The first-ever studio recording by a young Rod Stewart is going up for auction in the United Kingdom.
The reel-to-reel tape was recorded in a basement studio in 1964 when Stewart was just 18 years old, as an audition tape for Decca Records. The tape would help land Stewart his first record contract.
“At the time it was incredibly difficult to get into major studios, as they were all owned and controlled by the likes of Decca, CBS, Polydor and Phillips Records,” explained Stewart’s former manager Jonathan Rowlands.
“There are armies of Rod Stewart fans across the world, and this tape is an opportunity for someone to own the seminal recording which would go on to propel his career skywards.” Martin Millard, a director at Cheffins said, “He is one of the most loved artists of the past century, and this is a chance for someone to buy a part of musical history.”
The tape will go on sale in Cambridge on February 23rd, and is expected to fetch between $600-$1,200.
