David Bowie’s Unreleased The Gouster Album Up For Grabs

David Bowie’s previously unreleased album The Gouster will be released as part of the new compilation box Who Can I Be Now? (1974-76). The Gouster eventually became Bowie’s 1975 album Young Americans. “Gouster was a word unfamiliar to me, but David knew it as a type of dress code worn by African-American teens in the ’60’s, in Chicago.”More »

By on September 25, 2016

David Bowie’s previously unreleased album The Gouster will be released as part of the new compilation box Who Can I Be Now? (1974-76). The Gouster eventually became Bowie’s 1975 album Young Americans. “Gouster was a word unfamiliar to me, but David knew it as a type of dress code worn by African-American teens in the ’60’s, in Chicago,” explains producer Tony Visconti in the Who Can I Be Now? liner notes. “But in the context of the album its meaning was attitude, an attitude of pride and hipness. Of all the songs we cut, we were enamored of the ones we chose for the album that portrayed this attitude.” “That’s one of the best things [on The Gouster],” Visconti added. “I think he left it off because . . . well, I don’t know the story, but he said it was just too personal. He didn’t want to live with that song on that album, coming back to haunt him.” Who Can I Be Now (1974-76) is available now. Copyright(c) 2016 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «