Listen to David Bowie's first demo tape that is going up for auction

Mr Hadfield said: 'David had no inclination to become a singer at this point, his heart and mind were focused on becoming a world class saxophone player.

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'Our agent, Eric Easton, who also managed the Rolling Stones, asked us to do a demo so he could try and get us an audition at Decca.

'So in early 1963 I booked into RG Jones' small studio in Morden. In preparation for the demo, David and our guitarist Neville Wills wrote two to three 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. So this became the very first recording of David Jones singing 55 years ago.

'There is no other recording of the demo featuring David as lead in existence.

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