Grammy Award for Best Historical Album explained

Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
Awarded For:	quality historical albums
Presenter:	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:	United States
Year:	1979
Holder:	Cheryl Pawelski, Jeff Tweedy & Bob Ludwig – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) (2023)
Website:	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979 and recognizes achievements in audio restoration. Since this category's creation, the award had several minor name changes:^[1]

• 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 individuals responsible for compiling and engineering the winning album. The roles of these individuals have changed over time:

• From 1979 to 1993 the award was given to the Producer(s)
• From 1994 to 1995 it was awarded to the Compilation Producer(s)
• In 1996 it was awarded to the Art Director, Compilation Producer, Mastering Engineers, and/or Album Notes Writers
• From 1997 to 2018 it was awarded to the Compilation Producer(s) and/or Mastering Engineer(s)
• Since 2019 it has been awarded to the Compilation Producer(s), Mastering Engineer(s) and/or Restoration Engineer(s). (Note: the 2025 Nominations list did not mention any restoration engineers).

The award does not go to the artists, unless an artist is also a compilation producer and/or mastering engineer.

Winners and nominees

Year	Recipients(s)	Work	Performing artist(s)	Nominees Performers are in parentheses	Ref.
1979	Michael Brooks (producer)	The Lester Young Story, Vol. 3 Columbia	Lester Young		^[2]
	Jerry Korn & Michael Brooks (producers)	Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz) Time/Life	Billie Holiday		^[3]
1981	Keith Hardwick (producer)	Segovia – The EMI Recordings 1927–39 Angel	Andrés Segovia		^[4]
1982	Michael Brooks & George Spitzer (producers)	Hoagy Carmichael – From Stardust to Ole Buttermilk Sky Book of the Month	Hoagy Carmichael		^[5]
	Alan Dell, Ethel Gabriel & Don Wardell (album producers)	The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions Vols. 1, 2, 3 RCA	Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra		^[6]
1984	Stanley Walker & Allan Steckler (album producers)	The Greatest Recordings of Arturo Toscanini – Symphonies, Vol. I Franklin Mint Record Society	Arturo Toscanini		^[7]
	J. R. Taylor (album producer)	Big Band Jazz Smithsonian	Various Artists		^[8]
1986	John Pfeiffer (album producer)	RCA/Met—100 Singers—100 Years RCA Red Seal	Various Artists		^[9]
1987	Bob Porter & Aziz Goksel (album producers)	Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947–1974, Vols. 1–7 Atlantic	Various Artists		^[10]
1988	Orrin Keepnews (album producer)	Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings Riverside	Thelonious Monk		^[11]
1989	Bill Levenson (album producer)	Crossroads PolyGram	Eric Clapton		^[12]
1990	Andy McKaie (album producer)	The Chess Box Chess/MCA	Chuck Berry		^[13]
	Lawrence Cohn & Stephen Lavere (album producers)	Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings Columbia/CBS	Robert Johnson		^[14]
1992	Steven Lasker & Andy McKaie (album producers)	Billie Holiday, The Complete Decca Recordings GRP	Billie Holiday		^[15]
	Michael Cuscuna (album producer)	The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Nat "King" Cole Trio Mosaic	Nat King Cole Trio		^[16]
	Michael Lang & Phil Schaap (compilation producers)	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959 Verve	Billie Holiday		^[17]
	Michael Lang (compilation producer)	The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books on Verve Verve	Ella Fitzgerald		^[18]
1996	J.J. Stelmach (art director) John Pfeiffer (compilation producers) Ray Hall, Thomas MacCluskey, James P. Nichols, Anthony Salvatore, Jon M. Samuels & David Satz (mastering engineers) Various (album notes writers)	The Heifetz Collection RCA Victor Gold Seal	Jascha Heifetz & Various Artists		^[19]
	Bob Belden & Phil Schaap (compilation producers) Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)	The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings Columbia	Miles Davis & Gil Evans		^[20]
1998	Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger (compilation producers) David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer(mastering engineers)	Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) Smithsonian Folkways	Various Artists		^[21]
1999	Colin Escott, Kira Florita & Kyle Young (compilation producers) Joseph M. Palmaccio & Tom Ruff (mastering engineers)	The Complete Hank Williams Mercury Nashville	Hank Williams		^[22]
2000	Orrin Keepnews & Steven Lasker (compilation producers) Paul Brizzi, Dennis Ferrante & Steven Lasker (mastering engineers)	The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927–1973) RCA Victor/BMG Classics	Duke Ellington		^[23]
2001	Steve Berkowitz, Seth Rothstein & Phil Schaap (compilation producers) Michael Brooks, Seth Foster, Ken Robertson, Tom "Curly" Ruff, Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)	The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Columbia/Legacy	Louis Armstrong		^[24]
2002	Michael Brooks & Michael Cuscuna (compilation producers) Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster, Seth Foster, Darcy Proper, Ken Robertson & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)	Columbia/Legacy	Billie Holiday		^[25]
2003	Dean Blackwood (compilation producer) David Glasser & Christopher King (mastering engineers)	Revenant	Charley Patton		^[26]
2004	Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport (compilation producers) Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio (mastering engineers)	Hip-O	Various Artists		^[27]
2005	Daniel Cooper, Michael Gray (compilation producers) Joseph M. Palmaccio, Alan Stoker (mastering engineers)	Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945–1970 CMF/Lost Highway	Various Artists		^[28]
2006	Jeffrey Greenberg, Anna Lomax Wood (compilation producers) Adam Ayan, Steve Rosenthal (mastering engineers)	The Complete Library of Congress Recordings Rounder	Jelly Roll Morton		^[29]
2007	Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin (compilation producers) Tim Brooks, David Giovannoni & Richard Martin (mastering engineers)	Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891–1922 Archeophone	Various Artists		^[30]
2008	Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus (compilation producers) Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short (mastering engineers)	Woody Guthrie Publications	Woody Guthrie		^[31]
2009	Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum (compilation producers) Michael Graves (mastering engineer)	Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum Dust-to-Digital	Various Artists		^[32]
2010	Andy McKaie (compilation producer) Erick Labson (mastering engineer)	The Complete Chess Masters (1950–1967) Hip-O Select/Geffen	Little Walter		^[33]
2011	Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse (compilation producers) Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke (mastering engineers)	The Beatles: The Original Studio Recordings Apple/Parlophone/Capitol	The Beatles		^[34]
2012	Paul McCartney (compilation producer) Sam Okell & Steve Rooke (mastering engineers)	Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition) Hear Music	Paul McCartney and Wings		^[35]
2013	Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe (compilation producers) Mark Linett (mastering engineer)	The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set) Capitol	The Beach Boys		^[36]
2014	Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal (compilation producers) Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)	Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965 ABKCO	The Rolling Stones		^[37]
	Leo Sacks (compilation producer) Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)	The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums Columbia/Legacy	Bill Withers
2015	Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski (compilation producers) Michael Graves (mastering engineer)	The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 Omnivore	Hank Williams		^[38]
2016	Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen (compilation producers) Peter J. Moore & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)^[39]	Columbia/Legacy	Bob Dylan & The Band		^[40]
2017	Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen (compilation producers) Mark Wilder (mastering engineer)	(Collector's Edition) Columbia/Legacy	Bob Dylan		^[41]
2018	Robert Russ (compilation producer) Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer (mastering engineers)	Leonard Bernstein – The Composer Sony Classical	Leonard Bernstein & Various Artists		^[42]
2019	William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter (compilation producers) Michael Graves (mastering engineer)	Dust-to-Digital	Various Artists		^[43]
2020	Jeff Place & Robert Santelli (compilation producers) Pete Reiniger (mastering engineer)	Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Smithsonian Folkways	Pete Seeger		^[44]
2021	Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski (compilation producers) Michael Graves (mastering engineer)	It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers Omnivore	Mister Rogers		^[45]
2022	Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell (compilation producers) Bernie Grundman (mastering engineer)	Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967) Rhino	Joni Mitchell		^[46]
2023	Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy (compilation producers) Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) Nonesuch	Wilco

Notes and References

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