While you may or may not be fussing over this year's mainstream Grammy nominees (count this writer in the latter category), The Second Disc wanted to congratulate nominees for catalogue-related pursuits. One catalogue title has been nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, two got nods for Best Album Notes and Best Historical Recording is pretty self-explanatory. (Also, interestingly, the title track from posthumous Michael Jackson compilation This is It was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, alongside fresher-faced nominees Michael Bublé, John Mayer, Bruno Mars and Adam Lambert.)
See the catalogue-oriented nominees after the jump, and congratulations to all those who were nominated!
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Various Artists, Light: On the South Side
Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, art directors (The Numero Group)
The Pixies, Minotaur (Deluxe Edition)
Jeff Anderson & Vaughan Oliver, art directors (Artist in Residence)
Voorman & Friends, A Sideman's Journey (Limited Collector's Super Deluxe Box Set)
Daniel Reiss & Klaus Voormann, art directors (UMe/USM/Mercury)
Various Artists, Story Island
Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Wind Music)
The White Stripes, Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set)
Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (Third Man/Warner Bros.)
Best Album Notes
Various Artists, Alan Lomax In Haiti: Recordings for the Library Of Congress, 1936-1937
Gage Averill, album notes writer (Harte Recordings)
Big Star, Keep An Eye on the Sky
Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Rhino)
John Coltrane, Side Steps
Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Prestige Records)
Fisk University Jubilee Quartet, There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916
Doug Seroff, album notes writer (Archeophone Records)
Roky Erickson with Okkervil River, True Love Cast Out All Evil
Will Sheff, album notes writer (ANTI-)
Best Historical Album
Various Artists, Alan Lomax In Haiti: Recordings For The Library Of Congress, 1936-1937
The Beatles, The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
Jeff Jones, compilation producer; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Capitol/Apple)
Hank Williams, The Complete Mother's Best Recordings...Plus!
Colin Escott, Mike Jason & Jett Williams, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineer (Time-Life)
Buddy Holly, Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More
Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (UMe/Hip-o Select/Geffen)
Various Artists, Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968
Alec Palao, Cheryl Pawelski & Andrew Sandoval, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Andrew Sandoval, mastering engineers (Rhino)
I don't think you'd get an argument from anyone that the Beatles box set shouldn't get the Grammy for Best Historical Album, the Buddy Holly and the Hank Williams sets are very nice and probably would win any other year. When's the Elvis / Sony set due up for Grammy nomination?