TOP 5 DARK STARS....

....according to Jim Powell (posted in discussion section of deadlists.com).

Dusseldorf 4/24/72: DS 25:15 > My Uncle 2:59 > 15:06 SBD
Philadelphia 9/21/72: 37:22 SBD
Winterland 11/11/73: 36:08. SBD
Cleveland 12/6/73: 43:28 SBD
Miami 10/26/89: 29:06 SBD

And the others (out of 224 different performances) that Powell regards as "remarkable" are....

Fillmore West 2/27/69: 23:05 SBD (Live Dead)
Boulder 4/13/69: 24:01 SBD
Boston 4/22/69: 30:42 SBD
Minneapolis 4/27/69: 26:37 SBD Dick's Picks
Piedmont Park, Atlanta 7/7/69: 26:58 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
Family Dog 11/2/69: 30:06 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 2/8/70: 26:43 excellent AUD
Fillmore East 2/13/70: 29:46 SBD Dick's Picks
Denver 4/24/70: 24:39 A minus AUD
Fillmore East 9/17/70: 27:10 near excellent AUD
London 4/8/72: 31:30 SBD Steppin' Out
Copenhagen 4/14/72: 29:14 SBD, FM & AUD
Rotterdam 5/11/72: 47:20 SBD
London 5/25/72: 35:08 SBD
Jersey City 7/18/72: 28:57 SBD
BCT 8/21/72: 27:34 SBD
Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72: 31:44 SBD
Waterbury 9/24/72: 34:13 SBD
St. Louis 10/18/72: 28:02 FM-AUD Bear's AUD master, FM-broadcast; SBD
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
Lincoln 2/26/73: 25:18 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
Oklahoma City 10/19/73: 27:12 SBD Dick's Picks
Winterland 2/24/74: 28:54 SBD
London 9/10/74: 31:03 SBD Dick's Picks
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
Oakland 12/31/90: 20:39 SBD w/ Branford Marsalis.