Lost Bob Marley tape auctioned at 26,000 dollars
Bob Marley
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (AFP) - A rare audio tape of reggae legend Bob Marley in an informal jam session was sold by Christie's auction house Friday for more than 26,000 dollars, Christie's said.
In 1968 Marley met with New York composer Jimmy Norman, and the two recorded a 24-minute cassette tape in an apartment in he Bronx, New York, that features eight songs with semi-professional equipment.
The songs were later performed by the Jamaican superstar -- who died in 1981 at the age of 36 of a brain tumor -- as reggae tunes, and not as rhythm-and-blues tunes as heard on the tape.
Some of the songs were written by Norman, others by Marley.
Christie's originally valued the tape at between 10,000 and 15,000 dollars.
The buyer remained anonymous.