A new 50th anniversary vinyl reissue of David Bowie‘s ninth album ‘Young Americans’ has been announced. Find all the details below.
The special edition of the record is due to arrive via Parlophone on March 7 – 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 customised 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 Number One in the US.
David Bowie – ‘Young Americans’ 50th anniversary edition. CREDIT: Press
YOUNG AMERICANS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL DUE IN MARCH
“Young American, young American, you want the young American…”
DAVID BOWIE YOUNG AMERICANS
50th ANNIVERSARY HALF SPEED MASTERED LP
50th ANNIVERSARY PICTURE DISC LP WITH POSTER
LIMITED EDITION RELEASES
AVAILABLE 7th… pic.twitter.com/6mBuV7tNJK
— David Bowie Official (@DavidBowieReal) January 16, 2025
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 reissue here, and see a preview image and video above.
The tracklist for the David Bowie’s 50th anniversary edition of ‘Young Americans’ is:
SIDE ONE
‘Young Americans’
‘Win’
‘Fascination’
‘Right’
SIDE TWO
‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’
‘Across The Universe’
‘Can You Hear Me’
‘Fame’
A 50th anniversary edition of ‘Diamond Dogs’ arrived last year, following on from a special half-century reissue of ‘Aladdin Sane’ in 2023. There have also been new versions of ‘Ziggy Stardust’ and ‘Hunky Dory’ in recent years, among other releases.
In other news, Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey have announced a 2025 UK tour dubbed ‘A Celebration Of David Bowie’.
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