A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Historical Album.

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 27 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer/restoration engineer in 2025 for Centennial.
  1. CentennialMeagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer/restoration engineer
  2. Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter DemosRobert Gordon, Deanie Parker, Cheryl Pawelski, Michele Smith & Mason Williams, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer/restoration engineer
  3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
  4. Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
  5. It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best of Mister RogersLee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer
  6. Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways CollectionJeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer
Years explored
2000–2025
Different winners
27
Category leader
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About this record

The 2014 award was a tie, and both winners are listed.

20002025

26 ceremonies

20002025

01 / The reigns

27 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927–1973)'00
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings'01
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944'02
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton'03
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey'04
Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945–1970'05
The Complete Library of Congress Recordings'06
Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891–1922'07
The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949'08
Steven Lance Ledbetter & Art Rosenbaum'09
The Complete Chess Masters (1950–1967)'10
The Beatles: The Original Studio Recordings'11
Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)'12
The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)'13
Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965'14
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950'15
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete'16
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 (Collector's Edition)'17
Leonard Bernstein – The Composer'18
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris'19
Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection'20
It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers'21
Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)'22
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)'23
Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos'24
Centennial'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Sony leads the recorded label credits with 6 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Sony6 wins
Archeophone2 wins
Dust-to-Digital2 wins
Omnivore2 wins
Warner2 wins
ABKCO1 win
Wins by label
  1. Sony623%
  2. Archeophone28%
  3. Dust-to-Digital28%
  4. Omnivore28%
  5. Warner28%
  6. ABKCO14%
  7. Other1142%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer
    3 noms
  2. 02
    David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer
    2 noms
  3. 03
    Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer
    3L · 0W
  2. 02
    David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer
    2L · 0W
  3. 03
    Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
    2L · 0W
  4. 04
    Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer
    1L · 1W
  5. 05
    Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer
    1L · 1W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer/restoration engineer (Centennial)
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  • L. Londell McMillan, Charles F. Spicer Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers; Chris James, restoration engineer (Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition)
  • Tom Laskey, Shana L. Redmond, Susan Robeson & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson - Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV and Victor Recordings)
  • Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepito y Paquito)
  • Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (The Sound of Music - Super Deluxe Edition)
Archeophone
2024Robert 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)
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  • Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Steve Addabbo, Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone, Chris Shaw & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17)
  • Colin Hancock, Meagan Heannesey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer/restoration engineer (The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922)
  • Jeff Place & John Troutman, compilation producers; Randy LeRoy & Charlie Pilzer, mastering engineers; Mike Petillo & Charlie Pilzer, restoration engineers (Playing For the Man at the Door: Field Recordings From the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971)
  • (Deluxe Edition) - Laurie Anderson, Don Fleming, Jason Stern, Matt Sullivan & Hall Wilner, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer; John Baldwin & Steve Rosenthal, restoration engineers (Words & Music, May 1965)
Stax/Craft
2023Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition))
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  • Tommy Manzi, Steve Rosenthal & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Tom Camuso, restoration engineer (Against the Odds: 1974–1982)
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner, mastering engineer (The Goldberg Variations - The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions)
  • Scott Billington, Ted Olson & Mason Williams, compilation producers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Life's Work - A Retrospective)
  • Jonathan Sklute, compilation producer; Kevin Marques Moo, mastering engineer; Lucas MacFadden, restoration engineer (To Whom It May Concern)
Nonesuch
2022Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967))
beat 4 others
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Nancy Conforti, Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (Marian Anderson - Beyond the Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings)
  • Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer; David Giovannoni & Richard Martin, restoration engineers (Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895)
  • April Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music)
  • Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Sign O' The Times (Super Deluxe Edition))
Rhino
2021Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (It's Such A Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers)
beat 5 others
  • Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Celebrated, 1895-1896)
  • Zev Feldman, Will Friedwald & George Klabin, compilation producers; Matthew Lutthans, mastering engineer (Hittin' The Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943))
  • Trevor Guy, Michael Howe & Kirk Johnson, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (1999 Super Deluxe Edition)
  • Carolyn Agger, compilation producer; Miles Showell, mastering engineer (Souvenir)
  • Béla Fleck, compilation producer; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer (Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions)
Omnivore
2020Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection)
beat 4 others
  • Andrew Batt & Kris Maher, compilation producers; Simon Gibson, mastering engineer (The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters)
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineers (The Great Comeback: Horowitz at Carnegie Hall)
  • Spencer Doran, Yosuke Kitazawa, Douglas McGowan & Matt Sullivan, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer (Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990)
  • Brian Kehew, Steve Woolard & Andy Zax, compilation producers; Dave Schultz, mastering engineer (Woodstock – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive)
Smithsonian Folkways
2019William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris)
beat 4 others
  • Rob Bowman, Douglas Mcgowan, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, mastering engineer (Any Other Way)
  • Martin Hawkins, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight...)
  • Hugo Keesing, compilation producer; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War)
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Andreas K. Meyer & Rebekah Wineman, mastering engineers (A Rhapsody in Blue: The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant)
Dust-to-Digital
2018Robert Russ, compilation producer; Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Leonard Bernstein – The Composer)
beat 4 others
  • Jon Kirby, Florent Mazzoleni, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta)
  • Robert Russ, compilation producer; Mathias Erb, Martin Kistner & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions, June 1955)
  • Nicolas Sheikholeslami & Vik Sohonie, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa)
  • Michael Corcoran, April G. Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams)
Sony Classical
2017Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 (Collector's Edition))
beat 4 others
  • April G. Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter, Bill Nowlin & Philip D. Schuyler, compilation producers; Rick Fisher & Michael Graves, mastering engineers (Music of Morocco from the Library of Congress: Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959)
  • Bernard Horowitz, Andreas K. Meyer & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Andreas K. Meyer & Jeanne Montalvo, mastering engineers (Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966–1983)
  • Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Ork Records: New York, New York)
  • Michael Devecka, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Michael Devecka, David Giovannoni, Michael Khanchalian & Richard Martin, mastering engineers (Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900)
Columbia/Legacy
2016Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete)
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  • Geri Allen, Jocelyn Arem & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Jessica Thompson, mastering engineer (The Complete Concert by the Sea)
  • Kevin Howes, compilation producer; Greg Mindorff, mastering engineer (Native North America Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985)
  • Steven Lance Ledbetter & Nathan Salsburg, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Parchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947–1959)
  • Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Songs My Mother Taught Me)
Columbia/Legacy
2015Colin Escott & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (The Garden Spot Programs, 1950)
beat 4 others
  • Jeffrey Green, Ranier E. Lotz & Howard Rye, compilation producers; Christian Zwarg, mastering engineer (Black Europe: The Sounds and Images of Black People in Europe Pre–1927)
  • Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides)
  • Steven Lance Ledbetter & David Murray, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Longing for the Past: The 78 RPM Era in Southeast Asia)
  • Hunter Lea, Patrick McCarthy & Matt Sullivan, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer (There's a Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966–1971 (Deluxe Edition))
Omnivore
2014Teri Landi, Andrew Loog Oldham & Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965)tieLeo Sacks, compilation producer; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Tom Ruff & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums)
beat 3 others
  • Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, compilation producers; Steve Fallone, Joe Lizzi & Ben Young, mastering engineers (Call it Art 1964–1965)
  • Patrick Feaster & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Pictures of Sound: One Thousand Years of Educed Audio: 980–1980)
  • Philip Siney, compilation producer; Ben Turner, mastering engineer (Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Deluxe Edition))
ABKCO / Columbia/Legacy
2013Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson & Dennis Wolfe, compilation producers; Mark Linett, mastering engineer (The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set))
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  • Josh Rosenthal, compilation producer; Bryan Hoffa & Christopher King, mastering engineers (He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes)
  • Kent Cave, Michael Montgomery & Ted Olson, compilation producers; John Fleenor & Steve Kemp, mastering engineers (Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music: 34 Historic Songs, Ballads and Instrumentals Recorded in the Great Smoky Mountains by 'Song Catcher' Joseph S. Hall)
  • Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jonathan Ward, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Opika Pende: Africa at 78RPM)
  • Jeff Place & Robert Santelli, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection)
Capitol
2012Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition))
beat 4 others
  • Christopher C. King & Ted Olson, compilation producers; Christopher C. King & Chris Zwarg, mastering engineers (The Bristol Sessions 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music)
  • Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton, mastering engineer (Complete Mythology)
  • Chris Strachwitz, compilation producer; Mike Cogan, mastering engineer (Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s)
  • Ernst Mikael Jorgenson, compilation producer; Vic Anesini, mastering engineer (Young Man with the Big Beat: The Complete '56 Elvis Presley Masters)
Hear Music
2011Jeff Jones & Allan Rouse, compilation producers; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles: The Original Studio Recordings)
beat 4 others
  • Jeffrey A. Greenberg, David Katznelson & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Steve Rosenthal & Warren Russell-Smith, mastering engineers (Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for The Library of Congress, 1936–1937)
  • Colin Escott, Mike Jason & Jett Williams, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineer (The Complete Mother's Best Recordings...Plus!)
  • Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More)
  • Alec Palao, Cheryl Pawelski & Andrew Sandoval, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Andrew Sandoval, mastering engineers (Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968)
Apple/Parlophone/Capitol
2010Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (The Complete Chess Masters (1950–1967))
beat 4 others
  • Scott Billington, Michael Creamer & Bill Nowlin, compilation producers; Doug Pomeroy, mastering engineer (My Dusty Road)
  • Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910–1922)
  • Steven Lance Ledbetter & Jim Linderman, compilation producers; Robert Vosgien, mastering engineer (Take Me to the Water: Immersion Baptism in Vintage Music and Photography 1890–1950)
  • Cheryl Pawelski, Mason Williams & Andy Zax, compilation producers; Dave Schultz, mastering engineer (Woodstock–40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm)
Hip-O Select/Geffen
2009Steven 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)
beat 4 others
  • Scott Wenzel, compilation producer; Malcolm Addey, Michael Brooks, Matt Cavaluzzo, Andreas Meyer & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Classic Columbia, OKeh and Vocalion Lester Young with Count Basie (1936–1940))
  • David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph)
  • Ken Flaherty Jr., compilation producer; Marcos Sueiro Bal, Ken Flaherty Jr., Kurt Nauck & Glenn Sage, mastering engineers (Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette)
  • Richard Seidel, compilation producer; Mark G. Wilder, mastering engineer (To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story)
Dust-to-Digital
2008Nora 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)
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  • David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s)
  • Stuart Batsford, Mick Houghton & Phil Smee, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra Records 1963–1973 (Deluxe Edition))
  • Alec Palao, compilation producer; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970)
  • Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, compilation producers; Christopher King & Robert Vosgien, mastering engineers (People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913–1938)
Woody Guthrie Publications
2007Meagan 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)unverified
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  • Marshall Wyatt, compilation producer; Christopher King, mastering engineer (Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926–1937)
  • Sheryl Farber & Gary Stewart, compilation producers; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found)
  • Rebekah Presson Mosby, compilation producer; Randy Perry, mastering engineer (Poetry On Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work (1888–2006))
  • James Austin & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Rockin’ Bones: 1950's Punk & Rockabilly)
Archeophone
2006Jeffrey Greenberg, Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Adam Ayan, Steve Rosenthal, mastering engineers (The Complete Library of Congress Recordings)
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  • Dean Blackwood, Ben Young, compilation producers; Joe Lizzi, Kevin Reeves, Ben Young, mastering engineers (Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70))
  • Gregg Geller, compilation producer; Vic Anesini, mastering engineer (The Legend)
  • James Austin, Ahmet Ertegun, compilation producers; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952–1959))
  • Henry Sapoznik, compilation producer; Christopher King, Andreas Meyer, Darcy Proper, mastering engineers (You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music)
Rounder
2005Daniel Cooper, Michael Gray, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio, Alan Stoker, mastering engineers (Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945–1970)unverified
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  • Scott Wenzel, compilation producer; Malcolm Addey, Michael Brooks, Matt Cavaluzzo, Ken Robertson, mastering engineers (The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945–1947))
  • Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producer; David Glasser, Matt Sandoski, mastering engineers (Goodbye, Babylon)
  • Hal Willner, compilation producer; Eric Liljestrand, mastering engineer (Let the Buyer Beware)
  • Rick Rubin, compilation producer; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer (Unearthed)
CMF/Lost Highway
2004Steve Berkowitz, Alex Gibney, Andy McKaie & Jerry Rappaport, compilation producers; Gavin Lurssen & Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineers (Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey)
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  • Orrin Keepnews, compilation producer; Seth Foster, Andreas Meyer & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Count Basie and His Orchestra–America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years)
  • Cy Godfrey & Steve Woof, compilation producers; Dave McEowen, Ron McMaster, Odea Murphy & Bob Norberg, mastering engineers (Peggy Lee–The Singles Collection)
  • Bill Belmont, Ralph Kaffel & Stuart Kremsky, compilation producers; Joe Tarantino, mastering engineer (Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers–The Complete Specialty Records Recordings)
  • David Maxine, compilation producer; Adrian Cosentini, mastering engineer (Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Broadway Musical The Wizard of Oz)
Hip-O
2003Dean Blackwood, compilation producer; David Glasser & Christopher King, mastering engineers (Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton)
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  • Orrin Keepnews, compilation producer; Dennis Ferrante, mastering engineer (Artie Shaw: Self Portrait)
  • Scott Wenzel, compilation producer; Doug Pomeroy, mastering engineer (The Complete OKeh and Brunswick Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer and Jack Teagarden Sessions (1924–36))
  • Rick Harris & David Nolan, compilation producers; Leslie Mona-Mathus, mastering engineer (Dylan Thomas: The Caedmon Collection)
  • Michael Brooks & Michael Cuscuna, compilation producers; Seth Foster, Ken Robertson & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (The Genius of the Electric Guitar)
Revenant
2002Michael 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)
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  • Orrin Keepnews, compilation producer; Paul Reid III, mastering engineer (Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944–1948)
  • Chris Strachwitz & Elijah Wald, compilation producers; Mike Cogan, mastering engineer (Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection, 1960–2000: The Journey of Chris Strachwitz)
  • David Belafonte, Harry Belafonte & Albert C. Pryor, compilation producers; Michael O. Drexler, mastering engineer (The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music)
  • Ted Myers, compilation producer; Bob Fisher, mastering engineer (Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom, 1950–1970)
Columbia/Legacy
2001Steve 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)
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  • Ronald D. Cohen & Jeff Place, compilation producers; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine)
  • Michael Wesley Johnson, David McLees & Gordon Skene, compilation producers; Bob Fisher, mastering engineer (Great Moments of the 20th Century)
  • Julie D’Angelo & Holly George-Warren, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Respect: A Century of Women in Music)
  • Nathaniel S. Johnson, compilation producer; Hsi-Ling Chang, Marian M. Conaty, Michael O. Drexler, Thomas MacCluskey, Ward Marston, James Nichols, Francis X. Pierce, Jon M. Samuels & Michael Sobol, mastering engineers (The Rubinstein Collection)
Columbia/Legacy
2000Orrin 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))
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  • Michael Lang, Phil Schaap & Ben Young, compilation producers; Phil Schaap, mastering engineer (The Complete Jazz at the Philharmonic on Verve, 1944–1949)
  • Sedgwick Clark, compilation producer; Jon M. Samuels & Seth B. Winner, mastering engineers (The Mahler Broadcasts, 1948–1982)
  • James Austin, Ray Charles, Terry Howard & Michael Johnson, compilation producers; Terry Howard & Doug Sax, mastering engineers (Ray Charles: The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959–1986))
  • Billy Altman, Steve Berkowitz, Mike Berniker, Michael Brooks, Mitchell Cohen, Lawrence Cohn, Didier C. Deutsch, Bruce Dickinson, Michelle Errante, Jeff Jones, Arthur Levy, Nedra Olds-Neal, Al Quaglieri, Leo Sacks, Phil Schaap, Tom Vickers & Warren Wernick, compilation producers; Chris Athens, Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster, Ellen Fitton, Seth Foster, Andreas Meyer, Joseph M. Palmaccio, Darcy Proper, Ken Robertson, Tom "Curly" Ruff, Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century)
RCA Victor/BMG Classics