On March 7, which marks the Golden Jubilee of the release of David Bowie’s ninth studio album, Young Americans, it will be issued as a limited edition 50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc with a poster pressed from the same master.

This new pressing of Young Americans was cut on a customized late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original Record Plant master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. The half-speed was cut by John Webber at AIR Studios.

The Young Americans remaster is available to pre-order here.

The album, released in 1975, saw Bowie broaden his musical horizons once more, embracing what he called “Plastic Soul.” Its single, “Fame,” co-written with John Lennon and Bowie’s then guitarist Carlos Alomar, became Bowie’s first No. 1 single in the U.S.

The album was partly influenced by the “Philly Sound” and recorded in Philadelphia at Sigma Sound studios during a break in the Diamond Dogs tour.

Young Americans Re-Issue Tracklist:

Side One

Young Americans
Win
Fascination
Right

Side Two

Somebody Up There Likes Me
Across The Universe
Can You Hear Me
Fame

Source: RTT Music News