YOUNG AMERICANS

Limited vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition. Young Americans is the ninth studio album by rock icon David Bowie released on 7 March 1975 by RCA Records. The album marked a departure from the glam rock style of Bowie s previous albums instead showcasing his mid-1970s interest in African-American soul and R&B music. Initial recording sessions for Young Americans took place in Philadelphia with producer Tony Visconti and a variety of musicians including guitarist Carlos Alomar to become one of Bowie s most frequent collaborators and singer Luther Vandross. Bowie drew influence from the sound of local dance halls which were blaring with lush strings sliding hi-hat whispers and swanky R&B rhythms of Philadelphia Soul. Later sessions took place in New York and included contributions from John Lennon. Bowie would call the album s sound plastic soul describing it as the squashed remains of ethnic music as it survives in the age of muzak rock written and sung by a white limey.