This week’s guest on the RNZ Music Mix Tape is Ian Magan, a pioneer of both commercial radio and concert promotion in New Zealand.
Ian Magan and Sir Billy Connolly Photo: supplied.
In the 1960's he was one of the original team of ‘Good Guys’, who took on the system and started pirate radio broadcasts from The Tiri in the Hauraki Gulf, (now Radio Hauraki).
He went on to form the Concert Promotions Company in 1975 that later became Pacific Entertainment in 1995.
Ian Magan put on some of the most successful tours ever promoted in New Zealand with a long and diverse list of artists including, Split Enz, BB King, Pavarotti, Elton John and Dire Straits.
Ian Magan plays his favorite songs, in conversation with Trevor Reekie
Ian Magan in the 1960s Photo: Simon Grigg
Ian Magan's choices for the RNZ Music Mixtape:
Artist: Keith Richardson/Avengers
Song: This Show Is Groovy
Artist: Arthur Smith
Song: Guitar Boogie
Artist: Elvis Presley
Song: All Shook Up
Artist: Keith Richardson/Avengers
Song: This Show Is Groovy
Artist: Arthur Smith
Song: Guitar Boogie
Artist: Elvis Presley
Song: All Shook Up
Artist: Split Enz
Song: Bold as Brass
Artist: Dire Straits
Song: Money for Nothing
Artist: Luciano Pavarotti
Song: Mattinata
Artist: The Travelling Wilburys
Song: End of the Line