David Bowie’s 9th official album Young Americans was another of the legend’s seminal albums, and it is now set for its 50th Anniversary vinyl reissue.
It will be released on March 7, 2025, – the same day the original collection was released back in 1975. It’ll be available on a half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP with a poster, pressed from the same master.
Bowie’s new pressing of Young Americans was cut on a customized late Neumann VMS 80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed version was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios in London.
Per a press release, the follow-up to 1974’s Diamond Dogs saw Bowie “broaden his musical horizons once more, embracing what he called ‘Plastic Soul.’” The now-classic single “Fame” (co-written by John Lennon and Bowie’s then-guitarist, Carlos Alomar) would give the late icon his first #1 in the US.
The Young Americans album – featuring the lead single of the same name – was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a band that featured Mike Garson (keys), the late Luther Vandross (vocals) and David Sanborn (saxophone). Sessions also took place at New York City’s Electric Lady and the Record Plant.
Produced by Bowie’s longtime collaborator Tony Visconti, the full-length project had been partly inspired by the ‘Philly Sound’.
You can pre-order the 50th anniversary vinyl of David Bowie’s Young Americans here.
