Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979. During this time the award had several minor name changes:
- In 1979 the award was known as Best Historical Repackage Album
- In 1980 it was awarded as Best Historical Reissue
- In 1981 it was awarded as Best Historical Reissue Album
- From 1982 to the present it has been awarded as Best Historical Album
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. The award is presented to (compilation) producers and (mastering) engineers, not to the artists or performers, except if an artist is also a (compilation) producer or engineer.
2010s
| Year | Winner | Nominations |
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| 2015 | The Garden Spot Programs, 1950. Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Hank Williams) [Omnivore] |
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| 2014 | Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965. Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Rolling Stones)[ABKCO] The Complete Sussex And Columbia Albums. Leo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Bill Withers) [Columbia/Legacy] |
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| 2013 | The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set). Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (Beach Boys) [Capitol] |
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| 2012 | Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition). Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney and Wings) [Hear Music] |
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| 2011 | The Beatles: The Original Studio Recordings. Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse, compilation producers; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles) [Apple/Parlophone/Capitol] |
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| 2010 | The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967). Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter) [Hip-O Select/Geffen] |
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2000s
| Year | Winner | Nominations |
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| 2009 | Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum. Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) [Dust-to-Digital] |
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| 2008 | The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949. Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie) [Woody Guthrie Publications] |
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| 2007 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922. Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Tim Brooks, David Giovannoni & Richard Martin, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Archeophone] |
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| 2006 | The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax. Jeffrey Greenberg, Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan, Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (Jelly Roll Morton) [Rounder] |
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| 2005 | Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970. Daniel Cooper, Michael Gray, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Alan Stoker, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [CMF/Lost Highway] |
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| 2004 | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey. Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport, compilation producers; Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Hip-O] |
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| 2003 | Screamin’ And Hollerin’ The Blues: The Worlds Of Charley Patton. Dean Blackwood, compilation producer; David Glasser & Christopher King, mastering engineers (Charley Patton) [Revenant] |
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| 2002 | Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944. Michael Brooks & Michael Cuscuna, compilation producers; Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster, Seth Foster, Darcy Proper, Ken Robertson & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Billie Holiday) [Columbia/Legacy] |
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| 2001 | The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings. Steve Berkowitz, Seth Rothstein & Phil Schaap, compilation producers; Michael Brooks, Seth Foster, Ken Robertson, Tom "Curly" Ruff, Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Louis Armstrong) [Columbia/Legacy] |
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| 2000 | The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973). Orrin Keepnews & Steven Lasker, compilation producers; Paul Brizzi, Dennis Ferrante & Steven Lasker, mastering engineers (Duke Ellington) [RCA Victor/BMG Classics] |
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1990s
| Year | Winner | Nominations |
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| 1999 | The Complete Hank Williams. Colin Escott, Kira Florita & Kyle Young, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio & Tom Ruff, mastering engineers (Hank Williams) [Mercury Nashville] |
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| 1998 | Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded). Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger, compilation producers; David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer, mastering engineers (Various Artists) [Smithsonian Folkways] |
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| 1997 | The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings. Bob Belden & Phil Schaap, compilation producers; Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Miles Davis & Gil Evans) [Columbia] |
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| 1996 | John Pfeiffer (producer & notes writer), Ray Hall, Thomas MacCluskey, James P. Nichols, Anthony Salvatore, Jon M. Samuels, David Satz (engineers), J.J. Stelmach (art director), Gabriel Banat, Grant Beglarian, Robert Cowan, Mortimer W. Frank, Richard Freed, Erick Friedman, Harris Goldsmith, Josefa Heifetz, George Jellinek, Irving Kolodin, Jacob Lateiner, Laurence Lesser, Myra C. Livingston, John Maltese, John Anthony Maltese, Leonard Pennario & Brooks Smith (notes writers) for The Heifetz Collection performed by Jascha Heifetz & various artists |
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| 1995 | Michael Lang (producer) for The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books on Verve |
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| 1994 | The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959. Michael Lang & Phil Schaap, compilation producers (Billie Holiday) [Verve] |
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| 1993 | Michael Cuscuna (producer) for The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Nat "King" Cole Trio |
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| 1992 | Steven Lasker & Andy McKaie (producers) for Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings |
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| 1991 | Lawrence Cohn & Stephen Lavere (producers) for Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings |
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| 1990 | Andy McKaie (producer) for Chuck Berry - The Chess Box |
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1980s
| Year | Winner | Nominations |
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| 1989 | Bill Levenson (producer) for Crossroads performed by Eric Clapton |
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| 1988 | Orrin Keepnews (producer) for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings |
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| 1987 | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vols. 1-7. Bob Porter & Aziz Goksel, album producers (Brook Benton, Ray Charles, The Coasters, The Drifters, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, & many others) [Atlantic] |
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| 1986 | John Pfeiffer (producer) for RCA/Met - 100 Singers - 100 Years performed by various artists |
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| 1985 | Big Band Jazz. J. R. Taylor, album producer (Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, etc.) [Smithsonian] |
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| 1984 | Allan Steckler & Stanley Walker (producers) for The Greatest Recordings of Arturo Toscanini - Symphonies, Vol. I |
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| 1983 | The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions Vols. 1, 2, 3. Alan Dell, Ethel Gabriel & Don Wardell, album producers (Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra) [RCA] |
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| 1982 | Michael Brooks & George Spitzer (producers) for Hoagy Carmichael - From Stardust to Ole Buttermilk Sky |
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| 1981 | Keith Hardwick (producer) for Segovia - The EMI Recordings 1927-39 |
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| 1980 | Michael Brooks & Jerry Korn (producers) for Billie Holiday - Giants of Jazz |
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1970s
| Year | Winner | Nominations |
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| 1979 | Michael Brooks (producer) for The Lester Young Story, Vol. 3 |
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