As/Is

Infobox Album
Name = As/Is
Type = Live album
Artist = John Mayer


Caption = "As/Is" Volume Six Cover
Released = October 19 2004
Recorded = July 16 - August 14 2004
Genre = Blues Rock
Length = 96:17
Label = Aware Records
Columbia (Cat: "C2L 93507")
Sony BMG
Producer = Chad Franscoviak
John Mayer
Reviews =
Last album = "Heavier Things"
(2003)
This album = "As/Is"
(2004)
Next album = "Continuum"
(2006)

"As/Is" is live album by John Mayer, released in 2004, available for download from iTunes and also available as a double-CD release. The albums were released from live concert performances across the United States from the tour following the release of Mayer's second album, "Heavier Things". Notable about these recordings is the sheer volume included (five albums' worth from iTunes), the interaction Mayer has with the audience, and the blues jamming. As of September, 2007, the four concert-specific albums were still available on iTunes in the United States. Each ten-track album has its own artwork. The CD release features the "best" of the iTunes series, plus an additional song, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," a Marvin Gaye cover. In "Inner City Blues," Mayer called upon DJ Logic, the support act of the "Heavier Things" tour, to join him to perform a turntable solo.

Performing band

The songs all feature Mayer's touring band of the time:

*John Mayer - guitar and vocals
*David LaBruyere - bass guitar
*David Ryan Harris - guitar and backing vocals
*JJ Johnson - drums and percussion
*Michael Chaves - guitar & keyboards
*Eric Jacobson - trumpet and dented flugelhorn
*Chris Carliff - saxophone and flute

Cover art for the series

") with two tones of blue. As it is separate from the other volumes, its artwork is rather distinct from the rest.

Artwork for the covers of volumes two, three, four, and five is by the artist Kozyndan. They feature bunnies in out-of-character situations on their covers, including hanging from helium balloons (two) and in washing machines (three). The bunnies on the cover of four begin as amoeba and diagonally evolve into bunnies. The cover of volume five has several bunnies with their midsections replaced with springs.

The CD release continued the use of bunnies; however, either as an homage or a parody, it has hundreds of bunnies in formation to appear like revered Japanese artwork "The Great Wave off Kanagawa". Notably, the CD is considered volume six (the last) of the series, and "The Great Wave" woodblock printing is the first of a 36-part series of art.

Track listings

"As/Is" iTunes EP

External links

* [http://www.johnmayer.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.apple.com/itunes iTunes Website]