Dark Star is a live album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 4, 1972, at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France. It contains only one song from that concert – a version of "Dark Star" that, including an embedded drum solo, is almost 40 minutes long. It was produced as a vinyl LP in a limited edition of 4,200 copies, and released on April 21, 2012, in conjunction with Record Store Day.[1][2][3][4][5]

Dark Star
A stone gargoyle with a headdress of roses
Live album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2012
RecordedMay 4, 1972
GenrePsychedelic rock
Length39:27
LabelRhino
ProducerGrateful Dead
Grateful Dead chronology
Dave's Picks Volume 1
(2012)
Dark Star
(2012)
Dave's Picks Volume 2
(2012)

The entire May 4, 1972, concert, like all of the shows from the Dead's 1972 tour of Europe, was released on CD in 2011, both as a separate album and as part of the boxed set Europe '72: The Complete Recordings.[6]

Track listing

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Side 1
  1. "Dark Star" (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) – 19:21 →
Side 2
  1. "Drums" (Kreutzmann) – 2:32 →
  2. "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 17:34

Personnel

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Grateful Dead
Production
  • Produced by Grateful Dead
  • Mixing: Jeffrey Norman
  • Mastering: David Glasser
  • Cover illustration: Scott McDougall

References

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  1. ^ "Grateful Dead – Europe '72: 40 Years Later – A Tale of Two Cities, Part II: The Paris Dark Star, May 1972", Glide magazine, May 4, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Grateful Dead to Release "Dark Star" for Record Store Day", Jambands.com, March 26, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Dark Star at Allmusic. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  4. ^ Dark Star at the Grateful Dead Family Discography. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  5. ^ Dark Star, Record Store Day. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  6. ^ Fricke, David (January 19, 2011). "Grateful Dead Reach Back to Legendary 1972 Tour for Massive Box Set", Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 27, 2014.