''The Village Sessions'' is an EP released by artist

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on December 12, 2006.''The Village Sessions''
page at ''Aware Store''. Collaborators include

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members Steve Jordan and

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, along with

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, and Ricky Peterson of Mayer's touring band and former producer for

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albums. The six-song EP contains acoustic and alternate versions of songs found on Mayer's third studio album, ''

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'', and his trio's live album, ''

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''. Mayer co-produced the album with engineer

Chad Franscoviak Chad Franscoviak is a sound engineer and producer based out of Los Angeles, California. He is most well known for his work on John Mayer albums. The two were also roommates. In 2003, Franscoviak helped friend David LaBruyere by engineering his ...

. Though the EP was released at about the same time as Mayer’s single, "

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", the song itself does not appear on this EP, much like Mayer's singles "

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" and "

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" were not on his live album, ''

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'', despite being the current singles at the time of its release. Like the ''As/Is'' series before it, ''The Village Sessions'' was made available on

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, on May 15, 2007.

Release

Originally, the EP was only available at indie record stores and at the online

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store in limited quantities.Mayer's Site's Official Announcement
of ''The Village Sessions''' release. The album was released on December 12, 2006, and copies had sold out on the Aware Store as of December 23, 2006. However, it is now also available on Amazon.com. In May 2007, ''The Village Sessions'' was released on iTunes with a special video featuring the making of "In Repair" as heard on ''Continuum''. The video shows the song being recorded within one day. On December 6, 2007, the acoustic version of "Belief" from "The Village Sessions" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, a category that Mayer had previously won three times.

Track listing

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" (

version) # "Belief" (acoustic version) # "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" (acoustic version) # "Good Love is On the Way" (acoustic version) # "I'm Gonna Find Another You" (acoustic version) # " In Repair" (acoustic version)

Personnel

Musicians * John Mayer – vocals, guitar *

– guitar *

– vocals * Steve Jordan – percussion *

– bass * Ricky Peterson – keyboards Technical Personnel * John Mayer – producer *

– producer , engineer *

Dave O'Donnell Dave O'Donnell is an American record producer, engineer and mixer, known for his work with James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, Bettye LaVette, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, John Mayer, Lyle Lovett, Milton Nascimento, Keb' Mo' and Ray Charles. In 1984, ...

– mixing *

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– mixing * Jared Robbins – mix assistant

References

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