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Frank Zappa Concert Poster
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Poster advertising a concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, May 27, 1971. Features a negative image of a man, smoking a cigarette, with woman's legs coming out of his head, and duct tape over his eyes.
May 1971
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W014AO1
WHi 55372
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