VINYL CATEGORIES
RECORD STORE
DAY – VINYL
WINNER
Boxer Live In Brussels – The National
RUNNER-UP
Feast of Panthers – Ensign Broderick
NOMINEES
Stay Gold Collectors Jewel Box –
Run The Jewels
Anywhere II – Anywhere
Exotica – Sun Ra
THEY SAID
IT COULDN’T BE DONE
WINNER
Squeeze Box: The Complete Work of “Weird Al” Yankovic –Sony Music
RUNNER-UP
Portal (Soundtrack) – Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory
NOMINEES
I’ll Be Your Girl – The Decemberists
Act II: The Father of Death – The Protomen
Plunge – Fever Ray
Steven Universe Complete Volume 1 Soundtrack – Sugar
BEST VINYL BOX SET
(at least 3 records)
WINNER
1 + 1 = X – Erased Tapes Records Artists
RUNNER-UP
Cuphead 4xLP Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack – Maddigan
NOMINEE
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic – Weird Al” Yankovic
I’ll Be Your Girl– The Decemberists
Steven Universe Complete Volume 1 Soundtrack – Sugar
Cuphead 4xLP Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack – Maddigan
THE ALEX STEINWEISS
AWARD (Best in Show)
WINNER
I’ll Be Your Girl – The Decemberists
RUNNER-UP
Too Many Bad Habits – Johnny Nicholas
NOMINEES
Sleep Well Beast – The National
Sad Clown Bad Year (#9-#12 Collection) – Atmosphere
Act II: The Father of Death – The Protomen
BEST VINYL
GATEFOLD
WINNER
Kaiho – Kauan
RUNNER-UP
Act II: The Father of Death – The Protomen
NOMINEES
A Moment Apart – ODESZA
Smash Hit / PinOut 2xLP Vinyl Soundtracks – Holmquist
Loversity – Sam Lewis
BEST VINYL ALBUM
COVER (Illustrated)
WINNER
Babelsberg – Gruff Rhys
RUNNER-UP
The Worms Heart – The Shins
NOMINEES
Act II: The Father of Death – The Protomen
Every Country’s Sun – Mogwai
2064: Read Only Memories Vinyl Soundtrack – 2 Mello
BEST VINYL ALBUM
COVER (Photograph)
WINNER
Cocoa Sugar – Young Fathers
RUNNER-UP
Sleep Well Beast – The National
NOMINEES
Heaven And Earth – Kamasi Washington
Milano – Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts
Children of Paradise – Willie Nile
BEST VINYL
ALBUM REISSUE
WINNER
Eulogy for Evolution 2017 – Ólafur Arnalds
RUNNER-UP
What Another Man Spills – Lambchop
NOMINEES
Isaac Hayes – Black Moses –
Joseph McCarthy
The Final Tour Bootleg Series –
Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Devotion – Beach House
BEST 45-RPM
SINGLE COVER
WINNER
“An Ambulance” b/w “Never Know”– Mike Krol
RUNNER-UP
“What a Time to Be Alive (Acoustic)” b/w “Erasure (Acoustic)” – Superchunk
NOMINEES
Second Wind – Sock-Tight
Libraries Rock! –
Kishi Bashi / Blacknerdninja
Doe Paora – Ring the Alarm/ White Iris Release – Doe
Paora – American Singer-Songwriter
BEST RECORD ART
(LP size)
WINNER
Wax Mage – “Double Trouble” – Gmucs
RUNNER-UP
August Burns Red – Phantom Anthem – Ryan Clark
NOMINEES
Waffles, Triangles & Jesus – White
The Desaturating Seven – Primus
Deche – ‘Luxure en Vain’ – Gmucs
BEST VINYL
PICTURE DISC
WINNER
140 Vinyl Soundtrack – Schmid
RUNNER-UP
She Taught Me How To Fly – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
NOMINEES
Goodbye Road EP –
JOHNNYSWIM and Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors
Cheech Y Chong Up In Smoke 40th Anniversary –
Cheech Y Chong
Torn Down (Mixed Up Extra) – The Cure
CD CATEGORY
BEST CD BOX SET
(at least 3 CDs)
WINNER
Listen Without Prejudice – George Michael
RUNNER-UP
Manchester North Of England: A Story Of Independent Music Greater Manchester 1977-1993 – Various Artists
NOMINEES
The Goldberg Variations – The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955 – Glenn Gould
Blistered Bags Of Fodder Swaying: Works 1980 – Controlled Bleeding
Radio Cineola: Trilogy – a Broadcast by THE THE – THE THE