CIRCULATING TAPES OF DARK STAR  [8/1/06]

The following is a list of the 225 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
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  A minus AUD
Delhi, NY 5/8/70  18:05 with beginning missing,  B minus 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
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 15 dates on which reportedly Dark Star was played, but for which
no tape yet circulates.  These dates, and the sources of the claims, are:


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, 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
Springer's Hall, Portland, OR 5/30/69 -- Latvala; audience member
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]

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

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