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Grammy Award for Best Historical Album

American recorded music award

Summary

American recorded music award

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Historical Album
awarded_forquality historical albums
imagesize100px
altA gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
captionGilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year1979
holderCentennial - Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer/restoration engineer (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists) (Archeophone) (2025)
websitegrammy.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:

  • 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).

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

Winners and nominees

YearRecipients(s)WorkPerforming artist(s)Nominees
Performers are in parenthesesRef.197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Michael Brooks (producer)The Lester Young Story, Vol. 3
ColumbiaLester Young{{smalldiv
Jerry Korn & Michael Brooks (producers)Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz)
Time/LifeBillie Holiday{{smalldiv
Keith Hardwick (producer)Segovia – The EMI Recordings 1927–39
AngelAndrés Segovia{{smalldiv
Michael Brooks & George Spitzer (producers)Hoagy Carmichael – From Stardust to Ole Buttermilk Sky
Book of the MonthHoagy Carmichael{{smalldiv
Alan Dell, Ethel Gabriel & Don Wardell (album producers)The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions Vols. 1, 2, 3
RCATommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra{{smalldiv
Stanley Walker & Allan Steckler (album producers)The Greatest Recordings of Arturo Toscanini – Symphonies, Vol. I
Franklin Mint Record SocietyArturo Toscanini{{smalldiv
J. R. Taylor (album producer)Big Band Jazz
SmithsonianVarious Artists{{smalldiv
John Pfeiffer (album producer)RCA/Met—100 Singers—100 Years
RCA Red SealVarious Artists{{smalldiv
Bob Porter & Aziz Goksel (album producers)Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947–1974, Vols. 1–7
AtlanticVarious Artists{{smalldiv
Orrin Keepnews (album producer)Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings
RiversideThelonious Monk{{smalldiv
Bill Levenson (album producer)Crossroads
PolyGramEric Clapton{{smalldiv
Andy McKaie (album producer)The Chess Box
Chess/MCAChuck Berry{{smalldiv
Lawrence Cohn & Stephen Lavere (album producers)Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings
Columbia/CBSRobert Johnson{{smalldiv
Steven Lasker & Andy McKaie (album producers)Billie Holiday, The Complete Decca Recordings
GRPBillie Holiday{{smalldiv
Michael Cuscuna (album producer)The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Nat "King" Cole Trio
MosaicNat King Cole Trio{{smalldiv
Michael Lang & Phil Schaap (compilation producers)The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959
VerveBillie Holiday{{smalldiv
Michael Lang (compilation producer)The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books on Verve
VerveElla Fitzgerald{{smalldiv
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 SealJascha Heifetz & Various Artists{{smalldiv
Bob Belden & Phil Schaap (compilation producers)
Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
ColumbiaMiles Davis & Gil Evans{{smalldiv
Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger (compilation producers)
David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer(mastering engineers)Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded)
Smithsonian FolkwaysVarious Artists{{smalldiv
Colin Escott, Kira Florita & Kyle Young (compilation producers)
Joseph M. Palmaccio & Tom Ruff (mastering engineers)The Complete Hank Williams
Mercury NashvilleHank Williams{{smalldiv
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 ClassicsDuke Ellington{{smalldiv
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/LegacyLouis Armstrong{{smalldiv
Michael Brooks & Michael Cuscuna (compilation producers)
Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster, Seth Foster, Darcy Proper, Ken Robertson & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944
Columbia/LegacyBillie Holiday{{smalldiv
Dean Blackwood (compilation producer)
David Glasser & Christopher King (mastering engineers)Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
RevenantCharley Patton{{smalldiv
Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport (compilation producers)
Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio (mastering engineers)Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
Hip-OVarious Artists{{smalldiv
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 HighwayVarious Artists{{smalldiv
Jeffrey Greenberg, Anna Lomax Wood (compilation producers)
Adam Ayan, Steve Rosenthal (mastering engineers)The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
RounderJelly Roll Morton{{smalldiv
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
ArcheophoneVarious Artists{{smalldiv
Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus (compilation producers)
Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short (mastering engineers)The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949
Woody Guthrie PublicationsWoody Guthrie{{smalldiv
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-DigitalVarious Artists{{smalldiv
Andy McKaie (compilation producer)
Erick Labson (mastering engineer)The Complete Chess Masters (1950–1967)
Hip-O Select/GeffenLittle Walter{{smalldiv
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/CapitolThe Beatles{{smalldiv
Paul McCartney (compilation producer)
Sam Okell & Steve Rooke (mastering engineers)Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)
Hear MusicPaul McCartney and Wings{{smalldiv
Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe (compilation producers)
Mark Linett (mastering engineer)The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)
CapitolThe Beach Boys{{smalldiv
Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal (compilation producers)
Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965
ABKCOThe Rolling Stones{{smalldiv
Leo Sacks (compilation producer)
Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums
Columbia/LegacyBill Withers
Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski (compilation producers)
Michael Graves (mastering engineer)The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
OmnivoreHank Williams{{smalldiv
Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen (compilation producers)
Peter J. Moore & Mark Wilder (mastering engineers)The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
Columbia/LegacyBob Dylan & The Band{{smalldiv
Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen (compilation producers)
Mark Wilder (mastering engineer)The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 (Collector's Edition)
Columbia/LegacyBob Dylan{{smalldiv
Robert Russ (compilation producer)
Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer (mastering engineers)Leonard Bernstein – The Composer
Sony ClassicalLeonard Bernstein & Various Artists{{smalldiv
William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter (compilation producers)
Michael Graves (mastering engineer)Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
Dust-to-DigitalVarious Artists{{smalldiv
Jeff Place & Robert Santelli (compilation producers)
Pete Reiniger (mastering engineer)Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Smithsonian FolkwaysPete Seeger{{smalldiv
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski (compilation producers)
Michael Graves (mastering engineer)It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
OmnivoreMister Rogers{{smalldiv
Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell (compilation producers)
Bernie Grundman (mastering engineer)Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)
RhinoJoni Mitchell{{smalldiv
Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy (compilation producers)
Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
NonesuchWilco{{smalldiv
Robert Gordon, Deanie Parker, Cheryl Pawelski, Michele Smith & Mason Williams (compilation producers)
Michael Graves (mastering engineer/restoration engineer)Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
Stax/CraftVarious Artists
Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin (compilation producers)
Richard Martin (mastering engineer/restoration engineer)Centennial
ArcheophoneKing Oliver's Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists
Winners TBA on 1 February 2026

Notes

References

References

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  2. "Grammy Award Nominees 1979 – Grammy Award Winners 1979".
  3. "Grammy Award Nominees 1980 – Grammy Award Winners 1980".
  4. "Grammy Award Nominees 1981 – Grammy Award Winners 1981".
  5. "Grammy Award Nominees 1982 – Grammy Award Winners 1982".
  6. "Grammy Award Nominees 1983 – Grammy Award Winners 1983".
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