My older brother had a Light Show called "Spectral Euphoria" based out of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60's and 70's. I got to help a couple of times. It was truly amazing!

What an awesome explanation of light show history! I’m going backwards right now…Picked up a vintage aluminum portable light show device 8’ open with a control box, 16 pin connecter cable, who ever made this was way out, as they have colored pan lights w rope controller, 2 motors with 5 panel mirrors that revolve horizontally, disco ball with built in motor reverse, Super strobe, 13 flash colored single shot strobe bulbs. Very old school. Not as cool as this.. but a great vintage unit that’s portable.

This is a priceless presentation of an often hidden history, one that is so integral to the progression of the live music experience. Thank you so, so very much!

Thank you for making this history. I grew up in the 60s and 70s and this is very much the background of my childhood.

Just stumbled across your channel researching these techniques to do as a hobby in my spare time. Thank you for helping keep this awesome art form alive! Looks like it's time to start finding some toys to play with.

Thank you for mentioning the Pablo light show, I worked with Patrick Firpo around 1976 1977, he had a space on broom St. In Soho New York City when I knew him, he was trying to bring back the psychedelic style light show at a time when punk rock people were turning their backs on psychedelia, had he waited until the mid 80s when MTV was playing the old monkeys TV show and other psychedelic bands were being played on MTV, obviously I don't have to say it psychedelia became popular again. His partner during this Was Rudy' stern who also had a neon light gallery named "let there be neon" on West Broadway in Soho, Rudy' stern is actually one of the earliest innovators in the field , he started doing light shows without live bands just in rented spaces in the middle village around 1964 , a lot of people don't know that about him . Ultimately, he did do some live concerts with bands like the doors and The Who . the two of them teamed up, but Rudy stern soon lost interest and concentrated on his neon business. Patrick Firpo the originator of the Pablo light show with his sister Jasmine Firpo and a fellow named Kenny Conklin? who fell over one day and knocked his head on something and died in the basement of the broom St. Regardless of the fact that psychedelia wasn't popular at the time they persevered and did show for the maharishi yoga gentleman., I was going to queensboro Community College getting my associates degree in electrical technology and I repaired their circuit boards the dimmers in particular for the slide projectors and I built new Lumia discs and cylinders out of cardboard tubes and mirror plastic sheets. I don't think that Patrick Firpo and his company ever really got the credit that they deserved I think that they were just as talented as Joshua light show. I don't know if Patrick Firpo would be alive today, i sought him out on facebook, he has a there, but I did not get friended by him, Rudy stern passed away around 2005 I believe, he was a heavy smoker, wherever you two guys are Rudy and Patrick, I hope you're happy and doing light shows wherever you are

Wellmade presentation! I really enjoyed it, so thank you.

Good amount of information, cool historical photos of shows and especially the rigs behind the shows. I saw a very interesting show at Ars Technica in Linz, Austria, circa 2007 that had operators shining a laser through soap bubbles which created really nice refracted and reflected shapes across the wall of the building, and I believe a video camera feed of that visual then somehow drove a generative (or responsive) audio system. They had to keep telling the audience to stop using camera flashes as it spoiled the lighting mood and also the sound!

I USED A OLD SCHOOL CLOCK GLASS FACE AND A SCHOOL PROJECTOR AND WATER, OILS , FOOD COLORING , INKS , ETC IN THE 1965 / PROJECTED ON OLD WHITE PROJECTOR SCREEN LOADS OF AND STILL HAVE EQUIPMENT TOO

6:15 "Here's Bill.. and here's Bill again with a joint in his mouth" LOL thanks a ton for the content - everything you've shared is super informative! Especially for someone like me who wasn't there for the early years and can't find good information on the history of the art. Keep the videos coming!

Flipping awesome!! Thanks so much for your work here & sharing this medium!! I can’t thank you enough ⚡️🎸⚡️

Wow, I must say this channel is AWESOME! Great information. This is so fascinating to me! Thank You!

All I knew before this was that scene in Tombstone with the mason jar; and I thought that was cool lol.

This is awesome Steve. Cool footage!

Great presentation! I learned a lot from this

watching this with voodoo chile on another tab, like they would in the 60's lol

Great work mate.

Great Video! How do you write the Japan artist you mentioned at the end?

Just one more comment I know that the Pablo light show did the light show for Jimi Hendrix tour supported by cat mother

Hey Can you share a link for the Japanese woman you mentioned around @20:44 ? I tried looking up "akiko yakanama light show", but couldn't find anything

What camera and lens should I look for if I would like to start sir? From budget - medium - ending on pros expansive? Can oyu please give a hand?

last year i saw DJ Kid Koala who worked with a "liquid light projectionist" and it was incredible! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nslhdNGZsJabkoU.html