David Bowie's 55-Year-Old First Demo Discovered In Bread Basket

The demo is now up for sale.

At the age of 16, David Bowie recorded his first demo with then band The Konrads in 1963. Now, that demo has been discovered and is up for auction.

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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, according to a report from The Guardian.

"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," Hadfield said. "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."

"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," Hadfield added. "So this became the very first recording of David Jones (Bowie) singing 55 years ago!"

The demo is expected to sell for a little over in $13,000 when it goes to auction in September. The item will be sold through Omega Auctions in Newton-le-Willows. Check out a short clip of the demo above.

Source: The Guardian