ACHOF Breaking News Update – Here Are The Winners Of The 66th Annual Grammy Awards In Packaging

Posted February 5^th, 2024 by Mike Goldstein

Unfortunately, I was airborne and couldn’t post this news in real time, but I still want to share the news that the Grammy Award Winners in the Packaging Categories were announced this past Sunday afternoon during the web-cast “66th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony” – with the ceremonies taking  place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and I’m now pleased bring you the names of both the nominees and the winners in each of the three categories:

In the “Best Recording Package” category, the nominees were:

             Caroline Rose, art director, for her own record The Art Of Forgetting

             Hsing-Hui Cheng, art director, for Ensemble Cadenza 21’s Cadenza 21′

             Perry Shall, art director, for Electrophonic Chronic by The Arcs

             Iam8bit, art director, for Brad Breeck’s Gravity Falls

             Yu Wei, art director, for Migration by Leaf Yeh

with the Grammy Award going to Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck, art directors for Dry Cleaning’s Stumpwork

In the “Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package” category, the nominees were:

             Jeff Mangum, Daniel Murphy & Mark Ohe, art directors, for The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel from Neutral Milk Hotel

             Duy Dao, art director, for Gieo by Ngot

             Bo Burnham & Daniel Calderwood, art directors, for Bo Burnham’s Inside: Deluxe Box Set

             Masaki Koike, art director, for Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition by Lou Reed

With the Grammy being was awarded to Jeri Heiden & John Heiden, art directors, for the For The Birds: The Birdsong Project set (Various Artists)

And while we still don’t “officially” cover this category, here are the nominees in the “Best Album Notes” category:

             Ashley Kahn, album notes writer, for Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy (Live) from John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy

             Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer, for I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn by Howdy Glenn

             Vik Sohonie, album notes writer for Mogadishu’s Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions by the Iftin Band

             Jeff Place & John Troutman, album notes writers for Playing For The Man At The Door: Field Recordings From The Collection Of Mack McCormick, 1958–1971

with Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker, album notes writers, being awarded this year’s Grammy Award for Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Congratulations to all of the winners (and nominees). Of course, I’m going to work hard to follow up with one or more of the winners to see if I can bring you their stories and, when I do, you’ll get the story right here on the ACHOF Breaking News site.

To see the list of all of this year’s Grammy Award noms and winners, please visit the Grammy.com site – https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list

RIP Brian Griffin – a full story on the life and recent passing of one of the most-respected photographers ever to be featured on an album cover will be forthcoming, but I didn’t want his death to go unmentioned here – he was a chum and a good friend to the ACHOF and he’ll be missed terribly.