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.
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.
Track listing Side 1 "Dark Star" (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron McKernan, Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) – 19:21 → Side 2 "Drums" (Kreutzmann) – 2:32 → "Dark Star" (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 17:34
Personnel Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals Keith Godchaux – piano Bill Kreutzmann – drums Phil Lesh – electric bass Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – organ, percussion Bob Weir – guitar, vocals Production Produced by Grateful Dead Mixing: Jeffrey Norman Mastering: David Glasser Cover illustration: Scott McDougall
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