Sir Rod Stewart's first studio tape, which helped him secure his debut record deal, is being sold at auction by his former manager.
Johnathan Rowland, 83, said the analogue was sent to Decca Records in 1964, when the Scots rocker was just a teen. it was made in engineers Pepe Rush's Berwick Street basement studio in London's Soho.
Rowland said: "This tape was used as audition material for a recording contract for Rod signed with Decca.
