11/12/94 MAC Center at Kent State University, Kent, OH

Setlist

Set One
Runaway Jim 555
Foam 637
If I Could 416
Maze 649
Guyute 657
Stash 848
Esther 545
Chalk Dust Torture 429
Set Two
Julius 527
Fluffhead 836
Down With Disease 792
Have Mercy 406
Down With Disease 239
Lifeboy 521
Rift 471
Old Home Place 238
Nellie Kane 245
Foreplay/Long Time 428
Harry Hood 895
Golgi Apparatus 330
Encore
Sample in a Jar 325
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MAC Center at Kent State University
Kent, OH
Nov 12, 1994
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Setlist

Set One
Runaway Jim 555
Foam 637
If I Could 416
Maze 649
Guyute 657
Stash 848
Esther 545
Chalk Dust Torture 429
Set Two
Julius 527
Fluffhead 836
Down With Disease 792
Have Mercy 406
Down With Disease 239
Lifeboy 521
Rift 471
Old Home Place 238
Nellie Kane 245
Foreplay/Long Time 428
Harry Hood 895
Golgi Apparatus 330
Encore
Sample in a Jar 325
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Show Notes

* Old Home Place, Nellie Kane and Foreplay/Longtime were performed acousticProduction Credits:  * Recorded by Paul Languedoc * Mixed and Mastered by Jon Altschiller assisted by Danielle Warman * Post-Production by Kevin Shapiro * Technical Assistance by Ben ColletteNovember 12, 1994 Phish returned to The Buckeye State to play the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (aka MAC Center) on the Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio. The MAC Center is a 1950’s wood-floored gymnasium with a storied music history including performances by Duke Ellington, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Bob Dylan and CSNY. When Phish landed at Kent State in 1994, they were in the midst of a 46-date nationwide fall tour following the release of their fifth studio album, 'Hoist'. The fall shows were recorded on multitrack for what would become 'A Live One'. Kent State ’94 was a Saturday night – Phish’s first show back after a week off and the first major concert in the newly-renovated MAC Center. Kent State students had voted for Phish in an All Campus Programming Board band survey. Tickets cost $18.00 and the show was sold out. 11/12/94 is well known among fans - another incredible night in the Ohio Phish tradition - based on audience recordings and filler from the 2-track tapes released on 12/1/94 Salem, Oregon LivePhish in 2005. The stereo recordings were good but the Kent State ‘94 multitrack mix delivers a full-immersion trip back to 1994. This show’s highlights began in set I with a classic Runaway Jim/Foam opener and killer Maze, Guyute and Stash before wrapping the set with Esther > Chalk Dust Torture. Set II got underway with a Julius opener followed by a top-notch Fluffhead which led to a molten Down With Disease > Have Mercy > Down With Disease combination that set the stage for decades of wide-open experimental DwD’s to come. Lifeboy followed before a three-song acoustic excursion (including fall’s latest cover, Foreplay/Long Time) that previewed the upcoming midwest bluegrass tutorial with ARU’s Rev. Jeff Mosier. Harry Hood drove the set to another emotional peak before the set-closing Golgi Apparatus and Sample In A Jar encore. 11/12/94 Kent State was recorded by Paul Languedoc to digital multitrack and was mixed/mastered by Jon Altschiller
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Reviews

rickyspanish — 4/3/2025 5:04:50 PM

"If I Could is a must listen "

Nachi — 5/7/2023 9:55:57 PM

"It is a ‘Harry’ that gets way the heck up there . Supersonic gush "

Status? — 3/28/2020 5:50:35 AM

"Now this show is a PROPER SNAPSHOT of 1994! The Have Mercy medley, the FEIRCE FLUFFHEAD are just a couple stand outs. IT REALLY IS NICE TO HAVE PAUL'S Mix. So many at this Kent show where experiencing Phish for the first time. They really new how to drop good sets as they switched to larger venue's in familar city's (1992-97). The one thing I remember most from these day's, was how happy they were playing for new fans. The venue's hadn't gone full blown SOLD OUT Amphitheaters or Coliseums yet. Those stepping stone venue's really brought out some of the greatest set's, full of energy and connection!"

Busted Flush — 3/22/2020 2:07:33 PM

"Intentional or not, the 2nd set kinda has a Pandemic theme to it. Danger I’ve been told to expect it. Don’t take another step, or you might lay it on your brother. What? Fluff’s horrible, incurable disease. Down With Disease, oh Have Mercy, Down With Disease. Too bad God doesn’t listen to what I say, bc the silence is contagious in moments like these. Now we’re stuck in the Old Home Place, with nothing to do but Foreplay for a Loooong Time. Should the pandemic knock out power, where will you go when the lights go out? Hopefully the scientists are able to look into the microscope, see the Golgi Apparatus, develop a cure and transport that Sample in a Jar to the CDC. "

Adam — 3/19/2020 3:16:38 AM

"My first show. 14 years old. Still my favorite show "

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