| 2025 | Ricky Riccardi (Centennial)beat 4 others- Tim Brooks (After Midnight)
- Lauren Du Graf (The Carnegie Hall Concert)
- Dominic Fyfe (John Culshaw: The Art of the Producer – The Early Years 1948–55)
- Josh Kun (SONtrack Original de la Pelicula "Al Son de Beno")
| Archeophone |
| 2024 | Robert Gordon and Deanie Parker (Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos)beat 4 others- Ashley Kahn (Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Live))
- Scott B. Bomar (I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn)
- Vik Sohonie (Mogadishu's Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions)
- Jeff Place and John Troutman (Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971)
| Stax/Craft |
| 2023 | Bob Mehr (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition))beat 4 others- Fernando González (The American Clavé Recordings)
- Gareth Murphy (Andy Irvine & Paul Brady (Special Edition))
- John Schneider (Harry Partch, 1942)
- Ted Olson (Life's Work: A Retrospective)
| Nonesuch |
| 2022 | Ricky Riccardi (The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions, 1946–1966)beat 4 others- Ann-Katrin Zimmermann (Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas)
- Kevin Howes (Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology)
- David Giovannoni, Richard Martin and Stephan Puille (Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889–1895)
- Robert Marovich (The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland)
| Not listed |
| 2021 | Bob Mehr (Dead Man's Pop)beat 4 others- Tim Brooks (At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio, 1894–1926)
- Scott B. Bomar (The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940–1974)
- Colin Hancock (The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business)
- David Sager (Out of a Clear Blue Sky)
| Not listed |
| 2020 | Steve Greenberg (Stax '68: A Memphis Story)beat 4 others- Judy Cantor-Navas (The Complete Cuba Jam Sessions)
- Robert Marovich (The Gospel According to Malaco)
- Brendan Greaves (Pedal Steal + Four Corners)
- Jeff Place (Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection)
| Not listed |
| 2019 | David Evans (Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris)beat 5 others- Richard Martin and Ted Olson (4 Banjo Songs, 1891–1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument)
- Ben Ratliff (The 1960 Time Sessions)
- James P. Leary (Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920–1924)
- David Gilbert (The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra)
- Amanda Petrusich (Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 (Deluxe Edition))
| Dust-to-Digital |
| 2018 | Lynell George (Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings)beat 5 others- Wayne Bledsoe and Bradley Reeves (Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble with the Truth)
- Ted Olson (Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition)
- Bryan S. Wright (The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin)
- David Giovannoni (Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute)
- Michael Corcoran (Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams)
| Not listed |
| 2017 | Ken Bloom and Richard Carlin (Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along)beat 4 others- Mikal Gilmore (The Complete Monument & Columbia Album Collection)
- Ted Olson and Tony Russell (The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp)
- Rob Sevier and Ken Shipley (Ork Records: New York, New York)
- Richard Martin (Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900)
| Not listed |
| 2016 | Joni Mitchell (Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced)beat 4 others- James P. Leary (Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946)
- Jeff Place (Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection)
- Ted Olson (Portrait of an American Singer)
- Ryan Barna (Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925)
| Not listed |
| 2015 | Ashley Kahn (Offering: Live at Temple University)beat 5 others- David Sager (Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides)
- Alec Palao (I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70)
- Scott B. Bomar (The Other Side of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West', Vol. 1)
- Jon Kirby (Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound)
- Scott Blackwood (The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27))
| Not listed |
| 2014 | Neil Tesser (Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered & Expanded))beat 5 others- Sean Wilentz (360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story)
- Ben Young (Call It Art 1964–1965)
- Alec Palao (Electric Music for the Mind and Body)
- Jonathan Cott (Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps)
- Nathan Salsburg (Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923–1936)
| Not listed |
| 2013 | Billy Vera (Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles)beat 4 others- Stephen Wade (Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition)
- Hans Olof Gottfridsson (First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition)
- Holly George-Warren (The Pearl Sessions)
- Fernando Gonzalez (Piazzolla in Brooklyn)
| Not listed |
| 2012 | Adam Machado (Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s)beat 4 others- Neil Diamond (The Bang Years 1966–1968)
- Ted Olson and Tony Russell (The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music)
- Alec Palao (The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds from Berkeley, California 1950–75)
- Ken Shipley (Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology)
| Not listed |
| 2011 | Robert Gordon (Keep an Eye on the Sky)beat 4 others- Gage Averill (Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937)
- Ashley Kahn (Side Steps)
- Doug Seroff (There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916)
- Will Sheff (True Love Cast Out All Evil)
| Not listed |
| 2010 | Dan Morgenstern (The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946))beat 4 others- Mark Berresford (Dance-O-Mania: Harry Yerkes and the Dawn of the Jazz Age, 1919-1923)
- Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp (Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson – Music from the Film)
- Ed Cray and Bill Nowlin (My Dusty Road)
- Lloyd Ecker and Susan Ecker (Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922)
| Not listed |
| 2009 | Francis Davis (Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition)beat 4 others- Art Rosenbaum (Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum)
- Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni (Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph)
- David Ritz and Jerry Wexler (Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul)
- Henry Sapoznik (The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925-1934)
| Not listed |
| 2008 | Bruce Nemerov (John Work, III: Recording Black Culture)beat 4 others- Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni (Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s)
- Loren Schoenberg (Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions)
- David Sager (Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings)
- Ricky Jay (Ricky Jay Plays Poker)
| Not listed |
| 2007 | Dan Morgenstern (If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It!)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Marshall Wyatt (Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926-1937)
- Tim Brooks (Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922)
- Ben Edmonds (Pirate Radio)
- David Fricke (There Is a Season)
| Not listed |
| 2006 | John Szwed (The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax)beat 4 others- Adam White (Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story)
- Patrick Carr (The Legend)
- David Ritz (Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959))
- Henry Sapoznik (You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music)
| Not listed |
| 2005 | Loren Schoenberg (The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-1947))beat 4 others- Sean Wilentz (The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall)
- Barry Alfonso (Carry It On)
- Paul Krassner (Let the Buyer Beware)
- Chris Morris (No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion)
| Not listed |
| 2004 | Tom Piazza (Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey)beat 4 others- Loren Schoenberg (Count Basie and His Orchestra: America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years)
- Ashley Kahn (Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings)
- Will Friedwald (Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection)
- Daniel Wolff (Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers: The Complete Specialty Records Recordings)
| Hip-O |
| 2003 | David H. Evans Jr. (Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton)beat 4 others- Artie Shaw (Artie Shaw: Self Portrait)
- Dennis McNally (The Golden Road (1965-1973))
- Will Friedwald (Sinatra in Hollywood (1940-1964))
- Tim Page (A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981)
| Revenant |
| 2002 | Walter Mosley (...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992))tieElijah Wald (Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960–2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz)beat 3 others- Mari Evans (The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music)
- Gerald Early (Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance)
- Rob Bowman (The Stax Story)
| Not listed |
| 2001 | Bob Blumenthal (Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961)repeatbeat 5 others- Jeff Place (The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine)
- John Chilton (The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve)
- Bud Scoppa (Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat)
- Dr. Demento (The Remains of Tom Lehrer)
- Gerald Early (Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story)
| Not listed |
| 2000 | Bob Blumenthal (John Coltrane: The Classic Quartet – The Complete Impulse! Recordings)beat 4 others- Rick Bragg (Hank Williams: Live at the Grand Ole Opry)
- Rob Bowman (The Last Soul Company)
- Daniel Cooper (Ray Charles: The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959-1986))
- Marc Kirkeby (Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century)
| Not listed |
| 1999 | Bob Belden, Todd Coolman and Michael Cuscuna (Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Andrew Homzy, Patrick Milligan, Sue Mingus, Tina Marisa Rocchio and Stefano Zenni (Charles Mingus: Passions of a Man – The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961)
- Daniel Cooper and Colin Escott (The Complete Hank Williams)
- Bill Ivey, Bill C. Malone, Claudia Perry, John W. Rumble and Ron Wynn (From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music)
- Sedgwick Clark, Barbara Haws, Kurt Masur, Alan Rich, Robert Sherman and Steven Smolian (New York Philharmonic: The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987)
| Not listed |
| 1998 | John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Lucy Sante, Peter Stampfel and Eric Von Schmidt (Anthology of American Folk Music: 1997 Expanded Edition)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Robert Gordon (Anthology)
- Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs and Michael Ventura (Farewells & Fantasies)
- Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera and Jerry Wexler (Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection)
- Ian Whitcomb (Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage)
| Not listed |
| 1997 | George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner and Phil Schaap (The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Will Friedwald (The Complete Capitol Singles Collection)
- Chris Albertson (The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter)
- Lawrence Hoffman (Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994)
- Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp and Mel Tormé (The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944-1985)
| Not listed |
| 1996 | Rob Bowman (The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975)unverifiedbeat 4 others- John Fricke (25th Anniversary: Retrospective)
- Geoffrey Mark Fidelman and James Gavin (Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings)
- Dan Morgenstern (I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae)
- Dan Morgenstern (Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years)
| Not listed |
| 1995 | Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg (Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923–1934)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Yves Beauvais, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman and Robert Palmer (Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings)
- Celia Powell, Peter Pullman, Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver (The Complete Bud Powell on Verve)
- Carol Cooper, Steve Greenberg and Jaime Wolf (Otis! The Definitive)
- Peter Guralnick (Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965)
| Not listed |
| 1994 | Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap and Joel E. Siegel (The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Colin Escott (King of the Blues)
- Jim Ferguson and Orrin Keepnews (The Complete Riverside Recordings)
- Peter Guralnick (Elvis: From Nashville to Memphis – The Essential 60s Masters)
- Alan Lomax and Robert Palmer (Sounds of the South: A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax)
| Not listed |
| 1993 | Thulani Davis, Tom Dowd, Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz and Jerry Wexler (Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Will Friedwald and Dick Katz (The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio)
- Peter Guralnick (Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll – The Complete 50s Masters)
- Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding (Roots 'N Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950))
- Robert Kimball and Richard M. Sudhalter (You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s)
| Not listed |
| 1992 | James Brown, Nelson George, Alan M. Leeds, Harry Weinger and Cliff White (Star Time)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Robert Palmer (The Birth of Soul)
- John Bauldie (The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased))
- Rob Bowman (The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968)
- Colin Escott (The Original Singles Collection...Plus)
| Not listed |
| 1991 | Dan Morgenstern (Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Gary Giddins (Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings)
- Robert Palmer (Bo Diddley: The Chess Box)
- David Perry (The Jack Kerouac Collection)
- Mary Katherine Aldin and Robert Palmer (Muddy Waters: The Chess Box)
| Not listed |
| 1990 | Phil Schaap (Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Dwight Blocker Bowers (American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars)
- Gene Lees (The Complete Fantasy Recordings)
- Francis Davis, Dick Katz and Martin Williams (Jazz Piano)
- Howard Wight Marshall, Amy Skillman and Charles Walden (Now That's a Good Tune)
| Not listed |
| 1989 | Anthony DeCurtis (Crossroads)unverifiedbeat 4 others- John Edward Hasse (The Classic Hoagy Carmichael)
- Dan Morgenstern (The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. I)
- Miles Kreuger (Show Boat)
- Vaughn Webb (Virginia Traditions: Southwest Virginia Blues)
| Not listed |
| 1988 | Orrin Keepnews (Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Charles K. Wolfe (The Bristol Sessions)
- Peter Guralnick (The Complete Sun Sessions)
- Nolan Porterfield (Jimmie Rodgers on Record: America's Blue Yodeler)
- Mark Tucker (Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands)
| Not listed |
| 1987 | Frank Conroy, Gary Giddins, Stephen Holden, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Jonathan Schwartz and Wilfrid Sheed (The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Cameron Crowe (Biograph)
- Lenny Kaye (Elektrock: The Sixties)
- David Hall, David Hamilton, Tom Owen, John Stratton and Robert Tuggle (The Mapleson Cylinders)
- Richard Freed and Peter Eliot Stone (Virtuosi)
| Not listed |
| 1986 | Peter Guralnick (Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Dwight Blocker Bowers and James R. Morris (American Popular Song)
- Lenny Kaye (Bleecker and McDougal: The Folk Scene of the 60's)
- Lenny Kaye (Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960s)
- Neil Tesser (The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years)
| Not listed |
| 1985 | Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams (Big Band Jazz)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Grover Sales (Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Recording))
- James Sundquist (An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar)
- Lorene Lortie and Z Factor (A Golden Celebration)
- Glenn Hinson (Virginia Traditions/Virginia Work Songs (Field Recordings 1936-1980))
| Not listed |
| 1984 | Orrin Keepnews (The Interplay Sessions)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Lester Bangs (The Fugs Greatest Hits, Vol. I)
- Peter Guralnick (The Okeh Sessions)
- Richard B. Hadlock (Joe Sullivan (Giants of Jazz))
- John McDonough (Seven Come Eleven)
| Not listed |
| 1983 | John Chilton and Richard M. Sudhalter (Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz))unverifiedbeat 5 others- Gary Giddins (Duke Ellington 1941)
- Thornton Hagert (An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall)
- William Ivey (The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time)
- William Ivey and Bob Pinson (Sixty Years of Country Music)
- Robert Palmer (Young Blood)
| Not listed |
| 1982 | Dan Morgenstern (Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Philip W. Payne and David Thomson (Fats Waller (Giants of Jazz))
- Frank Kappler, Willa Rouder and Dick Wellstood (James P. Johnson (Giants of Jazz))
- Chick Crumpacker (The Mario Lanza Collection)
- John McDonough (Pee Wee Russell (Giants of Jazz))
| Not listed |
| 1981 | David McClintock (Trilogy: Past Present Future)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Bruce Bastin and David Evans (Atlanta Blues: 1933)
- Dan Morgenstern (Chicago Concert, 1956)
- Lorene Lortie (Elvis Aron Presley)
- John McDonough and Richard M. Sudhalter (Lester Young (Giants of Jazz))
| Not listed |
| 1980 | James Patrick and Bob Porter (Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Melvin Maddocks (Billie Holiday (Giants of Jazz))
- Stanley Dance and Dan Morgenstern (Duke Ellington (Giants of Jazz))
- Richard M. Sudhalter (Hoagy Carmichael: A Legendary Performer and Composer)
- Dick Schory (The Magical Music of Walt Disney)
| Not listed |
| 1979 | Michael Brooks (A Bing Crosby Collection, Vols. I and II)unverifiedbeat 5 others- Bill Bender and Irving Kolodin (Beethoven: 9 Symphonies)
- Leonard Feather (Ellington at Carnegie Hall, 1943)
- Alan Lomax (Georgia Sea Island Songs)
- Dan Morgenstern (The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell)
- David Baker and R. D. Darrell (Works of Carpenter/Gilbert/Weiss/Powell)
| Not listed |
| 1978 | George T. Simon (Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Patrick Snyder (Flight Log)
- George T. Simon (Guy Lombardo: A Legendary Performer)
- Michael Brooks (The Lester Young Story, Vol. I)
- Chris Albertson (Stormy Blues)
| Not listed |
| 1977 | Dan Morgenstern (The Changing Face of Harlem: Savoy Sessions)unverifiedbeat 4 others- George R. Marek (Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos)
- Douglas B. Green (The Blue Sky Boys)
- Francis Robinson (Caruso: A Legendary Performer)
- Mort Goode (The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1 – 1935)
| Not listed |
| 1976 | Pete Hamill (Blood on the Tracks)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Tom T. Hall (Greatest Hits, Vol. 2)
- George T. Simon (A Legendary Performer: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra)
- Ralph J. Gleason (The Real Lenny Bruce)
- Benny Green (The Tatum Solo Masterpieces)
| Not listed |
| 1975 | Charles R. Townsend (For the Last Time)tieDan Morgenstern (The Hawk Flies)unverifiedbeat 3 others- Rudy Behlmer (50 Years of Film Music (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recordings))
- Ralph J. Gleason (The Pianist)
- J.R. Young (The World Is Still Waiting for the Sunrise)
| Not listed |
| 1974 | Dan Morgenstern (God Is in the House)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Chet Flippo (Lonesome, On'ry and Mean)
- Stan Cornyn (Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back)
- Lionel Newman (Remember Marilyn)
- William Ivey (This Is Jimmie Rodgers)
| Not listed |
| 1973 | Tom T. Hall (Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Dan Morgenstern (Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet and His Orchestra, Volume 1)
- Albert Goldman (Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall)
- Charlie Mingus (Let My Children Hear Music)
- Michael Brooks (Super Chief)
| Not listed |
| 1972 | Sam Samudio (Sam, Hard and Heavy)unverifiedbeat 7 others- Don DeMicheal (The Genius of Louis Armstrong)
- Tom West (Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker)
- Nat Hentoff (Louis Armstrong: July 4, 1900–July 6, 1971)
- Colman Andrews (Miles Davis)
- James Lyons (Music of Varese)
- Joshua Rifkin (Piano Rags by Scott Joplin)
- George T. Simon (This Is Benny Goodman)
| Not listed |
| 1971 | Chris Albertson (The World's Greatest Blues Singer)unverifiedbeat 7 others- Billy Edd Wheeler (As I See It)
- Ralph J. Gleason (Bitches Brew)
- Rod McKuen (Hold Back the World)
- Anthony D'Oberoff (I Do Not Play No Rock 'n Roll)
- Rex Reed (Judy. London. 1969.)
- James Goodfriend (Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits)
- Arthur Knight (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
| Not listed |
| 1970 | Johnny Cash (Nashville Skyline)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others- John Dodds II (Chicago Mess Around)
- Joan Baez (David's Album)
- John Hartford (John Hartford)
- Rex Reed (Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short at Town Hall)
| Not listed |
| 1969 | Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Richard Oliver (Anthology of Indian Music, Volume One)
- Miles Kreuger (Ethel Waters on Stage and Screen 1925-1940)
- Stan Cornyn (Francis A. & Edward K.)
- Pete Seeger (Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits)
| Not listed |
| 1968 | John D. Loudermilk (Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse)unverifiedbeat 5 others- Rod McKuen (The Earth)
- Rory Guy (Extra Special!)
- Stanley Dance (The Far East Suite)
- Stan Cornyn (Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim)
- Richard Oliver (Listen!)
| Not listed |
| 1967 | Stan Cornyn (Sinatra at the Sands)repeatunverifiedbeat 4 others- Harvey Cowen (Ben Colder Strikes Again)
- Nelson Lyon (Doctor Zhivago)
- Fred Friendly (Edward R. Murrow: A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I – The War Years)
- Stanley Dance and Ralph J. Gleason (The Ellington Era, Vol. II)
| Not listed |
| 1966 | Stan Cornyn (September of My Years)unverifiedbeat 4 others- Otto Gerdes and Gustav Rudolf Sellner (Berg: Wozzeck)
- Charles Lamb (Father and Son)
- Stanley Dance (Grand Terrace Band)
- Dom Cerulli (The Voice of the Uncommon Man)
| Reprise |
| 1965 | Carleton Beals and Stanton Catlin (Mexico (Legacy Collection))unverifiedbeat 6 others- Alexander Cohen (Beyond the Fringe '64)
- Rory Guy (The Definitive Piaf)
- Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Gene Lees (Getz/Gilberto)
- Neville Cardus (Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in a C Sharp Minor/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts)
- Jack Tracy (Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini)
- George Sponholtz (The Young Chevalier)
| Not listed |
| 1964 | Stanley Dance and Leonard Feather (The Ellington Era)unverifiedbeat 5 others- Bob Bollard (The Amazing Amanda Ambrose)
- Benjamin A. Botkin, James L. Horan, Harold Preece and Sylvester L. Vigilante (The Badmen)
- Harold Arlen (The Barbra Streisand Album)
- Sidney Bock (An Evening of Elizabethan Music)
- Edward Albee and Harold Clurman (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
| Not listed |
