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The World's Largest List of
Psychedelic Lightshows
[and related terms]
All synonyms are deliberate. My (long-term) goal is to allow researchers to find what they're seeking by looking up any possible synoynm of any possible lightshow, past or present.
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PSYCHEDELIC LIGHTSHOW ARTISTS
(esp. liquid-lighting and/or 1960s-era):
- [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
- USA = United States of America]
- 117 Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- A Actionpacked Lightshows (based in Australia)
- Abecrombe (only one "r"; BG 283; also see "Abercrombe" and "Abercrombie")
- Abercrombe (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; also see "Abecrombe" and "Abercrombie")
- Abercrombie (with an "i"; BG 240; also see "Abecrombe" and "Abercrombe")
- ["Abrams, Jerry": see all of the "Jerry Abrams..." entries under "J"]
- Acid Rain (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Acid Rain Lightshow")
- Acid Rain Lightshow (from http://www.pooterland.com/index2/lightshow_menu/lightshows/acid_rain/acid_rain.html; synonymous with "Acid Rain")
- Acidica Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Acidica Lightshow" and "ACIDICA lightshow")
- Acidica Lightshow (from http://www.pooterland.com/index2/lightshow_menu/lightshows/acidica_lights/acidica_lights.html; synonymous with "Acidica Lights" and "ACIDICA lightshow")
- ACIDICA lightshow (from http://www.pooterland.com/index2/lightshow_menu/lightshows/acidica_lights/acidica_lights.html; synonymous with "Acidica Lights" and "Acidica Lightshow")
- Acme Cinema (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Addled Cromish (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Aerial Transit (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- ["Alburn, Keith": see "Keith Alburn And Partners" under "K"]
- All Night Harmonica Shop (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Alpha Centauri (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Amazing Waldo's Fungicidal Dreamboat (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Amen Ra (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- American Dream (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Amoeba Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- An Arc Lights Illumination (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Anathema (based in the USA; BG 182, BG 244, BG 245, & BG 251)
- The Ancient Order of the Sacred Penquins (spelled with a "Q" instead of a "G"; has a website; also see "Purple Penquin")
- Ray Andersen (at The Firehouse; founder of the Holy See Light Show; also see "Ray Anserson")
- Ray Anderson (from somewhere on http://www.o-art.org/; also see "Ray Andersen")
- Android Lightshow (based in France; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Andromeda Voyage (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Andy Warhol, Up-Tight (unknown book p.43 [probably either The Art of the Fillmore, I Want To Take You Higher, or Kaleidoscope Eyes; definitely NOT The Art of Rock]; also see "Andy Warhol and his Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), "Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), "the Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "E"), and "The Plastic Inevitable Show" (under "P"))
- Andy Warhol and his Plastic Inevitable (BG 8; also see "Andy Warhol, Up-Tight" (under "A"), "Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), "the Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "E"), and "The Plastic Inevitable Show" (under "P"))
- Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable (Kaleidoscope Eyes pp.9 & 43; also see "Andy Warhol, Up-Tight" (under "A"), "Andy Warhol and his Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), "the Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "E"), and "The Plastic Inevitable Show" (under "P"))
- Arc Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Gordon Ashby ("light matrix" at the Trips Festival)
- Aspen Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Astrological Ping Pong ("film-electronic blitz"; AOR 2.210)
- Atomic Prism (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Aurora (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Aurora Glory Alice (based in the USA; sounds like "aurora borealis"; AOR 2.159; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Aurora Lightshow (probably based in France?; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Ted Ball (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "B")
- Bam Pow (based in the USA; listed on "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Scott Bartlett
- Barved Zumizion (based in France; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- "Beer Barn Bottlerockets and The... [a couple other forgotten words here]" [or possibly just "Beer Barn Bottlerocket"] (a lightshow name made up by Clarence Brewer for the Royal Nonesuch gig he and I both did liquid lighting for; also see "Clarence Brewer" (under "B"), "King Clarentz" (under "K"), and "Liquid Sound Designs")
- Belmer Wright Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; also see "Wright, Belmer" under "W")
- "Ben Van Meter, Roger Hillyard, and the..." (FD 43 ("LIGHTS BY BEN VAN METER[,] ROGER HILLYARD AND THE [at least one illegible word here]"; also listed under "B"))
- [Bunk Bessels (listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "Bu..." instead of "Be..." - but not really a lightshow at all: merely a promoter in Utrecht, Holland who stole the credit for a Mick Brockett lightshow in 1968)]
- Bill Ham & Co. (FD 20 & AOR 2.74; also see "Bill Ham's" (under "B"), "Bill Ham's Light Show" (under "B"), "Bill Ham's Lightshow" (under "B"), and "Bill Ham" (under "H"); possibly also see the "Head Lights..." entries (under "H"))
- Bill Ham's (Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jim DeRogatis p.55; also see "Bill Ham & Co." (under "B"), "Bill Ham's Light Show" (under "B"), "Bill Ham's Lightshow" (under "B"), and "Bill Ham" (under "H"); possibly also see the "Head Lights..." entries (under "H"))
- Bill Ham's Light Show (AOR 3.33 ("Light Show" or possibly "Lightshow" & also "Famous Underground Movies"); also see "Bill Ham & Co." (under "B"), "Bill Ham's" (under "B"), "Bill Ham's Lightshow" (under "B"), and "Bill Ham" (under "H"); possibly also see the "Head Lights..." entries (under "H"))
- [Bill Ham's Lightshow (AOR 3.33 ("Light Show" or possibly "Lightshow" & also "Famous Underground Movies"); also see "Bill Ham & Co." (under "B"), "Bill Ham's" (under "B"), "Bill Ham's Light Show" (under "B"), and "Bill Ham" (under "H"); possibly also see the "Head Lights..." entries (under "H"))]
- The Black Cat Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "B")
- Black Light Happening (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Bob Holt Light Productions (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; also see "Holt, Bob")
- Bob Holt Lights (BG 267; also see "Holt, Bob")
- Bob [possibly "Rob"] Bock (AOR 2.188: light show)
- ["Boyle, Mark": see "Mark Boyle's Sensory Lab" under "M"]
- Stewart Brand
- Brave Goliath's Lightmare (listed in "Pooter's Lightshow Index")
- Clarence Brewer (based in Springfield, Missouri, USA; synonymous with "King Clarentz" (under "K"); also see "Beer Barn Bottlerockets and the..." (under "B") and "Rings-O-Saturn" (under "R"))
- Bright Black (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Mick Brockett (based in New Jersey, USA; has done lighting with both Nektar Lightshow and with Fantasia Light Circus; synonymous with "Mike Brockett" under "B" (a misprint) and with "Mike Stanton-Hendry" under "S")
- Mike Brockett (performed "the original 70's liquid lightshow" for Nektar (http://www.prog-nose.org/engels/news_old/july_2002.htm); a msiprint of "Mick Brockett" - see "Mick Brockett" under "B")
- Brotherhood of Light (based in the USA; "BOL has done more shows than any other Light Show company in history - over 1,500 in 35 years" including AOR 2.22, AOR 2.28, AOR 4.86 [Pepperland 9/25-26/70], AOR 4.88/PPL710220 [Pepperland 2/20-21/71], BG 137, BG 141, BG 144, BG 145, BG 148, BG 149, BG 152, BG 154, BG 155, BG 160, BG 162, BG 165, BG 167, BG 168, BG 170, BG 171, BG 172, BG 174, BG 176, BG 178, BG 179, BG 180, BG 183, BG 185, BG 188, BG 189, BG 190,BG 192, BG 194, BG 195, BG 199, BG 203, BG 205, BG 207, BG 209, BG 210, BG 213, BG 214, BG 216, BG 220, BG 221, BG 225, BG 227, BG 229, BG 232, BG 236, BG 239, BG 240, BG 241, BG 242, BG 246, BG 247, CRL680612 [Carousel Ballroom 6/12/68], CRL680620 [Carousel Ballroom 6/20/68], FMW690924 [Fillmore West 9/24/69], PPL701218 [Pepperland 12/18-19/70], PPL710122 [Pepperland 1/22-23[&29-30]/71], PPL710319 [Pepperland 3/19-20/71], SAG680319 [Straight Theatre 3/22-24/68], TSY680712 [Sound Factory 7/12/68], TSY680809 [Sound Factory 8/09/68], WIN690528 [Winterland 5/28/69], & new shows (7/20/91 to present); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "The Brotherhood of Light" and "Brotherhood Of Light"; also see "Brotherhood of Light/Hawaii")
- The Brotherhood of Light (much less common than "Brotherhood of Light"; synonymous with "Brotherhood of Light" and "Brotherhood Of Light"; also see "Brotherhood of Light/Hawaii")
- Brotherhood Of Light (synonymous with "Brotherhood of Light" and "The Brotherhood of Light"; also see "Brotherhood of Light/Hawaii")
- Brotherhood of Light/Hawaii (based in Hawaii, USA; became "Universoulightforms"; synonymous with "Universoulightforms"; also see "Brotherhood of Light", "The Brotherhood of Light", and "Brotherhood Of Light")
- Dan Bruhns (AOR 2.76 ("Lights, Mississippi & Vietnam Photographs: Dan Bruhns") & AOR 2.87; also see "Dan Bruhns Light Show" (under "D"), "Dan Bruhns' Fillmore Lights" (under "D"), "Tony Martin, Ben Van Meter, & Dan Bruhns" under "M")
- Don Buchla ("sound-light coordination" at the Trips Festival; also see "The Don Buchla Sound-Light Console" (under "D"))
- The Bulging Eyeballs Of Guatama (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "B")
- California Spectrum (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Caliope (based in the USA; listed on "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Camel Clutch Lightshow (probably based in Japan?; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Canyon Cinema (re. the Trips Festival)
- Captain Whizzo (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Castle Lightning ["Lighting"?] (based in Los Angeles, California, USA; "Castle Lightning/Thomas Edison was the Los Angeles-area based performing lightshow extension of Castle Lighting Co. which sold strobes and other manufactured lightshow equipment from a storefront in LA. There's more to that story")
- Catharsis (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Cerebrum Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Chaos Illumination (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- John Chick (based in Colorado, USA; re. the "Diogenes Lantern Works")
- Bob Cohen (re. the "Diogenes Lantern Works"; also co-founder of The Family Dog)
- Colour Sound Experiment (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Commune (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "'Commune' or 'Commune Free Buttons'")
- "Commune" or possibly, but probably not, "Commune Free Buttons" (AOR 2.194; probably also see "Commune")
- Congress of Wonders (FD 96 ("CONGRESS of WONDERS"); probably synonymous with "The Congress of Wonders")
- The Congress of Wonders (FD 65 ("LIGHTS: THE NORTH AMERICAN IBIS ALCHEMICAL CO. ... PLUS THE CONGRESS OF WONDERS"); probably synonymous with "Congress of Wonders")
- Continuum (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Crab Nebula (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Crimson Madness (BG 235, BG 246, BG 258, BG 270, BG 285, & AOR 4.57)
- Crow Flashback And Light Show (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Crystal Focus (loaction unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Crystal Ship Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Crystalleum (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- CyberDelic Projections (TM) (a division of Evon Grafix; also see "Evon Grafix")
- Cyberdescence (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Cyberlight (synonymous with "Cyberlight Visual"; possibly also see "Cyberlights")
- Cyberlight Visual (synonymous with "Cyberlight"; possibly also see "Cyberlights")
- Cyberlights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "Cyberlight" and "Cyberlight Visual")
- Dan Bruhns Light Show (based in the USA; AOR 2.47; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; also see "Dan Bruhns" (under "B"), "Dan Bruhns' Fillmore Lights" (under "D"), and "Tony Martin, Ben Van Meter, & Dan Bruhns" (under "M))
- Dan Bruhns' Fillmore Lights (BG 64"; also see "Dan Bruhns" (under "B"), "Dan Bruhns Light Show" (under "D"), and "Tony Martin, Ben Van Meter, & Dan Bruhns" (under "M"))
- Dancing Shiva Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- ["Darntootin'": see "Schmooze/Darntootin'" under "S"]
- Scott Davey (mentioned on http://www.lightshow.cc/explorer/Video/Group_Art/group_art.html)
- Tom De Witt (AOR 2.188 ("film loops"))
- Deadly Nightshade (based in the USA; BG 224, BG 243, & BG 275; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Deepvisual (based in the United Kingdom; Gary Oldknow, proprietor; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- [Dice George Lightshow (has a website on the internet; may or MAY NOT be psychedelic)]
- Diogenes (FD-D 18 ("DIOGENES"); synonymous with "The Diogenes L.W.", "Diogenes Lantern Works", & "The Diogenes Lantern Works")
- The Diogenes L.W. (FD D-11; synonymous with "Diogenes", "Diogenes Lantern Works", & "The Diogenes Lantern Works")
- Diogenes Lantern Works (based in the USA; FD D-6, FD D-7, & FD D-8; was the house lights for The Family Dog, The Denver Dog, & The Aquarius Theater ALL AT THE SAME TIME!; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Diogenes", "Diogenes L.W.", & "The Diogenes Lantern Works")
- The Diogenes Lantern Works (at the Denver Dog; FD 79/FD D-1; synonymous with "Diogenes", "Diogenes L.W.", & "Diogenes Lantern Works")
- Dr. Hypknotronics Projection Lightshow (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Dr. P.H. Martins Magic Medicine Show (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Doctor Zarkov (AOR 2.236)
- Dr Zarkov (BG 254 & possibly BG 278 (may or may not have a period - very hard to tell from the AOR thumbnail))
- Dr. Zarkov (BG 217 & possibly BG 278 (may or may not have a period - very hard to tell from the AOR thumbnail))
- Dr. Zharkov's Optical Illusion (with an "h"; based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Don Bulcha Sound-Light Console (at the Trips Festival; also see "Buchla, Don")
- Don't Shoot The Messenger (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Donovan (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Dry Paint (based in the USA; BG 220, BG 229, AOR 2.67, & AOR 4.116; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- E.S.P. (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Earth Light (based in the USA; BG 277; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Eclipse Lightworks (has a website on the internet)
- Ecto Plasmic Assault (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Edison Light Co (AOR 2.163; probably also see "The Edison Light Co [USA version]" (under "E"); possibly also see "Edison Light Co. [Australian version]")
- The Edison Light Co [USA version] (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "E"; probably also see "Edison Light Co")
- Edison Light Co. [Australia version] (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "Edison Light Co" (under "E"))
- Electric Freak Out Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Electric Garden Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Electric Kiss Light Show (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably synonymous with "Electric Kiss Lightshow")
- Electric Kiss Lightshow (AOR 3.117; probably synonymous with "Electric Kiss Light Show")
- Electric Light Company (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Electrip Tipi Collective (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Electro Luminescense (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Elevators Highgate (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Ellis D. Fogg (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Tali Elohev (proprietor of Like A Dream Lightshow; also see "Like A Dream Lightshow")
- The Enchanted Garden Of Delights (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "E"; POSSIBLY also see "Garden of Delights" and "The Garden of Delights")
- Enlightenment (based in Germany; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Entropic Art (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Evon Grafix (has a website; a member of the Lightshow Ring)
- ["Ewing, Gary": see "Gary Ewing Lights" under "G"]
- the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (mentioned re. lighting on p.44 of a book [probably either The Art of the Fillmore, I Want To Take You Higher, or Kaleidoscope Eyes; possibly NOT The Art of Rock]; also see "Andy Warhol, Up-Tight" (under "A"), "Andy Warhol and his Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), "Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), and "The Plastic Inevitable Show" (under "P"))
- Exploding Spectrum Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Eye [UK version] (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "E")
- The Eye [USA version] (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "E")
- Eyegasm (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Eyegasm (probably a different "Eyegasm"; "intelligent lighting" at one or more raves)
- The Family Cat (based in the USA; AOR 3.38; listed in Pooters Lightshow Index - under "T" instead of "F")
- Family Circle (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Family Show (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "F")
- Fantasia Light Circus (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Fantasio (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Father Phipps Freak and Light Show (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Fillmore Light Show (AOR 2.45)
- [Bob Fine (apparently a member of Light-Sound-Dimension; see "Light-Sound-Dimension")]
- Five Acre Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "Infusoria Five Acre Lightshow" under "I" )
- Five Fingers (location unknown; AOR 4.156; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Five Pound Smile (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- [Richard Fletcher (apparently a member of Light-Sound-Dimension; see "Light-Sound-Dimension")]
- Flurried Liquidity (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Fly By Light (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "Fly By Lite")
- Fly By Lite ("liquid light show" at the "2nd Santa Cruz County 'Psychedelic Ball'" circa 1993; possibly also see "Fly By Light")
- ["Fogg, Ellis D.": see "Ellis D. Fogg" under "E"]
- Fox Lites (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- FoxFire Lighting (the former name of "Psychedelic FoxFire"; see "Psychedelic FoxFire" under "P")
- FoxFire Lights (synonymous with "FoxFire Lighting")
- Frank & Stein (AOR 4.56)
- Frank n Stein (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Freelights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Freshlight (based in Germany; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; almost certainly synonymous with "Freshlight Berlin Psychedelic Lightshow")
- Freshlight Berlin Psychedelic Lightshow (has a website; Robert Konigseder, proprietor; on the website, the "Lightshow Demo" video clip was produced using 15 machines and the "Sky Saxon & The Seeds" video clip was created using 8 projectors; a member of The Lightshow Ring; almost certainly synonymous with "Freshlight")
- Front Lights (location unknown; BG 253 & BG 270; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Fruit Salad Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Funny Co (based in the USA; at The Ark; AOR 2.310 & 2.311; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Funny Co.")
- Funny Co. (at The Ark; AOR 2.309; synonymous with "Funny Co")
- Ganymede Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Garden of Delights (based in the USA; AOR 2.20, AOR 2.24, AOR 2.25, AOR 2.26, & Carousel Ballroom 5/30-6/01/69; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; also see "The Garden of Delights"; POSSIBLY also see "The Enchanted Garden Of Delights")
- The Garden of Delights (FD 141 ("THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS") & FD 143; also see "Garden of Delights"; POSSIBLY also see "The Enchanted Garden of Delights")
- Gary Ewing Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Gemini Lighting (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- General Chaos Visuals (has a website)
- Gentle Debacle (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Glenn McKay's HEAD LIGHTS (AOR 2.96; also see "Glenn McKay's Headlights" (under "G"); possibly also see the "Head Lights" entries under "H")
- Glenn McKay's Headlights (AOR 2.165; also see "Glenn McKay's HEAD LIGHTS" (under "G") and the "McKay's..." entries (under "M"); possibly also see the "Head Lights" entries under "H")
- God's Eye Light Show (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Goddamatch (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Goshen Mustang Light Co. (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Great North American (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Gretz And Co. (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Gridleys Light & Sound (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- H Lights (based in France; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Bill Ham (at many Avalon Ballroom gigs, including: FD 7, FD 8, FD 9, FD 13, FD 14, FD 15, FD 16, FD 17, FD 17A, FD 18, FD 19, FD 21, & FD 22; also the proprietor of "Light-Sound-Dimension"/"The Light & Sound Dimension"; also see all of the "Bill Ham..." entries (under "B") and "Light-Sound-Dimension")
- Robin Constable Hanson (not a lightshow and probably not a lightshow artist; created kaleidscope art for the movie Spectrasphere)
- Hash Knife Outfit (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Hassid Casualty (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Head Light (FD 101 (possibly with more than one word right before "Head Light" - probably including the word "Jerry"...))
- Head Lights (BG 49, AOR p.249: upper right, and possibly AOR 2.56 (may be either "Head Lights" or "Head-Lights"))
- Head Lites (AOR 2.83; probably also see all of the "Head Lights"/"Head-Lights"/"Headlights" entries)
- [Head-Lights (possibly AOR 2.56 (may read either "Head Lights" or "Head-Lights" - I can't tell which))]
- Headlights
- Headlights by Jerry Abrams (AOR p.11; also see all the "Jerry Abrams..." entries under "J")
- Heavy Frost Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Heavy Light (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Heavy Water (BG 275, BG 287, & AOR 4.195; probably synonymous with "Heavy Water Lights Show" and "Heavywater Lightshow")
- Heavy Water Lights Show (from a website re. the untitled/Santana 3 photo; probably synonymous with "Heavy Water" and "Heavywater Lightshow")
- Heavywater Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; AOR 4.59; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably synonymous with "Heavy Water" and "Heavy Water Lights Show")
- High Society (AOR 3.143 & AOR 3.144; probably synonymous with "The High Society" (under "H"))
- The High Society (based in the USA; AOR 3.140 & AOR p.242 ("Light Show By The High Society"); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "H"; probably synonymous with "High Society")
- Roger Hillyard (possibly a misspelling of "Roger Hilyard"; also see "Roger Hillyard & Ben Van Meter" (under "H"); probably synonymous with "Roger Hilyard" (under "H"))
- Roger Hillyard & Ben Van Meter (FD 33 & FD 45 ("ALL THAT STUFF ON THE WALL BY ROGER HILLYARD - BEN VAN METER"); also see "Roger Hillyard" (under "H") and "Ben Van Meter" (under "V"); possibly also see "Roger Hilyard" (under "H"))
- Roger Hilyard (from somewhere on http://www.o-art.org; probably a misspelling of "Roger Hillyard"; probably also see "Roger Hillyard" (under "H") and "Roger Hillyard & Ben Van Meter" (under "H"))
- Bob Holt (BG 276 & AOR 4.13 (1971; "Bob Holt lights"))
- Holy See (based in the USA; BG 105, BG 118, BG 120, BG 121, BG 122, BG 125, BG 126, BG 129, BG 136, AOR 2.29, & AOR 2.89; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "the Holy See" (under "H"), "The Holy See" (under "H"), and "the Holy See Light Show" (under "H"))
- the Holy See (mentioned on p.55 of Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jim DeRoagtis; synonymous with "Holy See", "The Holy See" (under "H"), and "the Holy See Light Show" (under "H"))
- The Holy See (BG 111; synonymous with "Holy See", "the Holy See" (under "H"), and "the Holy See Light Show" (under "H"))
- the Holy See Light Show (AOR p.195; synonymous with "Holy See", "the Holy See" (under "H"), and "The Holy See" (under "H"))
- Humania (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Ibis (FD 89 ("LIGHTS IBIS"); 0probably also see "The Ibis" (under "I"), "The North American Alchemical Ibis Company", etc.)
- The Ibis (AOR 2.237, AOR 2.238, & AOR 2.239; probably also see "Ibis", "The North American Alchemical Ibis Company", etc.)
- Infusoria Five Acre Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "Five Acre Lights" under "F")
- Inner Light Show (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Insight Lighting (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- InterCityLights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- ITYS (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Henry Jacobs ("air dome projections" at the Trips Festival)
- Jeep and Beams (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Jellyfish Projections (based in ; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Jerry Abram's Head Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Jerry Abrams - Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams' Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Headlights" (under "J"), and "Jerry Abrams' Headlights" (under "J"); also see the "Head Lights" entries (under "H"))
- Jerry Abrams - Head Lights (AOR 2.30 ("JERRY ABRAMS - HEAD LIGHTS"); synonymous with "Jerry Abram's Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams' Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Headlights" (under "J"), and "Jerry Abrams' Headlights" (under "J"); also see the "Head Lights" entries (under "H"))
- Jerry Abrams Head Lights (FD 113, FD 139 ("JERRY ABRAMS HEAD LIGHTS"), & AOR 2.23 ("JERRY ABRAMS HEAD LIGHTS"), & AOR 4.10 (1969); synonymous with "Jerry Abram's Head Lights (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams - Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams' Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Headlights" (under "J"), and "Jerry Abrams' Headlights" (under "J"); also see the "Head Lights" entries (under "H"))
- Jerry Abrams' Head Lights (FD 113 ("JERRY ABRAMS' HEAD LIGHTS") & AOR 2.27; synonymous with "Jerry Abram's Head Lights (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams - Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Headlights" (under "J"), and "Jerry Abrams' Headlights" (under "J"); also see the "Head Lights" entries (under "H"))
- Jerry Abrams Headlights (FD 109 ("JERRY ABRAMS HEADLIGHTS"), FD 142, & AOR 3.54; synonymous with "Jerry Abram's Head Lights (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams - Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams' Head Lights" (under "J"), and "Jerry Abrams' Headlights" (under "J"); also see the "Head Lights" entries (under "H"))
- Jerry Abrams' Headlights (AOR 2.31 & AOR 4.55 (3/27-29/69); synonymous with "Jerry Abram's Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams - Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams Head Lights" (under "J"), "Jerry Abrams' Head Lights" (under "J"), and "Jerry Abrams Headlights" (under "J"); also see the "Head Lights" entries (under "H"))
- Joe's Lights (based in the United Kingdom; at The Fillmore East; AOR 2.93 (with Pig Light Show) & AOR p.314 (Fillmore East closing); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Jomo Light Disaster (based in the USA, probably in Texas; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "the Jomo Light Disaster" (under "J"))
- the Jomo Light Disaster (mentioned somewhere on http://www.o-art.org; synonymous with "Jomo Light Disaster")
- Josas (based in France; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Joshua Light Show (at many Fillmore East concerts, including: AOR 2.90 (good size and/or placement on poster), AOR 2.91, AOR 2.94, AOR 2.95, & possibly AOR 2.102; synonymous with "The Joshua Light Show" (under "J") and "Joshua Lightshow"; also see "Joshua White" (under "W"))
- The Joshua Light Show (based in the USA; at The Fillmore East; AOR 2.92, AOR 2.97, AOR 2.98, & AOR 2.99; listed in "Pooters Lighthshow Index" - under "T" instead of "J"; synonymous with "Joshua Light Show" and "Joshua Lightshow"; also see "Joshua White" (under "W"))
- "Joshua Light Show" or "Joshua Lightshow" (AOR 2.102; synonymous with "Joshua Light Show" and "The Joshua Light Show" (under "J"); also see "Joshua White" (under "W"))
- Keeper Of The Night (location unknown; AOR 4.110; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Keith Alburn And Partners (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- King Clarentz (based in Springfield, Missouri, USA; synonymous with "Clarence Brewer"; also see "Clarence Brewer: under "B")
- Krishna Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- L.S.D. Visuals (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; maybe also see "LSD"; possibly also see "Liquid Sircus Delights", "Lucifers Sun Dream", &/or "Lux Sit and Dance")
- ["Laslett, Mike" : see "The Mike Laslett Production" under "M"]
- Lazy Eye (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Leather Bee Light (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Leo Productions (based in Springfield, Missouri, USA; production of, and lighting for, raves)
- Mike Leonard (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "M" instead of "L")
- The Light & Sound Dimension (spells "L.S.D."; AOR 2.203; synonymous with "Light-Sound-Dimension"; probably also see "LSD" & possibly also see "L.S.D. Visuals")
- Light Brigade (location unknown; AOR 3.10; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Light Environment (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "Light Environment by Scott Bartlett & Paul Hawkin" (under "L"))
- Light Environment by Scott Bartlett & Paul Hawkin (AOR 2.213; possibly also see "Light Environment")
- Light Fantastic (as in "Trip the Light Fantastic"; based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Light House (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "L")
- Light Lives Co (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably synonymous with "The Light Lives Co. S.F." (under "L"))
- The Light Lives Co. S.F. (possibly just "The Light Lives Co.": AOR 2.207; probably synonymous with "Light Lives Co")
- "The Light Sights" or "The Light Sights by Tony Martin" (FD 4)
- Light-Sound-Dimension (spells "L.S.D."; AOR 2.82 ("Light-Sound-Dimension Easter Voyage" by Bill Ham, Bob Fine, Richard Fletcher, & Jerry Granelli) & AOR 2.361 ("IMPRO-VISION BY BILL HAM AST. BY BOB FINE, RICHARD FLETCHER"); synonymous with "The Light & Sound Dimension")
- Lighter Than Air Corps (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- [Lighting Technologies (lasers - possibly regarding raves)]
- Lights By Floyd (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Lights by Lenny (based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Lenny Perry, proprietor)
- "lightshow.cc" (synonymous with "The Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow" (under "R"))
- Like A Dream (based in Israel; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Like A Dream Lightshow (location unknown - probably Israel; has a website; also see "Tali Elohev" under "E")
- Liquid Karma Lightshow (based in the USA; has a website; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Liquid Len & The Lensmen (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Liquid Light Productions (based in San Francisco, California; has a website)
- Liquid Sircus Delights (spells "L.S.D."; based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "L.S.D. Visuals" &/or "LSD")
- Liquid Sound Designs (based in Springfield, Missouri, USA)
- Liquid Sunshine Lightshow (based in the USA; AOR 3.51; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Liquidity Productions
- "Little Joe" (re. both Pink Floyd's liquid lighting and the "Diogenes Lantern Works")
- Little Princess (BG 233; probably synonymous with "Little Princess 109" and "Little Princess #109")
- Little Princess 109 (at many Bill Graham concerts, including BG 161, BG 255, BG 256, BG 271, & AOR 2.78 ("LITTLE PRINCESS 109"); synonymous with "Little Princess #109"; probably synonymous with "Little Princess")
- Little Princess #109 (much less common than "Little Princess 109"; based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Little Princess 109"; probably synonymous with "Little Princess")
- The Living Eye Club (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "L")
- professor Seymour Locks (psychedelic-lighting pioneer)
- Look See (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "Reed's Look See Lightshow")
- Lord Maudsley's Circus (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Lost Dogs (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Love Street Light Circus (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Lovelights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- LSD (based in the USA; AOR 2.174; listed in "Pooters Lighthsow Index"; possibly also see "L.S.D. Visuals", "Light-Sound-Dimension"/"The Light & Sound Dimension", "Liquid Sircus Delights", "Lucifers Sun Dream", &/or "Lux Sit & Dance")
- Lucifers Sun Dream (based in Germany; spells "L.S.D."; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "L.S.D. Visuals" &/or "LSD")
- Luigi Fedele Light Show (based in Italy; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Lumina Lightshow (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Lunar Sea Lites (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Lux Sit and Dance (based in the USA; spells "L.S.D."; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "L.S.D. Visuals" &/or "LSD")
- Lysergic Light Co. (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "The Lysergic Power & Light Company")
- The Lysergic Power & Light Company (based in the USA; AOR 2.155; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "L"; probably also see "Lysergic Light Co.")
- Lysertai Light Show (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Cathy Mac Donald (mentioned on http://www.lightshow.cc/explorer/Video/Group_Art/group_art.html)
- Magic Lantern Travelling Light Show (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Magic Light (laser shows at raves)
- Magic Theatre (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "The Magic Theatre")
- The Magic Theatre (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "M"; probably also see "Magic Theatre")
- The Magic Veil (based in the USA; AOR 3.134; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "M")
- Mandala (based in France; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- [Mandra Gora Lightshow Society (PROBABLY based in Germany; may well be a BAND instead of a lightshow; might or MIGHT NOT be psychedelic)]
- Marianne (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Mark Boyle's Sensory Lab (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Marsh Mallow Cannon (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Tony Martin (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; also see "Tony Martin, Ben Van Meter, & Dan Bruhns" (under "M"); probably also see "Tony Martin's Light Show" - under "T" instead of "M")
- Tony Martin, Ben Van Meter, & Dan Bruhns (AOR 2.68 (8/07/66))
- Mass Spectrometer (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Mass Spectrometer Light Show" and "Mass Spectrometer Lightshow")
- Mass Spectrometer Light Show (from http://www.pooterland.com/index2/lightshow_menu/lightshows/mass_spectrometer/mass_spectrometer.html; synonymous with "Mass Spectrometer" and "Mass Sepctrometer Lightshow")
- Mass Spectrometer Lightshow (from http://www.pooterland.com/index2/lightshow_menu/lightshows/mass_spectrometer/mass_spectrometer.html; synonymous with "Mass Spectrometer" and "Mass Spectrometer Light Show")
- Max Magic Lights (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Maxterveen Liteshow (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Maynard Associates (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Mc Kay's Headlights (BG 114; synonymous with "Glenn McKay's HEAD LIGHTS" (under "G"), "Glenn McKay's Headlights" (under "G"), "McKay's Head Lights" and "McKays Head Lights"; possibly also see the various "Headlights" entries under "H")
- McKay's Head Lights (BG 105 & AOR 2.51; synonymous with "Glenn McKay's HEAD LIGHTS" (under "G"), "Glenn McKay's Headlights" (under "G"), "Mc Kay's Headlights" and "McKays Head Lights"; possibly also see the various "Headlights" entries under "H")
- McKays Head Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Glenn McKay's HEAD LIGHTS" (under "G"), "Glenn McKay's Headlights" (under "G"), "Mc Kay's Headlights" and "McKay's Head Lights"; possibly also see the various "Headlights" entries under "H")
- Medicine Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Megamind Illuminations (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Mental Projections (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Colleen Meyers ("lightlady" with the "Diogenes Lantern Works")
- Midnite Sun (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Mike Laslett Production (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "M" or "L")
- Roger Millyard (at The Avalon Ballroom)
- Mind Machine (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Mirkwood (AOR 3.101 (at the Hippodrome); probably synonymous with "Mirkwood Light Co.")
- Mirkwood Light Co. (based in the United States; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably synonymous with "Mirkwood")
- Missionary Lights (location unknown; BG 212, BG 263, & BG 264; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Barbara Mitchell (not a lightshow and probably not a lightshow artist; created kaleidoscope art for the movie Spectrasphere)
- Chip Monk (has done lightshows for everything from Woodstock to the Pope)
- The Morning Glory (AOR 2.312)
- Mos Krow (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Mu Empire Of The Sun (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Hal "Phoenix" Muskat (the proprietor of Rainbow Puddle; also mentioned on http://www.lightshow.cc/explorer/Video/Group_Art/group_art.html; also see "Rainbow Puddle Liquid Light Psychedelic Projections"; synonymous with "Phoenix")
- Napoleon Fish (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Nektar (probably synonymous with "Nektar's" and with "Nektar's Liquid Light and Sound Theatre")
- Nektar's (probably synonymous with "Nektar" and with "Nektar's Liquid Light and Sound Theatre")
- Nektar's Liquid Light and Sound Theatre (based in the United Kingdom and (possibly or) Germany; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably synonymous with "Nektar" and woth "Nektar's")
- Neon Moth (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- New Looney Toones Light Circus (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Nirvana (AOR 3.55)
- North American Ibex Alchemical Company (mentioned both on http://www.borderlinebooks.com/us6070s/introduc.html & on p.11 of The Psychedelic Years by Gigi Marinoni)
- The North American Ibis Alchemical Co. (FD 56, FD 58, FD 62, FD 65 ("LIGHTS: THE NORTH AMERICAN IBIS ALCHEMICAL CO. ... PLUS THE CONGRESS OF WONDERS"), FD 85, & FD 103; synonymous with "The North American Ibis Alchemical Company")
- The North American Ibis Alchemical Company (based in the USA; FD 52, FD 69, & FD 88; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "N"; synonymous with "The North American Ibis Alchemical Co."; probably also see "Ibis", "The Ibis" (under "I"), "North American Alchemical Ibex Company", & "North American Ibex Alchemical Company")
- Northern Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Northlight (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Nova Express (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- NuclearVue (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Omega Eye (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably synonymous with "Omega's Eye")
- Omega's Eye (event at Kaleidoscope on 3/22-23/68; probably synonymous with "Omega Eye")
- Ono Yasumaro's Illumination Factory (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Open Light (based in France; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Optic Illusion (BG 151; probably also see "Optics Illusion")
- Optic Nerve (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Optical Delusion (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Optical Delusion Inc.")
- Optical Delusion Inc. (since 1990; has a website; synonymous with "Optical Delusion")
- Optics Illusion (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "Optic Illusion")
- Optikinetics (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Orb (BG 261 & BG 279; probably also see "Orb Lights")
- Orb Lights (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "Orb")
- Organic Lightshow (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Outer Limits (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Overhead (based in Japan; mentioned on http://www.lightshow.cc/explorer/Images/Visiting_Artists/Taniyan/taniyan.html)
- Overheads Light Show (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Pablo's Lightshow (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Pale Green Limousine Lightshow (listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Pandemonium Shadowshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Panic Light Circus (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- paradise2012 (has a website; synonymous with "PARADISE2012")
- PARADISE2012 (has a website; synonymous with "paradise2012")
- Paradiso (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Adam Peiperl (not a lightshow and probably not a lightshow artist; created kaleidoscope art for the movie Spectrasphere)
- Peter Wynne Wilson WWG Ltd (mentioned both on http://www.alia.com.au/productions/productionsuntil060602.htm and on a Roger Waters website at http://pinkfloydhyperbase.dk/tours/rw_2002.htm as having performed liquid lightshow(s) for Roger Waters)
- Phoenix (mentioned regarding Deadstein on http://www.securityofficefurn.com/dstein/ds032701.htm; synonymous with Hal "Phoenix" Muskat (under "M"))
- Pig Light Show (AOR 2.93 (with "Joe's Lights") and/or BG/FE 11-1 [probably see The Art of The Fillmore]; probably synonymous with "Pig Lights")
- Pig Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably synonymous with "Pig Light Show")
- Pisces Eyes (based in the USA; AOR 3.144 ("LIGHTS-PISCES EYES"); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Planet Om (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Plastic Inevitable Show (AOR 3.56 ("light shows & curious movies"); also see "Andy Warhol, Up-Tight" (under "A"), "Andy Warhol and his Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), "Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "A"), and "the Exploding Plastic Inevitable" (under "E"))
- Prismatic Revenge (based in the United States; BG 269 & BG 280; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Prosperity Blackstone Light Show (based in the United States; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Prosperity Blackstone Lightshow")
- Prosperity Blackstone Lightshow (re. Lowell Fowler; re. High End Systems; inventor of Cyberlight; synonymous with "Prosperity Blackstone Light Show")
- Provadya (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Provost (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- PSYBRiD (based in Darlington, Durham, north England, United Kingdom; has a website; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Psychedelic FoxFire ("digital light effects" as "FoxFire Lighting" at the Dawg Daze River Jamboree & Campout; "My name is Carla, aka EarthMother, and my soulmate/bandmate Tim and I are also Psychedelic FoxFire... Visual Music for the Mind. We have sort
of DISCOVERED the DigiTipi and for about three years I performed on stage with The Schwag."; formerly known as "FoxFire Lighting" and/or "FoxFire Lights"; also see "FoxFire Lighting" and "FoxFire Lights")
- The Psychedelic Pizza Machine (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "P")
- Psycho Lights (based in France; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Puppy Farm (based in the USA; AOR 2.218; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "P")
- Pure (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Purple Penquin (spelled with a "Q" instead of a "G"; one of the artists from "The Ancient Order of the Sacred Penquins"; see "The Ancient Order of the Sacred Penquins" under "A")
- Quasar Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Rainbow Atomic Prism Lightshow (a misspelling, on Wick Lightshow's "links page" of "Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow"; see "Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow")
- Rainbow Jam (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Rainbow Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow (has a website on the internet; a member of "The Lightshow Ring"; synonymous with "lightshow.cc" and with "Rainbow Atomic Prism Lightshow" and with "The Rainbow Prism Atomic Lighthshow")
- The Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow (it's mentioned with the "The" at least once on their website; synonymous "lightshow.cc" and with "Rainbow Atomic Prism Lightshow" and with "Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow")
- Rainbow Puddle (a synonym of "Rainbow Puddle Liquid Light Psychedelic Projections")
- Rainbow Puddle Liquid Light (a synonym of "Rainbow Puddle Liquid Light Psychedelic Projections")
- Rainbow Puddle Liquid Light Psychedelic Projections (based in the USA; has a website; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Rainbow Puddle" and with "Rainbow Puddle Liquid Light")
- Raster Masters (has done lighting for The Grateful Dead; related to "Tristram Visual" - possibly an older incarnation; also see "Tristram Visual")
- Reed's Look See Lightshow (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "Look See")
- Reginald (based in the USA; performed many gigs at The Straight Theater, including AOR 2.15 & AOR 2.16; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; see "Reginal 'Reg' E. Williams" under "W")
- Retina Circus (with no "L"; based in the USA; AOR p.249: upper right & AOR 3.180 (circa 1967; poster text says "Retina Circus: A Journey In Light", but the AOR title is "Retinal Circus Light Show"); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Retinal Circus" and "Retinal Circus Light Show")
- Retinal Circus (with an "L"; AOR 2.198 (3/31/67), [AOR 2.196 is for the same gig as 2.198, but doesn't mention Retinal Circus], & AOR 3.180 (circa 1967; poster text says "Retina Circus: A Journey In Light", but the AOR title is "Retinal Circus Light Show"); synonymous with "Retina Circus" and "Retinal Circus Light Show")
- Retinal Circus Light Show (AOR 3.180 (circa 1967; poster text says "Retina Circus: A Journey In Light", but the AOR title is "Retinal Circus Light Show"); synonymous with "Retina Circus" and "Retinal Circus")
- RhythmicLight.com (has a website)
- Rings-O-Saturn [Lightshow?] (lightshow name made up by Clarence Brewer and listed on a prototype flier for a gig he and I were supposed to do liquid lighting for, but which never took place; also see "Clarence Brewer" (under "B"), "King Clarentz" (under "K"), and "Liquid Sound Designs")
- Travis Rivers (founder of "the Jomo Light Disaster")
- ["Roger Thomas": see "Thomas, Roger" under "T"]
- Elias Romero (based in the USA; AOR 2.211 ("projections"); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Rosco (re. "Tribe of Frog"; mentioned on both http://forum.isratrance.com/viewtopic.php/topic/21750/forum/42 & http://www.hadra.net/parties/print.php?print=667)
- Roy's Audioptics (based in the USA; AOR 2.4 (a 1965 Acid Test), AOR 2.4/2.5/2.6/2.7 (an Acid Test circa 1966), & the Trips Festival; mentioned on p.55 of the book Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jim DeRoagtis; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The Saffron Rainbow Light Show (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "S")
- Sahara Farm Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- The San Francisco Light Show (based in the USA; BG 250; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - under "T" instead of "S"; possibly also see "The San Francisco Light Works" (under "S"), "San Francisco Lightworks", and "The San Francisco Lightworks" (under "S"))
- The San Francisco Light Works (BG 245 & BG 274; synonymous with "San Francisco Lightworks" and "The San Francisco Lightworks" (under "S"); possibly also see "The San Francisco Light Show" (under "S"))
- San Francisco Lightworks (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "The San Francisco Light Works" (under "S") and "The San Francisco Lightworks" (under "S"); possibly also see "The San Francisco Light Show" (under "S"))
- The San Francisco Lightworks (BG 287; synonymous with "The San Francisco Light Works" (under "S") and "San Francisco Lightworks"; possibly also see "The San Francisco Light Show" (under "S"))
- Saturn Lighthouse (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Scene & Heard [UK version] (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Scene & Heard [USA version] (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Schmooze/Darntootin' (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Sensorium 9 (at the Trips Festival)
- Sensory Daze (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Seventh Ray (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Shiva Photonics (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Silent Disco (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Simultaneous Avalanche (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Single Wing Turquoise Bird (based in the USA; AOR p.255 (re. Pinnacle); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; synonymous with "Single Wing Turquoise Bird Lights")
- Single Wing Turquoise Bird Lights (AOR p.254 (re. Pinnacle); synonymous with "Single Wing Turquoise Bird")
- Solar Fire Lightshow (synonymous with "The Solar Fire Lightshow")
- The Solar Fire Lightshow (based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; has a webpage; "I don't really do the liquid lighting thing... Most of my stuff is b&w or color geometric designs printed from my computer, 35 slides, strobes, effect projectors (like Hawkwind & Ozric Tentacles use), etc."; synonymous with "Solar Fire Lightshow")
- Solar Prism Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- John A. Sonderegger (not a lightshow, but rather the proprietor of The Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow; also see "The Rainbow Prism Atomic Lightshow" (under "R"))
- Bill Spencer & Romero (AOR 2.75 ("SOUND & LIGHTS BY BILL SPENCER & ROMERO"); probably also see "Elias Romero" under "R")
- Spontinaity (BG 257; possibly also see "Spontinuity")
- Spontinuity [sic] (probably just a misspelling of "Spontinaity"; based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "Spontinaity")
- Squiffy Vision (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Mike Stanton-Hendry (a pseudonym of Mick Brockett circa 1968-1969; see Mick Brockett under "B")
- Sylvan Starbough (computer-generated digital psychedelic lightshow artwork; mentioned on http://www.lightshow.cc/explorer/Video/Group_Art/group_art.html)
- State Prison Lightshow (based in the USA; has a website on the internet; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Stockville Light Express (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- STP (based in the USA; probably named after the hallucinogen STP, also known as DOM; AOR 3.32; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Straight Lightining (AOR 2.220; probably also see "Straight Lighting" and "Straight Lightning")
- Straight Lighting (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; probably also see "Straight Lightining" and "Straight Lightning")
- Straight Lightning (at the Straight Theater; this is probably the CORRECT spelling; probably also see "Straight Lightining" and "Straight Lighting")
- Sunburst (location unknown; BG 259, BG 272, & BG 284; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Supernova Lotus (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Suzy Creamcheese Lights (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Stan Sweatt ("founder, owner, director, mechanical engineer and keeper of the flame" of Wick Lightshow)
- Techno Light & Sound (has a website on the internet)
- ["Ted Ball": see "Ball, Ted" under "B"]
- TELEC ([Kansas City?]; [late 1970s?])
- Temporary Optics (based in the USA; BG 273; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- That Blinkin' Light Co (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Theatre Of Light (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Roger Thomas (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; listed by Pooters under "R" instead of "T")
- Thomas Edison Castle Lighting (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; "Castle Lightning/Thomas Edison was the Los Angeles-area based performing lightshow extension of Castle Lighting Co. which sold strobes and other manufactured lightshow equipment from a storefront in LA. There's more to that story")
- Tony Martin's Light Show (also see "Martin, Tony" under "M")
- Total Environment (location unknown; AOR 3.64: "Light Show Total Environment"; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Trans Euphoric Express (location unknown; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Trans Love (based in the USA; AOR 3.136 (either "LIGHTS BY TRANS-LOVE" or "...TRANS LOVE"; unsure whether or not it's hyphenated on this poster, the AOR "thumbnail" is too small for me to tell; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Trans-Love (AOR 3.136 (either "LIGHTS BY TRANS-LOVE" or "...TRANS LOVE"; unsure whether or not it's hyphenated on this poster, the AOR "thumbnail" is too small for me to tell), AOR 3.141 ("LIGHTS BY TRANS-LOVE"), & Grande Ballroom (March 1-2 [year?]))
- Transcendental Aurora Lightshow (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Travelling Kaleidoscopic Candle Bonanza (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Tristram Visual (has a website on the internet; related to "Raster Masters" - possibly the new incarnation; also see "Raster Masters")
- UBU (based in Australia; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- ULF (a synonym of Universoulightforms; see "Universoulightforms")
- Ultradelic Alchemists (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Ultrascope (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Uma (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Union Light Company (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Universoulightforms (has a website; also known as "ULF")
- US Co (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Uther Pendragon (based in the USA; AOR 3.155: "LIGHTS BY UTHER PENDRAGON"; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" [under "U", not "P"])
- "v jones" or "vjones" ("live video mixing" at one or more raves)
- Ben van Meter (The Art of the Fillmore p.9; a variant spelling of "Ben Van Meter"; also see "Ben Van Meter", and probably also see "Ben Van Neter" under "V")
- Ben Van Meter (a variant spelling of "Ben van Meter"; also made the movies Up-Tight, L.A. Is Burning and Colourfilm (both 1966), Acid Mantra, or Rebirth of a Nation (1968), Poon Tang Triology, and probably others; also see "Tony Martin, Ben Van Meter, & Dan Bruhns" (under "M") & "Ben van Meter" (under "V"); probably also see "Ben Van Neter" under "V")
- Ben Van Meter & Roger Hillyard (FD 30, FD 31, FD 39, FD 53 ("Van Meter & Hillyard"), & AOR 2.18 ("BEN VAN METER AND ROGER HILLYARD"); also see "Ben Van Meter, Roger Hillyard, and the..." (under "B"), "Roger Hillyard" (under "H"), and "Ben Van Meter" (under "V"))
- "Ben Van Meter, Roger Hillyard, and the..." (FD 43 ("LIGHTS BY BEN VAN METER[,] ROGER HILLYARD AND THE [at least one illegible word here]"; also listed under "B"))
- Ben Van Neter (at The Avalon Ballroom; almost certainly a misspelling of "Ben Van Meter"; probably also see "Ben van Meter" and "Ben Van Meter" under "V")
- Van Nutt's Psychedelic Lightshow (based in Switzerland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Vegetable Vision (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- vjones: see "v jones" under "V"
- Vulcan (location unknown; FD 140; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - seperately from "Vulcan Gas Company Light Show"; possibly also see "The Vulcan Light Co.")
- Vulcan Gas Company Light Show (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index" - seperately from "Vulcan"; possibly also see "The Vulcan Light Co.")
- The Vulcan Light Co. (I Want To Take You Higher p.140; possibly also see "Vulcan" and/or "Vulcan Gas Company Light Show")
- ["Warhol, Andy...": see all of the "Andy Warhol..." entries under "A"]
- WECO (based in Canada; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- [Joshua White ([founder?/proprietor?/manager?] of the Joshua Light Show)]
- White Lightening[sic] (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Wick Lightshow (has a website; a member of the Lightshow Ring)
- Reginald "Reg" E. Williams (AOR 2.16 & @ several Straight Theater concerts; synonymous with "Reginald" - see "Reginald" under "R")
- ["Wilson, Peter": see "Peter Wynne Wilson WWG Ltd" under "P"]
- Windows and Clouds (based in California, USA (originally the LA area); listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Wizz (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Wizzard Light Show (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; a new addition to Pooters - thus may be a new lighting co.)
- Wonderland (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- "The World's Greatest Light Show" (AOR 2.195)
- Belmer Wright (AOR 4.164)
- Wumberlog (based in the USA; BG 266; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Yo'Mama's Party Music (based in Maui, Hawaii; has a website on the internet)
- ZAP (AOR 2.314; possibly also see "Zeeman Zap Lightshow")
- Zeeman Zap Lightshow (based in the United Kingdom; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index"; possibly also see "ZAP")
- Zeta Lightshow (based in Holland; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
- Zippo Lights (based in the USA; listed in "Pooters Lightshow Index")
MAJOR Psychedelic Lightshows:
- [this is an arbitrary abridgement whose conciseness is intended only to facilitate researchers; I apologize to anyone who was left out]
- Jerry Abrams & co.
- Anathema
- Brotherhood of Light
- Crimson Madness
- Deadly Nightshade
- The Diogenes Lantern Works
- Bill Ham & co.
- Head Lights
- Heavy Water
- Roger Hillyard
- Holy See
- Joe's Lights
- The Joshua Light Show
- The Light & Sound Dimension
- Little Princess 109
- professor Seymour Locks
- Tony Martin
- Glenn McKay & co.
- Missionary Lights
- Chip Monk
- The North American Ibis Alchemical Company
- Reginald
- Retina Circus
- Elias Romero
- Roy's Audioptics
- The San Francisco Light Works
- Single Wing Turquoise Bird
- Sunburst
- Trans-Love
- Ben van Meter
- other important terms:
- The Acid Tests
- The Avalon Ballroom (important venue in San Francisco)
- Bill Graham Presents (performace prodcer)
- blacklights
- The Family Dog (performance producer)
- The Fillmore(s) (3 major venues in San Francisco & New York)
- fluoro (blacklight-responsive artwork)
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly (front album cover)
- lumia
- Pink Floyd's lightshows
- the Plastic Inevitable (Andy Warhol multimedia stage performance)
- the Red Dog Saloon (Virginia City, Nevada)
- stroboscopes (strobe lights)
- Santana 3/untitled by Santana (front & back album covers)
- Sunfighter by Paul Kantner & Grace Slick(inner gate-fold sleeve of album)
- The Trips Festival
- VJ ("video jockey")
- the World (a venue in Garden City, Long Island)
POSSIBLY Psychedelic Lightshows:
- ["Animal Huxley" (AOR 3.51: "GIANT LIGHT BOXES... LIQUID SUNSHINE... STROBES ANIMAL HUXLEY OF CHEETAH FAME... black light cave"; also see "Cheetah"]
- ["Big Congress" (I don't know whether this is a liquid lightshow or something else; AOR p.248: lower left)]
- ["Black Arts West" (I don't know whether this is a liquid lightshow or something else; AOR 2.16: listed next to Reginald (who is a liquid-lighting artist))]
- [Joan Chase (one of the two photographers, along with Mary Ann Mayer, of the Sunfighter inner "gate-fold sleeve" photo)]
- ["Cheetah" (AOR 3.51: "GIANT LIGHT BOXES... LIQUID SUNSHINE... STROBES ANIMAL HUXLEY OF CHEETAH FAME... black light cave"; also see "Animal Huxley" under "A")]
- ["The Cosmic Light Beams" (I don't know whether this is a liquid lightshow or something else; AOR 3.135: "SEE THE COSMIC LIGHT BEAMS")]
- ["ELECTRO" (FD 116)]
- [Emerald Light & Sound (based in California, USA; NON-psychedelic 60's "very advanced lounge lighting"; Put Furlong, proprietor)]
- ["Huxley, Animal": see "Animal Huxley" under "A"]
- [Mary Ann Mayer (one of the two photographers, along with Joan Chase, of the Sunfighter inner "gate-fold sleeve" photo)]
- [Mary Anne Mayer (a variant spelling of "Mary Ann Mayer"; I'm not sure which one is the correct spelling)]
- ["Revelations!" ("nude projections" [?] @ the Trips Festival)]
- [the Society for the Performance of Gigantic Art (SPAG)]
- [Randy Tuten (designed the logo for The Diogenes Lantern Works)]
- [The Yage Firebird and Willy the Wizard (AOR 3.13: "ETHEREAL TRIPS BY THE YAGE FIREBIRD, AND WILLY THE WIZARD"; Yage Firebird did the artwork for this AOR 3.13 poster, so [he?] is either a lightshow magician & artist or just an artist (drawing)]
Mentions of UNNAMED Lightshows:
- AOR 2.72: "LIGHT SHOW" 1/07/68
- 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 2.219: "LIGHTS" re. The End Of The War
- AOR 3.64: either "LIGHT SHOW" or "LIGHT SHOW TOTAL ENVIRONMENT"
- AOR 3.124: "LIGHT SHOW" at Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, Texas; 12/8-10/67 [probably by "Jomo Light Disaster"]
- AOR 3.126: "light show" re. The Velvet Underground
- AOR 2.258 ("KSAN Radio Family Freakout"): "LIGHT SHOW"
- The History of Rock and Roll by Kallen p.63: "...protoplasmic light shows"
- and many, many others
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