In honor of the new presence on this list of noted Dark Star expert Uli Teute, I'm posting this list of the longest 50 known Dark Stars
Dark Star: The Big Seven Family Dog 8/28/69: 47:#19 > The Eleven jam 9:49 > Dark Star 6:43 w/ Howard Wales Rotterdam Civic Hall 5/11/72: 47:20 Public Hall, Cleveland 12/6/73: 43:28 Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf 4/24/72: 25:15 > My Uncle 2:99 > 15:06 degraded SBD + AUD Olympia Theatre, Paris 5/4/72: 40:03 Philadelphia Spectrum 9/21/72: 37:22 Winterland 11/11/73: 36:08 The Next Seven Strand Lyceum, London 5/25/72: 35:08 Hollywood Palladium 9/10/72: 34:59 w/ Crosby Palace Theatre, Waterbury 9/24/72: 34:13 Soldier's And Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City 11/13/72: 33:36 Bear's AUD patched Winterland 12/11/72: 33:26 Springfield Civic 3/28/73: 32:14 excellent AUD (SBD is defective) Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72: 31:44 The Third Seven Winterland 10/18/74: 31:34 Wembley Empire Pool 4/8/72: 31:30 Houston 11/19/72: 31:22 London 5/23/72: 31:16 Jersey City 9/27/72: 31:14 Dick's Picks Alexandra Palace, London 9/10/74: 31:03 Dick's Picks Fillmore West 12/4/69: 30:55 SBD The Fourth Seven Portland, Oregon 7/26/72: 30:49 Boston Ark 4/22/69: 30:42 Fillmore East 1/2/70: 30:10 with the end missing SBD Family Dog 11/2/69: 30:06 Fillmore East 2/13/70: 29:46 Dick's Picks Hamburg 4/29/72: 29:26 Copenhagen 4/14/72: 29:14 The Fifth Seven Miami 10/26/89: 29:06 Jersey City 7/18/72: 28:57 Family Dog 8/30/69: 28:56 Winterland 2/24/74: 28:54 St. Louis 10/18/72: 28:02 BCT 8/21/72: 27:34 Munich 5/18/72: 27:20 The Sixth Seven Fillmore East 9/17/70: 27:10 near excellent AUD BCT 8/24/72 27:10 SBD Oklahoma City 10/19/73: 27:12 SBD Dick's Pick Milwaukee 10/23/72: 27:03 near excellent AUD St. Louis 10/30/73: 26:59 SBD Piedmont Park, Atlanta 7/7/69: 26:58 SBD Boston 9/16/72: 26:56 SBD with conclusion patched with excellent AUD The Seventh Seven Nassau 3/16/73: 26:46 SBD St. Helens, OR 8/23/69: 1st vocals missing 26:#44 SBD. Fillmore West 2/8/70: 26:43 excellent AUD Missoula 5/14/74: 26:41 SBD Portland 6/24/73: 26:35 SBD Washington, D.C. 6/10/73: 26:08 SBD Dallas 12/26/69: 26:00 SBD And the 50th is Fillmore 11/7/69: 25:43 with a cut in the middle SBD