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DARK STAR


This document consists of two parts.  The first catalogs all known Dark Star
performances and gives timings for all circulating tapes.  It is comprised
of 4 lists:

   Circulating Tapes Of Dark Star
   Dark Stars Still Missing From Circulation
   Dark Stars available only on AUD tape
   Fragmentary Dark Star Tapes In Circulation
   
The second part is a note on the evolution of Dark Star.


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CIRCULATING TAPES OF DARK STAR  [3/30/12]

The following is a list of the 227 live performances of Dark Star plus 4
studio versions for which tape currently circulates, including three tapes,
one from spring '68, one from May '68 and another from Fall '68, whose
venues and exact dates are unknown.  It gives the timing of each, an
indication of what is missing if the tape is fragmentary, and the best tape
source for each; the existence of AUD tapes is usually not indicated if SBD
circulates.


American Studios, LA 11/14/67:  2 studio versions  2:48 & 2:41 SBD
LA Studio, late 67:  2:38  SBD   Warner Bros Single 7186

Carousel Ballroom 1/17/68:  beginning clipped  #4:48 SBD
Eureka 1/20/68:  breaks off after 3:17  FM-SBD
Seattle 1/22/68:  5:49  SBD
Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe 1/24/68:  6:49  Dick's Picks 22
Portland 2/3/68:  5:26  SBD
Carousel Ballroom 2/14/68:  5:54  SBD
Carousel Ballroom 3/16/68:  7:20  SBD
Carousel Ballroom 3/26/68:  7:14  SBD
Carousel Ballroom 3/30/68:   8:45  SBD
Alembic Studios, SF early or mid 68:  studio rehearsal 11:49  SBD --
formerly dated 11/ or 12/68
UV spring '68:  #4:04 SBD  only the end of the jam with several minutes
missing before it
Unknown Venue 5/68:  16:06  SBD
Fillmore West 8/21/68:  beginning missing 14:14  SBD
Fillmore West 8/22/68:  11:19  SBD
Shrine, LA 8/23/68:  15:30  SBD
Shrine, LA 8/24/68:  11:21  SBD   Two From The Vault
Avalon 8/28/68:  10:40  SBD
Sky River Festival, Sultan, WA 9/2/68:  13:51   SBD
Unknown Venue Fall '68:  12:12.  Probably the Matrix, probably October.
Matrix 10/8/68:  11:40  SBD
Matrix 10/9/68:  13:05  SBD
Avalon 10/12/68:  15:30    SBD  Widely circulated mislabeled "10/13/68."
Avalon 10/13/68:  beginning missing  13:35  SBD.  The actual show for this
date.
Greek, Berkeley 10/20/68:  10:05    SBD
Matrix 10/30/68:  two Dark Stars on this date, the 2nd with Jack Casady
17:30 & 19:24  SBD
Chico 11/1/68:  11:30  SBD
Columbus 11/22/68  beginning missing 12:47  AUD
Bellarmine College, Louisville 12/7/68:  beginning missing  13:24  SBD
Gulfstream Raceway, Hallendale, FL 12/29/68:  10:26 SBD

Santa Barbara 1/17/69:  13:18 SBD
Avalon 1/24/69:  18:59 SBD
Avalon 1/25/69:  beginning missing #14:08  SBD
Avalon 1/26/69:  9:#45 with cut in middle  SBD
St. Paul 2/2/69:  15:33  SBD
Omaha 2/4/69:  13:15  SBD
Kansas City 2/5/69:  beginning missing  11:43  SBD
St. Louis 2/6/69:  13:54 cut in the middle  SBD
Pittsburgh 2/7/69:  14:09
Fillmore East 2/11/69:  12:29  SBD   Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Arista)
Fillmore East  2/12/69 Late Show   only the final 4:58  SBD
Philadelphia 2/14/69:  first bar clipped 19:23  SBD
Philadelphia 2/15/69:  22:42  SBD
Dream Bowl, Vallejo 2/21/69:  22:22.  SBD
Vallejo 2/22/69:  22:17  SBD
*Fillmore West 2/27/69:   23:05  SBD    Live Dead
Fillmore West 2/28/69:  19:50  SBD
Fillmore West 3/1/69:  22:48  SBD
Fillmore West 3/2/69:  20:37  SBD
SF Hilton 3/15/69:  19:07  SBD
Pasadena 3/22/69:  15:25  SBD
Modesto 3/28/69:  22:45  SBD.  Formerly mislabeled "Merced 3/27/69".
Las Vegas 3/29/69:  21:15  SBD
Avalon 4/4/69:  20:18  SBD
Avalon 4/5/69:  18:39  SBD
Tucson 4/11/69:  20:20  SBD
Salt Lake City 4/12/69:  #22:21  SBD
*Boulder 4/13/69:  24:01   SBD
Omaha 4/15/69  20:20  excellent AUD
St. Louis 4/17/69   21:36  SBD
Worcester 4/20/69:  21:12  SBD
The Ark, Boston 4/21/69:  22:51  SBD
*Boston 4/22/69:  30:42  SBD
Boston Ark 4/23/69:  21:02  SBD
Chicago 4/26/69:  1:25  SBD
*Minneapolis 4/27/69: 26:37  SBD  Dick's Picks
Polo Field, Golden Gate Park, SF 5/7/69:  22:19  SBD
Rose Palace, Pasadena 5/10/69:  20:59  SBD
Hollywood, FL 5/23/69:   18:47  SBD
Springer's Inn, Portland, OR 5/30/69:  17:02  SBD
McArthur Court, Eugene 5/31/69:  23:58  SBD
Fillmore West 6/5/69:  21:11  SBD
Fillmore West 6/7/69:  20:46   SBD
Monterey 6/14/69:  15:10  SBD
Fillmore East 6/21/69 Late Show:  nearly all of central jam missing  7:#43
SBD
Central Park, NYC 6/22/69:  beginning missing and with cut in middle  12:01
B+ AUD
Santa Rosa 6/27/69:  25:49    SBD
Electric Theater, Chicago 7/5/69:  18:11  SBD
*Piedmont Park, Atlanta 7/7/69:  26:58  SBD
Queens 7/12/69:  9:40   mildly degraded SBD
Family Dog At The Great Highway 8/3/69  23:07  SBD
Woodstock 8/16/69:  17:50  SBD
Seattle 8/20/69:  6:38  SBD
St. Helens, OR 8/23/69:  1st vocals missing  26:#44 SBD.
*Family Dog 8/28/69: 63:#51  SBD  (Dark Star 31:16 # 16:03 > Eleven jam 9:49
> Dark Star 6:43)  [*w/ Howard Wales & w/o Weir, McKernan, or Constanten]
*Family Dog 8/30/69:  28:56  SBD
New Orleans 9/1/69:  17:47  mildly degraded SBD
Fillmore East 9/26/69:  beginning missing 17:24  B AUD
Winterland 10/25/69:  21:42    SBD
*Family Dog 11/2/69:  30:06  SBD
Fillmore 11/7/69:  26:00 with a cut in the middle  SBD
*Fillmore 11/8/69:  DS 14:05 > Other 11:52 > DS 1:55 > UJB's jam 2:23 > DS
3:01   SBD    Dick's Picks
Fillmore West 12/4/69:  30:55  mildly degraded SBD
Thelma Theater 12/11/69:  19:53  SBD
Dallas 12/26/69:  26:00  SBD
Boston Tea Party 12/30/69:  19:06 with end missing  SBD

Fillmore East 1/2/70:  30:10 with the end missing  SBD
Corvalis 1/17/70:  20:51  SBD
Honolulu 1/23/70:  18:14  SBD
St. Louis 2/2/70:  21:54  SBD
*Fillmore West 2/8/70:  26:43  excellent AUD
Fillmore East 2/11/70:  17:02 > Spanish Jam 9:40  composite of excellent AUD
and SBD
*Fillmore East 2/13/70:  29:46  SBD   Dick's Picks
Fillmore East 2/14/70:  23:36  SBD
Pirate's World, Dania FL 3/24/70:  4:54 + 8:54  =  13:48  SBD with cut as
noted
*Denver 4/24/70:  24:39  good AUD
Delhi, NY 5/8/70  18:05 beginning 3-5 mins missing 1st voc 1:14,  poor AUD
Fillmore East 5/15/70:  19:24  SBD
Newcastle 5/24/70:  21:21  SBD
Port Chester 6/24/70:   10:20 ... 7:48 ... 3:01  near excellent AUD
*Fillmore East 9/17/70:  27:10  near excellent AUD
Fillmore East 9/19/70:   24:58  SBD
Cleveland Music Hall 10/17/70  19:17  good AUD
Paterson 10/11/70:  beginning missing 20:19  near excellent AUD
Port Chester 11/5/70:  21:00  near excellent AUD
Port Chester 11/8/70:  24:48  excellent AUD

Port Chester 2/18/71:  DS 7:11 > Wharf Rat 9:59 > 7:55  SBD
Boston 4/8/71:  14:25  SBD
Fillmore East 4/26/71:  13:45  SBD
Fillmore East 4/28/71:  14:26  SBD
Yale Bowl 7/31/71:  21:20  B+ AUD
Chicago 10/21/71:  DS 14:53 > Sittin 3:14 > DS 2:16  somewhat degraded FM
Detroit 10/24/71:  20:59  SBD
Columbus 10/31/71:  23:14  SBD.  Dicks Picks
Harding Theater, SF 11/7/71:  13:15  SBD
Austin 11/15/71:  DS 12:35 > El Paso 4:35 > DS 7:40  SBD
Felt Forum, NYC 12/5/71:  DS 8:30 > My Uncle 2:30 > DS 12:56  SBD
Ann Arbor 12/15/71:  20:30   SBD

Academy of Music 3/23/72:  22:43  SBD
*London 4/8/72:  31:30  SBD   Steppin' Out
*Copenhagen 4/14/72:  29:14  SBD, FM & AUD
Copenhagen 4/17/72  30:54  SBD
**Dusseldorf 4/24/72:  DS 25:15 > My Uncle 2:59 > 15:06  SBD
Hamburg 4/29/72:  29:26  SBD  also excellent AUD
Paris 5/4/72:  40:03  SBD
Manchester 5/7/72:  19:27  SBD
*Rotterdam 5/11/72:  47:20  SBD
Munich 5/18/72:  27:20  SBD
London 5/23/72: 31:16  SBD
*London 5/25/72:  35:08  SBD
*Jersey City 7/18/72:  28:57 SBD
Portland 7/26/72:  30:49  SBD
*BCT 8/21/72:  27:34  SBD
BCT 8/24/72  27:10  SBD
*Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72:  31:44  SBD
Hollywood 9/10/72:  34:59  SBD   w/ Crosby
Boston 9/16/72:  26:56  SBD with conclusion patched with excellent AUD
**Philadelphia 9/21/72:  37:22  SBD
*Waterbury 9/24/72:  34:13  SBD
Jersey City 9/27/72:  31:14  SBD   Dick's Picks
*St. Louis 10/18/72:  28:02  FM-AUD   Bear's AUD master, FM-broadcast; SBD
Milwaukee 10/23/72:  27:03  near excellent AUD
Cincinnati 10/26/72:  21:10  SBD
Cleveland 10/28/72:  27:43  Bear's AUD master
*Kansas City 11/13/72:  33:36  Bear's AUD master patched @ 11:17 w/ 1:35 of
2nd AUD master
*Houston 11/19/72:  31:22  SBD
San Antonio 11/26/72:  24:52  SBD
Winterland 12/11/72:  33:26  SBD
Long Beach 12/15/72:  23:03  SBD

Madison 2/15/73:  19:17  SBD
Champaign 2/22/73:  13:49  SBD
*Lincoln 2/26/73:  25:18  SBD
Nassau 3/16/73:  26:46  SBD
Utica 3/21/73:  21:41  SBD
Philadelphia 3/24/73:  25:36  SBD
*Springfield 3/28/73:  32:14   SBD (de-hummed), also excellent AUD
*Washington, D.C. 6/10/73:  26:08  SBD
*Portland 6/24/73:  26:35  SBD
Universal Amph. 6/30/73:  16:15  SBD
Jersey City 8/1/73:  24:52  SBD
William & Mary 9/11/73:  21:42  excellent AUD, also SBD
*Oklahoma City 10/19/73:  27:12  SBD   Dick's Picks
Madison 10/25/73:  23:14  SBD
St. Louis 10/30/73:  26:59  SBD
**Winterland 11/11/73:  36:08.  SBD
Denver 11/21/73:  3:25  SBD
Boston 11/30/73:  9:08  SBD    Dick's Picks 14.
**Cleveland 12/6/73:  43:28 SBD
Tampa 12/18/73:  20:56  SBD

*Winterland 2/24/74:  28:54  SBD
Missoula 5/14/74:  26:41  SBD
Miami 6/23/74:   21:52    great AUD, also SBD
Chicago 7/25/74:  23:59  SBD
*London 9/10/74:  31:03  SBD   Dick's Picks
Winterland 10/18/74:  31:34  SBD

Winterland 12/31/78:  12:30 & 1:11  SBD

Nassau 1/10/79:  18:28  mildly degraded SBD
Buffalo 1/20/79:  9:16  A minus AUD

Oakland Aud 12/31/81:  14:50  SBD

Greek Theater, Berkeley 7/13/84:  16:09  SBD

Hampton 10/9/89:  18:30  SBD
Brendan Byrne 10/16/89:  11:36. 5:23  SBD
**Miami 10/26/89:  29:06  SBD
Oakland 12/31/89:  14:48  SBD

Nassau 3/29/90:  18.18 & 2:51  SBD w/ Branford Marsalis.
*Washington, D.C. 7/12/90:  25:18  SBD with missing end patched with
excellent AUD
*NYC 9/20/90:  DS 12:01 > Playin 5:00 > DS 14:37  SBD
Berlin 10/20/90:  13:07, 4:07  SBD
London 11/1/90:  10:00 ... 10:48  SBD
Denver 12/12/90:  13:46  SBD
Denver 12/14/90:  7:10  SBD
*Oakland 12/31/90:  20:39  SBD  w/ Branford Marsalis.

Greensboro 4/1/91:  23:31 & 1:16  SBD
RFK, Washington, D.C. 6/14/91:  10:45  SBD
Giants 6/17/91:  1:28 ... 1:22 ... 1:00 ... 9:48 ... 0:34  SBD
Chicago 6/22/91:  7:03  SBD
Denver 6/28/91:  1:28  SBD
Shoreline 8/16/91:  10:17  SBD
Shoreline 8/17/91:  1:18   SBD
Richfield 9/6/91:  3:18    SBD
MSG, NYC 9/8/91:  10:30  SBD
MSG, NYC 9/10/91:  12:29 & 12:40  SBD  w/ Branford Marsalis
Boston Garden 9/24/91:   14:18  SBD
Boston Garden 9/26/91:  15:50 & 6:46  SBD
Oakland 10/31/91:  11:16 & 3:18  SBD  w/ Ken Kesey.

Landover 3/9/92:  11:30 near excellent AUD, also SBD
Hamilton, Ontario 3/20/92:  14:27 near excellent AUD, also SBD
Richfield 6/8/92:  8:52  near excellent AUD, also reportedly degraded SBD
Charlotte 6/18/92:  6:00  SBD
Pittsburgh 6/22/92: 4:05  SBD
Oakland 12/12/92:  12:14 & 5:44  SBD
Oakland 12/16/92:  7:09  SBD

Landover 3/17/93:  10:26  SBD
Deer Creek 6/23/93:  6:14  SBD
Philadelphia 9/13/93:  5:36 SBD
MSG, NYC 9/22/93:  7:31  SBD  w/ David Murray

Rosemont 3/16/94:  11:14.  B+ AUD, also FM-SBD
Atlanta 3/30/94:  10:21  SBD


*, **  =  remarkable Dark Stars: * & ** = Top 40.  ** = Top Five.


DARK STARS STILL MISSING FROM CIRCULATION

There are 14 dates on which reportedly Dark Star was played, but for which
no tape yet circulates; they are listed with the source of the claim noted.
The 3 items in square brackets are reports considered mistaken.


Shrine Aud, LA 12/13/67 -- DeadBase

King's Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe 2/22/68 -- David Lemieux (defective vault SBD)
Carousel Ballroom 3/17/68 -- DeadBase

[National Guard Armory, St. Louis MO 5/24/68 -- Latvala said this is
probably a mislabel of 2/6/69]

Carousel 6/7/68 -- DeadBase
Fillmore West 8/20/68 -- DeadBase
Hyde Park Teen Center, Cincinnati 11/24/68 -- DeadBase
Winterland 12/31/68 -- DeadBase

Fillmore West 2/19/69 -- DeadLists
Winterland, 5/3/69 -- DeadBase
Fillmore 12/20/69 -- DeadBase

Buffalo 3/17/70 w/ symphony orchestra -- DeadBase
Fillmore West 4/11/70 -- DeadBase

[Mammoth Gardens, Denver 4/25/70 -- DeadBase is probably mistaken about
there being two April '70 Denver Dark Stars.  It is not proven that there
was a second Denver show.  Some contend the circulating tape -- generally
labeled "4/24/70" -- is really the 25th.  This puzzle awaits solution.]

York Farm, Poynette, Wisconsin 4/26/70 -- audience member Ron Ramsey
46th St. Rock Palace, Brooklyn, NYC 11/13/70 -- audience member

[Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 4/14/71 -- DeadBase's list is probably
wrong]


*

Kokomo (Billy & Brent's band from the mid-80s) played Dark Star at least
twice:

Unknown Venue 8/19/84  12:35  AUD
Casino Club, Hampton Beach 85-86:  10:16#  AUD  breaks off before conclusion


Identification of the unknown venue & unknown date would be much appreciated



AUD DARK STARS

18 live Dark Stars circulate only or primarily on AUD tape:


Columbus 11/22/68:  beginning missing  12:47  B+ AUD

Omaha 4/15/69  20:20  excellent AUD
Central Park, NYC 6/22/69:  beginning missing & cut in middle  12:01   B AUD
Fillmore East 9/26/69:  beginning missing  17:24   B AUD

Fillmore West 2/8/70:  26:43  excellent AUD
Denver 4/24/70:  24:39  good AUD
Delhi, NY 5/8/70  18:05 beginning 3-5 mins missing 1st voc 1:14,  poor AUD
Port Chester 6/24/70:   10:20 ... 7:48 ... 3:01    A- AUD
Fillmore East 9/17/70:  27:10  near excellent AUD
Paterson 10/11/70:  beginning missing 20:19  B+  AUD
Cleveland Music Hall 10/17/70  19:17  good AUD
Port Chester 11/5/70:  21:00  A-  AUD
Port Chester 11/8/70:  24:48  A AUD

Yale Bowl 7/31/71:  21:39  B+  AUD

Milwaukee 10/23/72:  27:03  B+/A- AUD
Cleveland 10/28/72:  27:43  A  AUD   Bear's AUD master, FM-broadcast
Kansas City 11/13/72:  32:16  A AUD  Bear's AUD master, w/ 1:42 gap patched
w/ B+ AUD

Buffalo 1/20/79:  9:16  A- AUD

Richfield 6/8/92:  8:52  A- AUD



FRAGMENTARY DARK STARS

At least 25 circulating live Dark Stars tapes are fragmentary:


Carousel Ballroom 1/17/68: cuts in near the beginning  4:48.

Eureka 1/20/68:  cuts after 3:17 on the master SBD

Columbus 11/22/68:  beginning missing  12:47  AUD

UV spring '68:  #4:04 SBD  only the end of the jam with several minutes
missing before it

Fillmore West 8/21/68:  2-5 minutes are missing from the begining of this
14:14 fragment of SBD

Avalon 10/13/68:  This 13:35 fragment is missing its beginning (unlike the
Avalon 10/12/68, which circulated for years mislabeled "10/13/68" -- so if
you think you have a "complete" 10/13/68 Dark Star, what you have is in fact
the 12th)

Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY 12/7/68:  The first minute or two of this
13:24 SBD fragment is missing.

Avalon 1/25/69:  beginning missing #14:08  SBD

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco 1/26/69:  There is a piece missing in the
middle of this 9:45 fragment of SBD.

Soldiers & Sailors, Kansas City 2/5/69:  The opening of this 11:43 SBD
fragment is missing.

St. Louis 2/6/69:  There is something missing from the middle of this 13:54
SBD fragment.

Philadelphia 2/14/69:  first bar clipped 19:23  SBD

Salt Lake City 4/12/69:  something missing at the start  #22:21  SBD

Fillmore East 6/21/69 Late Show:  nearly all of central jam missing  7:#43
SBD

Central Park, NYC 6/22/69:  The first minute or so of this Dark Star is
missing on the AUD tape, which also has a cut around 10 minutes in before
breaking off after 12:01.

St. Helens, OR 8/23/69:  1st vocals missing  26:#44 SBD.

Family Dog 8/28/69:  47:#19 (31:16 + 16:03) > The Eleven jam 9:49 > Dark
Star 6:43  + 63:#51  SBD w/ Howard Wales

Fillmore East 9/26/69:  beginning missing 17:24  B AUD

Fillmore 11/7/69:  The circulating SBD has a cut at 20:12, 1:45 after the
beginning of the Uncle John's jam, followed by another almost 6 minutes to
make up this 26:00 fragment.

Boston Tea Party 12/30/69:  This Dark Star cuts off after 18:53 on the SBD.
Probably 2-3 minutes more are missing here on the master.

Fillmore East 1/2/70:  30:10 with the end missing  SBD

Pirate's World, Dania FL 3/24/70:  4:54 + 8:54  =  13:48  SBD with cut as
noted

Delhi, NY 5/8/70  18:05 with beginning missing,  B minus AUD

Paterson 10/11/70:  beginning missing 20:19  near excellent AUD

Waterbury 9/24/72  34:13  there is a cut at 0:53



Some of these Dark Stars may be intact on the masters --  possibilities
include 1/25/69, 1/26/69, 2/5/69, 2/6/69, 4/12/69, 9/24/72, and  especially:

6/21/69 Late Show:  Rob Eaton lists 101 minutes of cassette SBD for this
show, but only 91 circulates.  One would guess that at least 10 minutes are
missing from the circulating Dark Star.

The rest of these Dark Stars are almost certainly fragmentary on the masters
of the circulating tapes.


*****


DARK STAR:  THE EVOLUTION


Dark Star 'matured' -- and doubled in length -- during the October '68
Matrix shows.  The first full-grown ripe Dark Stars are the Live Dead Dark
Stars of the first half of '69.  There are more than 30 versions circulating
on tape.  The structure of this Dark Star (a "Live Dead", or "First Stage"
Dark Star) is as follows

DS theme & jam > 1st vocals > jam > DS theme jam & 2nd vocals > transition >
another tune (e.g. St. Stephen)


The Second Stage Dark Star evolved during the summer of '69 -- primarily by
the moderate expansion of the jamming before 1st vocals and the addition of
"space" after the 1st vocals.  Its structure is as follows

DS theme & jams > 1st vocals > space > additional jam > DS theme jam & 2nd
vocals (or Tiger) > transition >

Family Dog 8/30/69 28:56 and Winterland 10/25/69  22:05 are fine examples of
'69 Second Stage Dark Stars.

The Third Stage Dark Star does not emerge full-blown until '72 but several
performances in '69 and '70 anticipate it, notably; Family Dog 11/2/69
30:06, Fillmore West 2/8/70  26:43 AUD, Fillmore East 2/13/70 29:46, and
Fillmore East 9/17/70 27:10 AUD.

On 5/8/70 and 11/8/70 they dropped the second vocals and segued to Dancin
instead, and after 11/7/70 the 2nd vocals stayed dropped.  They revive them
at the Academy of Music 3/23/72 23:34 and once more at Portland 7/26/72
30:49, and then not again until the Dark Stars of '89 - '94.

The climactic Third Stage Dark Star only appears full-formed in Europe '72.
It's structure is

DS theme & jam > additional jams > return to DS theme jam & 1st vocals >
space > additional jams > Tiger > more jamming > transition >

After the appearance of the Second Stage Dark Star, nearly all Dark Stars
take this form, but after the appearance of the prototypical Third Stage
Dark Star there are still many Second Stage Dark Stars -- 'Second Stage'
because they lack the additional jams (plural) both before and after the 1st
vocals.  For instance, the Tiger appears in many Second Stage Dark Stars as
the climax of the post-space jamming.  What distinguishes Third Stage Tigers
is that The Tiger is just one episode in a series of jams following space --
sometimes it forms the climax & leads to transitional jamming into the next
song; other times further episodes of jamming follow it (Sputnik, Feelin
Groovy Jam, Mind Left Body Jam, ...)

Third Stage Dark Stars tend to be more than 30 minutes long.  Obvious
examples are

Wembley London 4/8/72 31:30
Dusseldorf 4/24/72 42:58 (including 3:10 of Me & My Uncle)
London 5/25/72  35:13
Hollywood Palladium 9/10/72  34:59
Philadelphia 9/21/72 37:22
Waterbury 9/24/72 34:13
Kansas City 11/13/72 32:16
Houston 11/19/72 31:22
Winterland 12/11/72 32:43
Springfield 3/28/73 32:14
Oklahoma City 10/19/73 28:49
Winterland 11/11/73 35:12
Cleveland 12/6/73 42:27


Rotterdam 5/11/72 48:38 is the longest Dark Star known besides Family Dog
8/28/69 63:#51

Winterland 10/18/74  31:34 represent the tune's dissolution into space.


Cleveland 12/6/73 42:27 is remarkable not only for its scale but for its
structure, which turns the customary Third Stage structure inside-out,
working in toward the Dark Star theme, rather than starting from it, and
moving out into space after the 1st vocals rather than back from it.

Besides the Dark Star Gigantea, or Third Stage Dark Star, another remarkable
species of Dark Star is the Dark Star Ferox.  These don't have quite the
30-minute plus dimensions of the Third Stage Dark Stars but they have a
characteristic fierceness of attack & intensity that makes them stand out.
Obvious examples are

Austin 11/15/71:  26:04 (including 4:46 of El Paso)
Hamburg 4/29/72 29:26
Madison 10/25/72 24:04



ice petal
flower
revolving


Shall we go
you and I
while we can?



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