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SAN FRANCISCO · THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA · 1960s

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October 20
FD-88

FD-88 · Wes Wilson

Catalog Number
FD-88
Series
Family Dog
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
Date
October 20, 1967
Artists
Nickname
Ohm
Performers
Van Morrison
Daily Flash
Hair

Ohm

October 20, 1967 — "Ohm" — Van Morrison, the Daily Flash, and Hair opened a Friday-through-Sunday weekend at the Avalon Ballroom, the second of two consecutive Family Dog engagements Van Morrison played that October. The poster is FD-88, designed by Wes Wilson and nicknamed for the Sanskrit Aum hidden in its imagery; the light show was the North American Ibis Alchemical Company (per chickenonaunicycle and wolfgangs,…

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