David Bowie’s ‘Young Americans’ to be reissued on vinyl and picture disc for 50th anniversary

David Bowie’s ninth studio album, Young Americans, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the milestone will be marked with the release of a new reissue.

The album will be released as a limited-edition half-speed mastered LP, as well as on picture disc that comes with a poster. Both will be released March 7, which is 50 years to the day of the album’s original 1975 release.

Both versions are available for preorder now.

Young Americans, the follow-up to 1974’s Diamond Dogs, was considered a departure from Bowie’s glam-rock style, focusing more on soul and R&B influences. The album, which featured backing vocals by a then-unknown singer named Luther Vandross, debuted in the Billboard 200 top 10 in the U.S. and remained on the chart for 51 weeks. It also featured Bowie’s first #1 single, “Fame.”

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