The demo tape which launched the career of rock legend Sir Rod Stewart's fetched £3,400 at auction today - triple its estimate.
The reel-to-reel tape was recorded in a basement studio in London in 1964 when Sir Rod Stewart was just 18. The tape was used to audition the singer-songwriter before he was signed by Decca Records.
It was sold by Jonathan Rowlands who was Sir Stewart CBE's manager at the time.