GRAMMY WATCH – Package, Album Notes and Historical Album Categories – My Picks and Predictions

Here is the artistry behind the music…

Best Recording Package
• Alagoas
      Alex Trochut, art director (Alagoas)
      [Better Problems]

• Bush
      Anita Marisa Boriboon, art director (Snoop Dogg)
      [Doggy Style/ Iamother/ Columbia Records]

• How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition)
      Brian Roettinger, art director (Florence + The Machine)
      [Republic]

• My Happiness
      Nathanio Strimpopulos, art director (Elvis Presley)
      [Third Man Records]

• Still The King: Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
      Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds and Dick Reeves, art directors (Asleep At The Wheel)
      [Bismeaux Records]

My Pick and Prediction: BUSH

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Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
• Beneath The Skin (Deluxe Box Set)
      Leif Podhajsky, art director (Of Monsters And Men)
      [Republic]

• I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl)
      Sasha Barr and Josh Tillman, art directors (Father John Misty)       [Sub Pop]

• The Rise and Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
      Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood and Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
      [Third Man Records / Revenant Records]

• Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition)
      Stephen Kennedy and James Tilley, art directors (The Rolling Stones)       [Universal Music Enterprises, A Division Of UM]

• 30 Trips Around The Sun
      Doran Tyson and Steve Vance, art directors (Grateful Dead)       [Rhino]

• What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set)
      Jeri Heiden and Glen Nakasako, art directors (The Decemberists)
      [Capitol Records]

My Pick and Prediction: STICKY FINGERS

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Best Album Notes
• Folksongs Of Another America: Field Recordings From The Upper Midwest, 1937-1946
      James P. Leary, album notes writer (Various Artists)
      [Dust-To-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press]

• Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
      Jeff Place, album notes writer (Lead Belly)
      [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

• Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
      Joni Mitchell, album notes writer (Joni Mitchell)
      [Rhino]

• Portrait Of An American Singer
      Ted Olson, album notes writer (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
      [Bear Family Productions]

• Songs Of The Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925
      Ryan Barna, album notes writer (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra)
      [Archeophone Records]

My Pick and Prediction: LOVE HAS MANY FACES: A QUARTES, A BALLET, WAITING TO BE DANCED

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Best Historical Album
• The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
      Steve Berkowitz, Jan Haust and Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Peter J. Moore, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan And The Band)
      [Columbia/Legacy]

• The Complete Concert By The Sea
      Geri Allen, Jocelyn Arem and Steve Rosenthal, compilation producers; Jessica Thompson, mastering engineer (Erroll Garner)
      [Columbia/Legacy]

• Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966–1985
      Kevin Howes, compilation producer; Greg Mindorff, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
      [Light In The Attic Records]

• Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings, 1947–1959
      Steven Lance Ledbetter andNathan Salsburg, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
      [Dust-To-Digital]

• Songs My Mother Taught Me
      Mark Puryear, compilation producer; Pete Reiniger, mastering engineer (Fannie Lou Hamer)
      [Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

My Pick: NATIVE NORTH AMERICA (VOL. 1): ABORIGINAL FOLK, ROCKA AND COUNTRY 1966-1985

My Predicition: THE BASEMENT TAPES COMPLETE: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 11

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