David Bowie – Young Americans (50th Anniversary Picture-Disc LP Vinyl)
Product Details
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia in 1974, Young Americans marked Bowie's full embrace of American soul and R&B, drawing directly from the city's rich studio culture at a time when Philly was the epicenter of Black pop music. The sessions brought together an extraordinary cast, including Luther Vandross, then still years away from his own stardom, singing backup alongside Ava Cherry.
YOUNG AMERICANS will be issued as a limited-edition 50th-anniversary half-speed-mastered LP and a picture-disc LP with a poster pressed from the same master. The album saw Bowie broaden his musical horizons once more, embracing what he called 'Plastic Soul' and would give him his first number-one single in the U.S., 'FAME', co-written with John Lennon and his then-guitarist, Carlos Alomar.
This new pressing of YOUNG AMERICANS was cut on a customized late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics, using 192kHz-restored masters of the original Record Plant master tapes, with no additional processing during transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios.
Tracklist
Side A
A1. Young Americans (5:10)
A2. Win (4:44)
A3. Fascination (5:43)
A4. Right (4:13)
Side B
B1. Somebody Up There Likes Me (6:30)
B2. Across The Universe (4:30)
B3. Can You Hear Me (5:04)
B4. Fame (4:12)
UPC: 5021732489357
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 3.7.25
Format: LP Vinyl