David Bowie | Young Americans | Remastered U.S. TV Ad | 1975

The 1975 U.S. TV advert for David Bowie’s masterpiece, “Young Americans”, featuring gorgeous footage of Bowie, perhaps at his most thin? • Chuck Braverman directed the shoot, on the 26th of March 1975. Like many Bowie fans, I have long been curious about the ad, the shoot and the possible existence of a full Young Americans promo, made from the material. This month [March 2022] I managed to correspond with the director Chuck Braverman, about the shoot and the video: Nacho: I specialize in research and restoration and creation of archive music videos. About six years ago I posted on my YouTube channel, a basic restoration I made from the best sources I had, of the 1975 Young Americans TV Ad. In the upload description I wrote: “...Chuck Braverman is said to have directed the shoot, on March 26th, 1975. Legend has it that the entire song was shot, with the intention of creating a full promo video“. In the comments that followed, and in online Bowie forums, the