30 厘米）。唱片的封套是铝制的，上面电镀了一小块超纯的同位素铀-238。铀-238 的半衰期是 44.68 亿年。
- 唱片表面还手工刻上了一行字：“献给音乐的创造者——所有的世界，所有的时代。”