Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions

Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
A black-and-white photo of a man building a sand castle on a beach with several children standing around him, one of whom is pointing toward the body of water. Superimposed text reads "BILLY / BRAGG / & WILCO" in orange, "MERMAID AVENUE" in blue, and "the complete sessions" in black script.
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ReleasedApril 21, 2012 (2012-04-21)
Recorded1997–1998
StudioBoston, Chicago, and Dublin
LanguageEnglish
LabelNonesuch
ProducerWilco, Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz
Billy Bragg chronology
Fight Songs
(2011)
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(2012)
Tooth & Nail
(2013)
Wilco chronology
The Whole Love
(2011)
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(2012)
Star Wars
(2015)
Billy Bragg & Wilco chronology
Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
(2000)
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(2012)

Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions is a 2012 box set of albums by Billy Bragg & Wilco, all of which feature songs consisting of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie set to newly created music. It was released by Nonesuch Records on Record Store Day to commemorate Guthrie's 100th birthday.

The set contains all of the tracks from the previously released Mermaid Avenue (1998) and Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (2000), as well as a third disc of outtakes from the original album sessions in 1997 and 1998. A DVD containing the documentary Man in the Sand (1999), which is about the "Mermaid Avenue" project, is included as a fourth disc.