The first-known recording by David Bowie, when he was the 16-year-old singer of a band called The Konrads, is going up for auction.
\nOmega Auctions in northwestern England said Monday that the reel tape would go on sale on September 11, with an expected price of \u00a310,000 ($13,100).
\nThe song, \u201cI Never Dreamed,\u201d was recorded in a studio in 1963 when The Konrads asked Bowie, then known by his given name David Jones, to sing lead vocals.
\nA harmonious rock \u2018n\u2019 roll song in the vein of classic Beatles, \u201cI Never Dreamed\u201d was submitted to record label Decca in an unsuccessful bid for a recording contract.
\nKonrads drummer David Hadfield said he had \u201cdecided that David was the best person to sing it and give the right interpretation.
\n\u201cSo this became the very first recording of David Jones (Bowie) singing 55 years ago!\u201d he said in a statement.
\nThe tape was recently discovered in a loft, the auction house said.
\nBowie left The Konrads shortly afterward and did not achieve stardom until six years later when, already a solo artist, he released \u201cSpace Oddity\u201d about the fictional astronaut Major Tom.
\nBowie earned a reputation as one of the most innovative voices in rock over a half-century career that experimented with soul, disco, jazz and ambient music.
\nHe died in 2016 from an undisclosed battle with cancer, two days after releasing his final album on his 69th birthday.<\/p>\n
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The first-known recording by David Bowie, when he was the 16-year-old singer of a band called The Konrads, is going up for auction. Omega Auctions in northwestern England said Monday that the reel tape would go on sale on September 11, with an expected price of \u00a310,000 ($13,100). The song, \u201cI Never Dreamed,\u201d was recorded […]<\/p>\n