The Grammy Award – Best Album Notes has been presented since 1964. From 1973 to 1976 (the 15th through 18th Awards), a second award was presented for Best Album Notes – Classical. Those awards are listed under those years below. The award recognizes albums with excellent album notes, sometimes referred to as liner notes.[1] It is presented to the album notes author or authors, not to the artists or performers on the winning work, except if the artist is also the album notes author.[2]
| Grammy Award for Best Album Notes | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Quality album liner notes |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 1964 |
| Currently held by | Ashley Kahn – Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings (2026) |
| Website | grammy |
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
Winners and nominees
edit1960s
edit1970s
edit| Year[I] | Work | Recipient(s) | Performing artist(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 [9] | ||||
| Nashville Skyline | Johnny Cash | Bob Dylan | ||
| Chicago Mess Around | John Dodds II | Johnny Dodds | ||
| David's Album | Joan Baez | Joan Baez | ||
| John Hartford | John Hartford | John Hartford | ||
| Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short at Town Hall | Rex Reed | Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short | ||
| 1971 [10] | ||||
| The World's Greatest Blues Singer | Chris Albertson | Bessie Smith | ||
| As I See It | Billy Edd Wheeler | Jack Moran | ||
| Bitches Brew | Ralph J. Gleason | Miles Davis | ||
| Hold Back the World | Rod McKuen | Alexander's Greyhound Bass | ||
| I Do Not Play No Rock 'n Roll | Anthony D'Oberoff | Mississippi Fred McDowell | ||
| Judy. London. 1969. | Rex Reed | Judy Garland | ||
| Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits | James Goodfriend | Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys | ||
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Arthur Knight | John Green Orchestra | ||
| 1972 [11] | ||||
| Sam, Hard and Heavy | Sam Samudio | Sam the Sham | ||
| The Genius of Louis Armstrong | Don DeMicheal | Louis Armstrong | ||
| Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker | Tom West | Charlie Walker | ||
| Louis Armstrong: July 4, 1900—July 6, 1971 | Nat Hentoff | Louis Armstrong | ||
| Miles Davis | Colman Andrews | Miles Davis | ||
| Music of Varese | James Lyons | Konstantin Simonovitch | ||
| Piano Rags by Scott Joplin | Joshua Rifkin | Joshua Rifkin | ||
| This Is Benny Goodman | George T. Simon | Benny Goodman | ||
| 1973 [12] |
Best Album Notes | |||
| Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits | Tom T. Hall | Tom T. Hall | ||
| Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet and His Orchestra, Volume 1 | Dan Morgenstern | Bunny Berigan | ||
| Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall | Albert Goldman | Lenny Bruce | ||
| Let My Children Hear Music | Charlie Mingus | Charlie Mingus | ||
| Super Chief | Michael Brooks | Count Basie | ||
| Best Album Notes — Classical | ||||
| Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony) | James Lyons | André Previn | ||
| Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini | David Cairns | Colin Davis | ||
| Haydn: Symphonies (Complete), Vols. 4 and 5 | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti | ||
| John Ogdon Plays Alkan | Sacheverell Sitwell | John Ogdon | ||
| Julian and John | Tom Eastwood | Julian Bream and John Williams | ||
| Michael Rabin: In Memoriam | Karolynne Gee | Michael Rabin | ||
| String Quartets of the New Viennese School | Ursula von Rauchhaupt | LaSalle Quartet | ||
| 1974 [13] |
Best Album Notes | |||
| God Is in the House | Dan Morgenstern | Art Tatum | ||
| Lonesome, On'ry and Mean | Chet Flippo | Waylon Jennings | ||
| Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back | Stan Cornyn | Frank Sinatra | ||
| Remember Marilyn | Lionel Newman | Marilyn Monroe | ||
| This Is Jimmie Rodgers | William Ivey | Jimmie Rodgers | ||
| Best Album Notes — Classical | ||||
| Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano | Glenn Gould | Glenn Gould | ||
| Bach: Brandenburg Concerti | Erik Smith | Neville Marriner | ||
| Berio: Recital 1 (For Cathy) | Misha Donat | Cathy Berberian | ||
| Bizet: Carmen | Harvey Phillips | Leonard Bernstein | ||
| Debussy: La mer/Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2 | Clair W. Van Ausdall | Eugene Ormandy | ||
| Dvorák: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87 | Irving Kolodin | Guarneri Quartet and Arthur Rubinstein | ||
| Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C Major – Symphony No. 35 in B Flat | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti | ||
| Haydn: Symphony No. 36 and Symphony No. 48 | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti | ||
| Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano | Alan Rich | Eugene Ormandy and Arthur Rubinstein | ||
| The Woods So Wild | Tom Eastwood | Julian Bream | ||
| 1975 [14] |
Best Album Notes | |||
| For the Last Time (TIE) | Charles R. Townsend | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | ||
| The Hawk Flies (TIE) | Dan Morgenstern | Coleman Hawkins | ||
| 50 Years of Film Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recordings) | Rudy Behlmer | Various Artists | ||
| The Pianist | Ralph J. Gleason | Duke Ellington | ||
| The World Is Still Waiting for the Sunrise | J.R. Young | Les Paul and Mary Ford | ||
| Best Album Notes — Classical | ||||
| Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Rory Guy | Willy Mattes and Ulf Hoelscher | ||
| Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust | David Cairns | Colin Davis | ||
| Citizen Kane: The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann | Christopher Palmer | Various Artists | ||
| Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel | George Jellinek | Kurt Eichhorn | ||
| Mahler: Symphony No. 10 | Deryck Cooke | Wyn Morris | ||
| Mozart: Don Giovanni | Erik Smith | Colin Davis | ||
| Rachmaninoff: The Bells and Three Russian Songs | Clair W. Van Ausdall | Eugene Ormandy | ||
| Scriabin: Piano Music (Complete), Volume II | Donald Garvelmann | Michael Ponti | ||
| Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani | Irving Kolodin | James Levine | ||
| Weber: Der Freischütz | Wolfram Schwinger | Erich Kleiber | ||
| 1976 [15] |
Best Album Notes | |||
| Blood on the Tracks | Pete Hamill | Bob Dylan | ||
| Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | Tom T. Hall | Tom T. Hall | ||
| A Legendary Performer: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | George T. Simon | Glenn Miller | ||
| The Real Lenny Bruce | Ralph J. Gleason | Lenny Bruce | ||
| The Tatum Solo Masterpieces | Benny Green | Art Tatum | ||
| Best Album Notes — Classical | ||||
| Footlifters | Gunther Schuller | Gunther Schuller | ||
| The English Harpsichord (Byrd, Farnaby, Etc.) | Judith Robison | Igor Kipnis | ||
| Gagliano: La Dafne | James H. Moore | Paul Vorwerk | ||
| Gershwin: Gershwin's S'wonderful | Rory Guy | Ralph Grierson and Artie Kane | ||
| Haydn: Symphonies 93–104 | H. C. Robbins Landon | Antal Doráti | ||
| Joplin: The Complete Works of Scott Joplin | Rudi Blesh | Dick Hyman | ||
| Joplin: The Easy Winners | Rory Guy and Itzhak Perlman | Itzhak Perlman and André Previn | ||
| Kodály: Orchestral Works (Complete) | Laszlo Eosze | Antal Doráti | ||
| Korngold: Die Tote Stadt | Christopher Palmer | Erich Leinsdorf | ||
| 1977 [16] | ||||
| The Changing Face of Harlem: Savoy Sessions | Dan Morgenstern | Various Artists | ||
| Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos | George R. Marek | Daniel Barenboim and Arthur Rubinstein | ||
| The Blue Sky Boys | Douglas B. Green | Bill and Earl Bolick | ||
| Caruso: A Legendary Performer | Francis Robinson | Enrico Caruso | ||
| The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1 – 1935 | Mort Goode | Tommy Dorsey | ||
| 1978 [17] | ||||
| Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer | George T. Simon | Bing Crosby | ||
| Flight Log | Patrick Snyder | Jefferson Airplane | ||
| Guy Lombardo: A Legendary Performer | George T. Simon | Guy Lombardo | ||
| The Lester Young Story, Vol. I | Michael Brooks | Lester Young | ||
| Stormy Blues | Chris Albertson | Billie Holiday | ||
| 1979 [18] | ||||
| A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I and II | Michael Brooks | Bing Crosby | ||
| Beethoven: 9 Symphonies | Bill Bender and Irving Kolodin | Herbert von Karajan | ||
| Ellington at Carnegie Hall, 1943 | Leonard Feather | Duke Ellington | ||
| Georgia Sea Island Songs | Alan Lomax | Various Artists | ||
| The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell | Dan Morgenstern | Pee Wee Russell | ||
| Works of Carpenter/Gilbert/Weiss/Powell | David Baker and R. D. Darrell | Calvin Simmons, Lawrence Foster and Los Angeles Philharmonic | ||
1980s
edit| Year[I] | Work | Recipient(s) | Performing artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 [19] | |||
| Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions | James Patrick and Bob Porter | Charlie Parker | |
| Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz) | Melvin Maddocks | Billie Holiday | |
| Duke Ellington (Giants of Jazz) | Stanley Dance and Dan Morgenstern | Duke Ellington | |
| Hoagy Carmichael: A Legendary Performer and Composer | Richard M. Sudhalter | Hoagy Carmichael | |
| The Magical Music of Walt Disney | Dick Schory | Various Artists | |
| 1981 [20] | |||
| Trilogy: Past Present Future | David McClintock | Frank Sinatra | |
| Atlanta Blues: 1933 | Bruce Bastin and David Evans | Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss | |
| Chicago Concert, 1956 | Dan Morgenstern | Louis Armstrong | |
| Elvis Aron Presley | Lorene Lortie | Elvis Presley | |
| Lester Young (Giants of Jazz) | John McDonough and Richard M. Sudhalter | Lester Young | |
| 1982 [21] | |||
| Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard | Dan Morgenstern | Erroll Garner | |
| Fats Waller (Giants of Jazz) | Philip W. Payne and David Thomson | Fats Waller | |
| James P. Johnson (Giants of Jazz) | Frank Kappler, Willa Rouder and Dick Wellstood | James P. Johnson | |
| The Mario Lanza Collection | Chick Crumpacker | Mario Lanza | |
| Pee Wee Russell (Giants of Jazz) | John McDonough | Pee Wee Russell | |
| 1983 [22] | |||
| Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz) | John Chilton and Richard M. Sudhalter | Bunny Berigan | |
| Duke Ellington 1941 | Gary Giddins | Duke Ellington and His Orchestra | |
| An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall | Thornton Hagert | Paul Whiteman | |
| The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time | William Ivey | Various Artists | |
| Sixty Years of Country Music | William Ivey and Bob Pinson | Various Artists | |
| Young Blood | Robert Palmer | The Coasters | |
| 1984 [23] | |||
| The Interplay Sessions | Orrin Keepnews | Bill Evans | |
| The Fugs Greatest Hits, Vol. I | Lester Bangs | The Fugs | |
| The Okeh Sessions | Peter Guralnick | Big Maybelle | |
| Joe Sullivan (Giants of Jazz) | Richard B. Hadlock | Joe Sullivan | |
| Seven Come Eleven | John McDonough | Benny Goodman | |
| 1985 [24] | |||
| Big Band Jazz | Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams | Various Artists | |
| Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Grover Sales | Neville Marriner | |
| An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar | James Sundquist | James Sundquist | |
| A Golden Celebration | Lorene Lortie and Z Factor | Elvis Presley | |
| Virginia Traditions/Virginia Work Songs (Field Recordings 1936-1980) | Glenn Hinson | Various Artists | |
| 1986 [25] | |||
| Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 | Peter Guralnick | Sam Cooke | |
| American Popular Song | Dwight Blocker Bowers and James R. Morris | Various Artists | |
| Bleecker and McDougal: The Folk Scene of the 60's | Lenny Kaye | Various Artists | |
| Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960s | Lenny Kaye | Various Artists | |
| The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years | Neil Tesser | Stan Getz | |
| 1987 [26] | |||
| The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952 | Frank Conroy, Gary Giddins, Stephen Holden, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Jonathan Schwartz and Wilfrid Sheed | Frank Sinatra | |
| Biograph | Cameron Crowe | Bob Dylan | |
| Elektrock: The Sixties | Lenny Kaye | Various Artists | |
| The Mapleson Cylinders | David Hall, David Hamilton, Tom Owen, John Stratton and Robert Tuggle | Various Metropolitan Opera Artists | |
| Virtuosi | Richard Freed and Peter Eliot Stone | Various Artists | |
| 1988 [27] | |||
| Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings | Orrin Keepnews | Thelonious Monk | |
| The Bristol Sessions | Charles K. Wolfe | Various Artists | |
| The Complete Sun Sessions | Peter Guralnick | Elvis Presley | |
| Jimmie Rodgers on Record: America's Blue Yodeler | Nolan Porterfield | Jimmie Rodgers | |
| Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands | Mark Tucker | Various Artists | |
| 1989 [28] | |||
| Crossroads | Anthony DeCurtis | Eric Clapton | |
| The Classic Hoagy Carmichael | John Edward Hasse | Hoagy Carmichael | |
| The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. I | Dan Morgenstern | Various Artists | |
| Show Boat | Miles Kreuger | John McGlinn, Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley and Teresa Stratas | |
| Virginia Traditions: Southwest Virginia Blues | Vaughn Webb | Various Artists | |
1990s
edit| Year[I] | Work | Recipient(s) | Performing artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 [29] | |||
| Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve | Phil Schaap | Charlie Parker | |
| American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars | Dwight Blocker Bowers | Various Artists | |
| The Complete Fantasy Recordings | Gene Lees | Bill Evans | |
| Jazz Piano | Francis Davis, Dick Katz and Martin Williams | Various Artists | |
| Now That's a Good Tune | Howard Wight Marshall, Amy Skillman and Charles Walden | Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling | |
| 1991 [30] | |||
| Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown | Dan Morgenstern | Clifford Brown | |
| Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings | Gary Giddins | Art Pepper | |
| Bo Diddley: The Chess Box | Robert Palmer | Bo Diddley | |
| The Jack Kerouac Collection | David Perry | Jack Kerouac | |
| Muddy Waters: The Chess Box | Mary Katherine Aldin and Robert Palmer | Muddy Waters | |
| 1992 [31] | |||
| Star Time | James Brown, Nelson George, Alan M. Leeds, Harry Weinger and Cliff White | James Brown | |
| The Birth of Soul | Robert Palmer | Ray Charles | |
| The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased) | John Bauldie | Bob Dylan | |
| The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968 | Rob Bowman | Various Artists | |
| The Original Singles Collection...Plus | Colin Escott | Hank Williams | |
| 1993 [32] | |||
| Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Thulani Davis, Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz and Jerry Wexler | Aretha Franklin | |
| The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio | Will Friedwald and Dick Katz | Nat King Cole Trio | |
| Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll — The Complete 50s Masters | Peter Guralnick | Elvis Presley | |
| Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950) | Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding | Various Artists | |
| You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s | Robert Kimball and Richard M. Sudhalter | Various Artists | |
| 1994 [33] | |||
| The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 | Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap and Joel E. Siegel | Billie Holiday | |
| King of the Blues | Colin Escott | B. B. King | |
| The Complete Riverside Recordings | Jim Ferguson and Orrin Keepnews | Wes Montgomery | |
| Elvis: From Nashville to Memphis — The Essential 60s Masters | Peter Guralnick | Elvis Presley | |
| Sounds of the South: A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax | Alan Lomax and Robert Palmer | Various Artists | |
| 1995 [34] | |||
| Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923–1934 | Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg | Louis Armstrong | |
| Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings | Yves Beauvais, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman and Robert Palmer | Ornette Coleman | |
| The Complete Bud Powell on Verve | Celia Powell, Peter Pullman, Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver | Bud Powell | |
| Otis! The Definitive | Carol Cooper, Steve Greenberg and Jaime Wolf | Otis Redding | |
| Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965 | Peter Guralnick | Sam Cooke | |
| 1996 [35] | |||
| The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975 | Rob Bowman | Various Artists | |
| 25th Anniversary: Retrospective | John Fricke | Judy Garland | |
| Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings | Geoffrey Mark Fidelman and James Gavin | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae | Dan Morgenstern | Carmen McRae | |
| Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years | Dan Morgenstern | Louis Armstrong | |
| 1997 [36] | |||
| The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner and Phil Schaap | Miles Davis and Gil Evans | |
| The Complete Capitol Singles Collection | Will Friedwald | Frank Sinatra | |
| The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter | Chris Albertson | Bessie Smith | |
| Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994 | Lawrence Hoffman | Various Artists | |
| The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944-1985 | Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp and Mel Tormé | Mel Tormé | |
| 1998 [37] | |||
| Anthology of American Folk Music: 1997 Expanded Edition | John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Lucy Sante, Peter Stampfel and Eric Von Schmidt | Various Artists | |
| Anthology | Robert Gordon | Al Green | |
| Farewells & Fantasies | Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs and Michael Ventura | Phil Ochs | |
| Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection | Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera and Jerry Wexler | Ray Charles | |
| Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage | Ian Whitcomb | Various Artists | |
| 1999 [38] | |||
| Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 | Bob Belden, Todd Coolman and Michael Cuscuna | Miles Davis Quintet | |
| Charles Mingus: Passions of a Man — The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 | Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Andrew Homzy, Patrick Milligan, Sue Mingus, Tina Marisa Rocchio and Stefano Zenni | Charles Mingus | |
| The Complete Hank Williams | Daniel Cooper and Colin Escott | Hank Williams | |
| From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music | Bill Ivey, Bill C. Malone, Claudia Perry, John W. Rumble and Ron Wynn | Various Artists | |
| New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987 | Sedgwick Clark, Barbara Haws, Kurt Masur, Alan Rich, Robert Sherman and Steven Smolian | New York Philharmonic | |
2000s
edit| Year[I] | Work | Recipient(s) | Performing artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [39] | |||
| John Coltrane: The Classic Quartet — The Complete Impulse! Recordings | Bob Blumenthal | John Coltrane | |
| Hank Williams: Live at the Grand Ole Opry | Rick Bragg | Hank Williams | |
| The Last Soul Company | Rob Bowman | Various Artists | |
| Ray Charles: The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959-1986) | Daniel Cooper | Ray Charles | |
| Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century | Marc Kirkeby | Various Artists | |
| 2001 [40] | |||
| Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961 | Bob Blumenthal | Miles Davis and John Coltrane | |
| The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine | Jeff Place | Various Artists | |
| The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve | John Chilton | Lester Young | |
| Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat | Bud Scoppa | Little Feat | |
| The Remains of Tom Lehrer | Dr. Demento | Tom Lehrer | |
| Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story | Gerald Early | Sammy Davis Jr. | |
| 2002 [41] | |||
| ...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992) (TIE) | Walter Mosley | Richard Pryor | |
| Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960–2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz (TIE) | Elijah Wald | Various Artists | |
| The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music | Mari Evans | Various Artists | |
| Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance | Gerald Early | Various Artists | |
| The Stax Story | Rob Bowman | Various Artists | |
| 2003 [42] | |||
| Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton | David H. Evans Jr. | Charlie Patton | |
| Artie Shaw: Self Portrait | Artie Shaw | Artie Shaw | |
| The Golden Road (1965-1973) | Dennis McNally | Grateful Dead | |
| Sinatra in Hollywood (1940-1964) | Will Friedwald | Frank Sinatra | |
| A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981 | Tim Page | Glenn Gould | |
| 2004 [43] | |||
| Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey | Tom Piazza | Various Artists | |
| Count Basie and His Orchestra: America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years | Loren Schoenberg | Count Basie and His Orchestra | |
| Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings | Ashley Kahn | Nina Simone | |
| Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection | Will Friedwald | Peggy Lee | |
| Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers: The Complete Specialty Records Recordings | Daniel Wolff | Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers | |
| 2005 [44] | |||
| The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947) | Loren Schoenberg | Woody Herman and His Orchestra | |
| The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall | Sean Wilentz | Bob Dylan | |
| Carry It On | Barry Alfonso | Peter, Paul and Mary | |
| Let the Buyer Beware | Paul Krassner | Lenny Bruce | |
| No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion | Chris Morris | Various Artists | |
| 2006 [45] | |||
| The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax | John Szwed | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story | Adam White | Various Artists | |
| The Legend | Patrick Carr | Johnny Cash | |
| Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) | David Ritz | Ray Charles | |
| You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music | Henry Sapoznik | Charlie Poole and Various Artists | |
| 2007 [46] | |||
| If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It! | Dan Morgenstern | Fats Waller | |
| Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926-1937 | Marshall Wyatt | Various Artists | |
| Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922 | Tim Brooks | Various Artists | |
| Pirate Radio | Ben Edmonds | The Pretenders | |
| There Is a Season | David Fricke | The Byrds | |
| 2008 [47] | |||
| John Work, III: Recording Black Culture | Bruce Nemerov | Various Artists | |
| Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s | Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni | Various Artists | |
| Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions | Loren Schoenberg | Chu Berry | |
| Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings | David Sager | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | |
| Ricky Jay Plays Poker | Ricky Jay | Various Artists | |
| 2009 [48] | |||
| Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition | Francis Davis | Miles Davis | |
| Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum | Art Rosenbaum | Various Artists | |
| Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph | Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni | William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft | |
| Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul | David Ritz and Jerry Wexler | Aretha Franklin | |
| The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925-1934 | Henry Sapoznik | Ernest V. Stoneman | |
2010s
edit| Year[I] | Work | Recipient(s) | Performing artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [49] | |||
| The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) | Dan Morgenstern | Louis Armstrong | |
| Dance-O-Mania: Harry Yerkes and the Dawn of the Jazz Age, 1919-1923 | Mark Berresford | The Happy Six | |
| Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson — Music from the Film | Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp | Various Artists | |
| My Dusty Road | Ed Cray and Bill Nowlin | Woody Guthrie | |
| Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 | Lloyd Ecker and Susan Ecker | Sophie Tucker | |
| 2011 [50] | |||
| Keep an Eye on the Sky | Robert Gordon | Big Star | |
| Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937 | Gage Averill | Various Artists | |
| Side Steps | Ashley Kahn | John Coltrane | |
| There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 | Doug Seroff | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | |
| True Love Cast Out All Evil | Will Sheff | Roky Erickson with Okkervil River | |
| 2012 [51] | |||
| Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s | Adam Machado | Various Artists | |
| The Bang Years 1966–1968 | Neil Diamond | Neil Diamond | |
| The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music | Ted Olson and Tony Russell | Various Artists | |
| The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds from Berkeley, California 1950–75 | Alec Palao | Various Artists | |
| Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology | Ken Shipley | Syl Johnson | |
| 2013 [52] | |||
| Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles | Billy Vera | Ray Charles | |
| Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition | Stephen Wade | Stephen Wade | |
| First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition | Hans Olof Gottfridsson | The Beatles with Tony Sheridan | |
| The Pearl Sessions | Holly George-Warren | Janis Joplin | |
| Piazzolla in Brooklyn | Fernando Gonzalez | Pablo Aslan Quintet | |
| 2014 [53] | |||
| Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded) | Neil Tesser | John Coltrane | |
| 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story | Sean Wilentz | Various Artists | |
| Call It Art 1964–1965 | Ben Young | New York Art Quartet | |
| Electric Music for the Mind and Body | Alec Palao | Country Joe and the Fish | |
| Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps | Jonathan Cott | Leonard Bernstein and New York Philharmonic | |
| Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923–1936 | Nathan Salsburg | Various Artists | |
| 2015 [54] | |||
| Offering: Live at Temple University | Ashley Kahn | John Coltrane | |
| Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides | David Sager | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | |
| I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70 | Alec Palao | Various Artists | |
| The Other Side of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West', Vol. 1 | Scott B. Bomar | Various Artists | |
| Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound | Jon Kirby | Various Artists | |
| The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27) | Scott Blackwood | Various Artists | |
| 2016 [55] | |||
| Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced | Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | |
| Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 | James P. Leary | Various Artists | |
| Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | Jeff Place | Lead Belly | |
| Portrait of an American Singer | Ted Olson | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925 | Ryan Barna | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | |
| 2017 [56] [57] | |||
| Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along | Ken Bloom and Richard Carlin | Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle | |
| The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection | Mikal Gilmore | Kris Kristofferson | |
| The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp | Ted Olson and Tony Russell | Various Artists | |
| Ork Records: New York, New York | Rob Sevier and Ken Shipley | Various Artists | |
| Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900 | Richard Martin | Various Artists | |
| 2018 [58] | |||
| Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings | Lynell George | Otis Redding | |
| Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble with the Truth | Wayne Bledsoe and Bradley Reeves | Various Artists | |
| Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition | Ted Olson | Various Artists | |
| The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin | Bryan S. Wright | Richard Dowling | |
| Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute | David Giovannoni | Various Artists | |
| Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams | Michael Corcoran | Washington Phillips | |
| 2019 [59] | |||
| Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris | David Evans | Various Artists | |
| 4 Banjo Songs, 1891–1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument | Richard Martin and Ted Olson | Charles A. Asbury | |
| The 1960 Time Sessions | Ben Ratliff | Sonny Clark Trio | |
| Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920–1924 | James P. Leary | Various Artists | |
| The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra | David Gilbert | Various Artists | |
| Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 (Deluxe Edition) | Amanda Petrusich | Bob Dylan | |
2020s
edit| Year[I] | Work | Recipient(s) | Performing artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [60] | |||
| Stax '68: A Memphis Story | Steve Greenberg | Various Artists | |
| The Complete Cuba Jam Sessions | Judy Cantor-Navas | Various Artists | |
| The Gospel According to Malaco | Robert Marovich | Various Artists | |
| Pedal Steal + Four Corners | Brendan Greaves | Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band | |
| Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | Jeff Place | Pete Seeger | |
| 2021 [61] | |||
| Dead Man's Pop | Bob Mehr | The Replacements | |
| At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio, 1894–1926 | Tim Brooks | Various Artists | |
| The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940–1974 | Scott B. Bomar | Various Artists | |
| The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business | Colin Hancock | Various Artists | |
| Out of a Clear Blue Sky | David Sager | Nat Brusiloff | |
| 2022 [62] | |||
| The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions, 1946–1966 | Ricky Riccardi | Louis Armstrong | |
| Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas | Ann-Katrin Zimmermann | Sunwook Kim | |
| Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology | Kevin Howes | Willie Dunn | |
| Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889–1895 | David Giovannoni, Richard Martin and Stephan Puille | Various Artists | |
| The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland | Robert Marovich | Various Artists | |
| 2023 [63] | |||
| Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) | Bob Mehr | Wilco | |
| The American Clavé Recordings | Fernando González | Astor Piazzolla | |
| Andy Irvine & Paul Brady (Special Edition) | Gareth Murphy | Andy Irvine and Paul Brady | |
| Harry Partch, 1942 | John Schneider | Harry Partch | |
| Life's Work: A Retrospective | Ted Olson | Doc Watson | |
| 2024 | |||
| Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos | Robert Gordon and Deanie Parker | Various Artists | |
| Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Live) | Ashley Kahn | John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy | |
| I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn | Scott B. Bomar | Howdy Glenn | |
| Mogadishu's Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions | Vik Sohonie | Iftin Band | |
| Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971 | Jeff Place and John Troutman | Various Artists | |
| 2025 [64] | |||
| Centennial | Ricky Riccardi | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and Various Artists | |
| After Midnight | Tim Brooks | Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras | |
| The Carnegie Hall Concert | Lauren Du Graf | Alice Coltrane | |
| John Culshaw: The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948–55 | Dominic Fyfe | John Culshaw | |
| SONtrack Original de la Pelicula "Al Son de Beno" | Josh Kun | Various Artists | |
| 2026 [65] | |||
| Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings | Ashley Kahn | Miles Davis | |
| Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964–1974 | Scott B. Bomar | Buck Owens and His Buckaroos | |
| After the Last Sky | Adam Shatz | Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates and Dave Holland | |
| Árabe | Amanda Ekery | Amanda Ekery | |
| The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 | Alec Palao | Sly and the Family Stone | |
| A Ghost Is Born (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | Bob Mehr | Wilco | |
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