THE WHEEL OF TIME. 

Continuing and enjoying Barbra Streisand’s autobiography I was reminded of a disappointment I had early in my music days. In 1965 I was the Promotions Mananager for Philips Records here in NZ. We represented CBS  and distributed their records. CBS gave us the rights for free for the 5 times EMMY AWARD WINNING TV SPECIAL, My Name Is Barbra. 

TVNZ was the only TV network in NZ in those days and I enthusiastically offered the show to their TV buyer for free. He declined, saying it was not suitable for broadcast here, despite the fact that Barbra’s recordings were selling in big numbers and it was a multiple EMMY winner. I really disliked that man and what I considered his poor judgment. 

Ironically 26 years later I became DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES at TVNZ and that man’s boss……but that’s another story.