Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects , in German "Grammy Award for the best technical recording, special effects", is a music prize awarded from 1960 to 1965 by the American Recording Academy in the field of music production and technology has been. The award went to the sound engineer of the award-winning work.

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects . The prize was awarded from 1960 to 1965 and has had a few minor name changes since it was first awarded:

• From 1960 to 1961 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Engineering Contribution - Novelty Recording
• From 1962 to 1963 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Novelty
• From 1964 to 1965 the designation was Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects

The award was presented along with the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	plant	Performer (s)	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1960	Ted Keep (sound engineer)	Alvin's Harmonica	David Seville	Markko Polo Adventurers - Orienta Billy Mure - Supersonics in Flight Alvino Rey - The Bat Ralph Hunter Choir - The Wild Wild West
1961	John Kraus (sound engineer)	The Old Payola Roll Blues	Stan Freberg	David Seville & the Chipmunks - Alvin for President Jack Cookerly - June Night David Seville & the Chipmunks - Let's All Sing the Chipmunks Larry Verne - Mr. Custer
1962	John Kraus (sound engineer)	Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America	Stan Freberg	Bruno Vineis - cartoons in stereo Ted Keep - The Alvin Show Eddie Brackett - The Soupy Sales Show Rafael O. Valentin - X-15 and Other Sounds: Rockets Missiles and Jets
1963	Robert Fine (sound engineer)	The Civil War, Vol. I.	Martin Gabel and Frederick Fennell	Vaughn Meader - The First Family Allan Sherman - My Son, the Folk Singer Lou Monte - Pepino, the Italian Mouse David Seville - The Chipmunk Songbook
1964	Robert Fine (sound engineer)	The Civil War, Vol. II	Frederick Fennell	Hank Thompson - Cheyenne Frontier Days Bill McFadden, Bryna Rayburn - Fast, Fast, Fast, Relief from TV Commercials Shut Downs - Four in the Floor Dean Elliott - Heartstrings
1965	Dave Hassinger (sound engineer)	The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles	Alvin and the Chipmunks	The Addams Family Theme ( Vic Mizzy ) - James Malloy, sound engineer The Big Sounds of the Sports Cars - Bill Robinson, sound engineer Les Poupées de Paris (Various Artists) - John Norman, Sound Engineer Walking in the Rain ( The Ronettes ) - Larry Levine, sound engineer

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 3, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved May 3, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical. Retrieved May 3, 2019 .