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ABBREVIATIONS Used Herein:
AOR = the book The Art of Rock by Paul Grushkin BG = the Bill Graham Presents numbered poster series FD = The Family Dog numbered poster series
PHOTOGRAPHS of Liquid Lighting:
1) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album by Iron Butterfly: front album cover 2) untitled [Santana III] album by Santana: front & back album cover 3) Sunfighter album by Paul Kantner & Grace Slick: inner "gate-fold sleeve" photo (photography by Joan Chase & Mary Ann Mayer) 4) Thirty Seconds Over Winterland album by Jefferson Airplane (1973): inner "gate-fold sleeve" photo 5) poster of 12/5&6/71 Santana w/ Buddy Miles also Country Joe & Heavy Water [Lightshow?] (features picture(s) of liquid lighting; at Honolulu International Center Arena, Oahu, Hawaii; artwork by San Andreas Fault; "http://perso.wanadoo.fr/santanamigos/1971.htm") 6) AOR 4.59 poster (reprinted in The Art of Rock by Paul Grushkin) 7) Fly by Jefferson Airplane [probably a DVD]: cover [8) POSSIBLY The Art of Rock by Paul Grushkin)] [9) AND MANY OTHERS...]
1960's VENUES (re. psychedelia: music, poster art, & lighting):
MAJOR:
1a) The Fillmore Auditorium (San Francisco) [also see "Bill Graham Presents"] 1b) The Fillmore West (San Francisco) [also see "Bill Graham Presents"] 1c) The Fillmore East (New York City) [also see "Bill Graham Presents"] 2) The Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco) [also see "Family Dog Productions"] 3) The Matrix (San Francisco) [also see "Neon Rose"]
LESSER:
The Aquarius Theater (Hollywood, California) The Ark (Sausalito [,California?]) The Armadillo (Austin, Texas) The Berkeley Community Theatre (Berkeley, California) The California Hall The Carousel Ballroom (San Francisco, California) The Continental Ballroom The Crystal Ballroom (Portland, Oregon; operated by The Family Dog) The Denver Dog (Denver, Colorado; operated by The Family Dog) Eagles Auditorium (Seattle, Washington) The Electric Grandmother (became, after a couple shows, "The Vulcan...") Experience, Thee: see "Thee Experience" under "T" The Finnish Brotherhood Ballroom The Firehouse The Hippodrome (San Diego, California; managed by Trans Love Airways Productions) The Kaleidoscope Longshoremans/Longshoremen's [?] Hall (San Francisco, California; re. the 1966 Trips Festival, etc.) the LSD [Light, Sound, Dimension] Theater (a venue, and probably a lightshow company as well) Nektar's Liquid Light and Sound Theatre [?] [see "lightshows" under "N"] The Pauley Ballroom the Red Dog Saloon (Virginia City, Nevada) [The Retina/Retinal Circus (?? - probably just a lightshow company and not a venue also)] Thee Experience (Los Angeles, California, USA) The Trip (Los Angeles, California) UFO club (London, England) The University of San Francisco (San Francisco, California) the Vulcan Gas Company/ The Electric Grandmother (Austin, Texas) The Western Front The Winterland [also see "Bill Graham Presents"] the World (Garden City, Long Island, New York; had the most advanced [psychedelic?] lightshow of its time) The Zap Palace and many others
BEST & WORST Liquid-Lighting Poster BILLINGS:
Smallest/Worst Billings:
FD 7 (5/6-7/66; Bill Ham; very tiny lettering) BG 273 FD 9 (5/20-22/66; Bill Ham; quite small lettering, but not as small as FD 7) BG 124 (small lettering) BG 120 BG 126 [BG 125 = too abstract to read well]
Best/Largest Billings:
AOR 3.55 AOR 2.313 (even better than AOR 2.314-2.316) AOR 2.314, 2.315, & 2.316 BG 261 ("LIGHTS BY ORB" lettering is larger & brighter than the lettering of the dates !) FD 16 (Bill Ham; "Lights By Bill Ham" written inside Smokey the Bear's guitar - very noticeable placement) AOR 2.195 ("THE WORLD'S GREATEST LIGHT SHOW" in letters as large as The Doors' name (!), but it doesn't mention who did the lightshow) AOR 2.90 (re. Joshua Light Show) AOR 2.91 (re. Joshua Light Show)
Liquid-Lightshow DATES, esp. EARLIEST:
1965:
AOR 2.4, 2.5, & 2.6 (1965 Palo Alto, CA "Acid Test")
1966:
In Chronological Order:
BG 1 (2/4-6/66; "with Sights and Sounds of the Trips Festival !") possibly BG 2 (3/18-20/66; re. Trips Festival)AOR 2.211 (event dated 3/19/66 re. Elias Romero, etc.) FD 4 (4/8-[possibly "&"]9/66; "The Light Sights By Tony Martin") FD 5 (4/22-23/66; "Lights And Stuff By Tony Martin") FD 7 (5/6-7/66; Bill Ham; very tiny lettering) FD 8 (5/13-14/66; Bill Ham; "Lights By Bill Ham") FD 9 (5/20-22/66; Bill Ham; quite small lettering, but not as small as FD 7) BG 8 (5/27-29/66; Pop-Op Rock with "Andy Warhol and his Plastic Inevitable" & others) FD 13 (6/17-18/66; Bill Ham; possibly says "BILL HAM In Color & Bk & White") FD 14 (6/24-25/66; Bill Ham; "lights by BILL HAM") FD 15 (7/1&3/66; Bill Ham; "Lights by Bill Ham") FD 16 (7/8-10/66; Bill Ham; "Lights By Bill Ham" written inside Smokey the Bear's guitar - very noticeable placement) FD 17A (7/15-16/66; Bill Ham; "LIGHTS BY BILL HAM") FD 17 (7/22-23/66; Bill Ham; "Lights By Bill Ham & Co.") FD 18 (7/28-30/66; Bill Ham; "LIGHTS by BILL HAM") FD 19 (8/05-06/66; Bill Ham; "LIGHTS by BILL HAM") FD 20 ("LIGHTS by BILL HAM & co.") FD 21 ("Lights By BILL HAM") FD 22 ("LIGHTS by BILL HAM") [FD 23-28 mention no lighting at all]
Other 1966 psychedelic-lighting gigs:
AOR 2.7 (1966 "Acid Test") AOR 2.15 (circa 1966 event) AOR 2.16 (1966 event; "LIGHTS BY REGINALD & A MINOR SCENE BY BLACK ARTS WEST") AOR 2.40, 2.41, & 2.43 (1966 "Trips Festival") [AOR 2.42 is from the same event as #s 2.40, 2.41 & 2.43, but doesn't mention lighting at all]
Unchecked (not pictured in The Art of Rock ):
FD 11 FD 24 FD 34 FD 36-38 FD 40
January-April 1967:
BG 49 (2/10-12/67; "On Sat. Lights By Head Lights") Unchecked (not pictured in The Art of Rock ):
FD 42 FD 44 FD 46-51 FD 53 FD 55 FD 57 FD 59
[PEAK ("Golden Era"): circa 1967 to circa 1970-1971]
END-OF-THE-PEAK Liquid Lightshows:
AOR 4.13 = 1971 and several others
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