--- description: The musician’s early demo recording is expected to fetch $13,000 at auction title: David Bowie's Demo Was Recently Found in a Bread Basket image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3333eb0d0a6b33fc/698935f7096a94cced6a2f88/gettyimages-2639097.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # David Bowie's Demo Was Recently Found in a Bread Basket by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2018 3:05 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2018 3:05 PM CUT Before David Bowie was a [musical legend](http://time.com/4179348/david-bowie-cover-story/ "undefined"), fashion icon, rock star, and [two-time _TIME_ cover star,](http://time.com/4179890/david-bowie-cover/ "undefined") he was just another teenager yearning for the spotlight. Now, a recording [Bowie](http://time.com/4174940/david-bowie-best-songs/ "undefined") made as a 16-year old kid with his first band, The Konrads, has been discovered in a bread basket of all places. The recording was made when Bowie was still performing as David Jones, before changing his name to avoid confusion with the Monkees’ singer Davy Jones. [According to _The Guardian_,](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/23/david-bowies-first-demo-track-discovered-in-old-bread-basket "undefined") Bowie and The Konrads were encouraged by their agent, the legendary Eric Easton, who also managed the Rolling Stones, to make a demo tape. The band booked time at an East London studio and the young Bowie jumped on the microphone to sing “I Never Dreamed”, even though previously he had only sang back up with the band. The only known recording of that session was discovered by David Hadfield, who was The Konrads drummer and manager. Hadfield says found the tape when packing up his home for a move, discovering the recording “in an old bread basket that had belonged to his grandfather along with a host of other material including booking forms, photographs, promotional sketches, letters and bills, in a loft above the garage.” According to Hadfield, it is the very first recording of [Bowie](http://time.com/4175126/david-bowie-best-music-videos/ "undefined") singing. Hadfield is putting the recording [up for auction](http://www.omegaauctions.co.uk/departments/memorabilia-auctions/ "undefined") where it is expected to fetch $13,000 (£10,000). Bowie passed away in 2016 at the age of 69, just two days after the release of his 25th studio album, _Blackstar_. 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