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Hello and welcome to the Witness History podcast with me, Vicky Carter.

We're heading to the Spanish island of Ibiza in June 1973,

when one nightclub opened and changed life on the island forever.

Carlos Martyrale worked in public relations and he loved parties.

He helped organize the launch of Pasha, which was the first proper club on the island

and we'd go on to host what he claims are the greatest parties in Ibiza's history.

The opening nightlife may be 300. Everybody was a friend. We knew each other.

Everybody was dressed at the hippie look. They were gelabas, they were paréos,

they were like Indian kurtas, they're sure. They started at 12 and they finished at four.

It was outside the city of Ibiza, no buildings around. It was like an old Ibizenko house

and when I was telling my friends, we are going to open now to do the opening of this

discotheque called Pasha. They said, I don't think it will work because you have to take the car.

Despite the pessimism of Carlos's mates, hundreds of people made it to the opening night,

including Francis Van Orden from the Netherlands.

Before Pasha, Ibiza was a totally different place. The opening was the moment Ibiza

transformed from a peaceful hippie backwater to a hedonistic pleasure island.

Previously, it was rural and very quiet. It was a virgin island completely different, of course.

No buildings, no roads, almond trees, fig trees and ponds. A lot of lamps in the country.

There was one plane every week, one boat also every week. Can you imagine how it goes around

on a horse and there was no buildings, nothing. Nobody wanted to come to Ibiza in those days.

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