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Launched into space in 1977, this ‘present from a small distant world’ is a time capsule to treasure

• A soundtrack of human existence: that was the ambition of the fabled Voyager Golden Record, released in 1977 (overseen by Carl Sagan), to coincide with Nasa’s Voyager space probe. The original golden vinyl disc is somewhere aboard a spaceship 13bn miles away. It’s now easier to get. For the first time, you can have your own version, as a glamorous three-LP box set (or two CDs) complete with a 96-page book, the entire package deserving its recent Grammy.