The first demo David Bowie recorded at 16 is up for sale
The tape was discovered stashed away in a bread basket.
A 1963 demo tape that David Bowie recorded when he was sixteen-years-old, with then band The Konrads, is going on sale, reports The Guardian.
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The Konrads’ drummer David Hadfield discovered the tape stashed in a bread basket along with letters, bills, booking forms, photographs and promo sketches of their band.
“Our agent, Eric Easton, who also managed The Rolling Stones, asked us to do a demo so he could try and get us an auction at Decca. So in early 1963 I booked into R.G.Jones small studio in Morden. In preparation for the demo David and our guitarist Neville Wills wrote 2/3 songs,” shares Hadfield.
“We had decided that we would do a couple of guitar instrumentals and one original song. I chose ‘I Never Dreamed’ as it was the strongest, the other two were a bit weak! I also decided that David was the best person to sing it and give the right interpretation. So this became the very first recording of David Jones (Bowie) singing 55 years ago!”
The discovery follows news that a 15xLP box set called David Bowie: Loving The Alien (1983-1988) will be released later this year.
Head here for more info ahead of the September sale at Omega Auctions in Newton-le-Willows, and listen to the demo below.
