Man Discovers David Bowie’s First Demo Track in Old Bread Basket

The track, which is thought to be the only recording of Bowie’s first session, features a 16-year-old, pre-Aladdin Sane, pre-Ziggy Stardust Bowie singing I Never Dreamed with his first band, The Konrads. Expected to fetch £10,000 at auction, the tape was discovered by David Hadfield, drummer and manager of The Konrads, in an old bread basket belonging to his grandfather stored in a loft above his garage – in addition to a variety of other material including bills, booking forms, letters, photographs, and promotional sketches. “We had decided that we would do a couple of guitar instrumentals and one original song,” said Hadfield. “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 singing 55 years ago.”