Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects
# Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects

The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects was awarded from 1960 to 1965. The award had several minor name changes:

* From 1960 to 1961 the award was known as Best Engineering Contribution – Novelty Recording
* From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording – Novelty
* From 1964 to 1965 it was awarded as Best Engineered Recording – Special or Novel Effects

This award was presented alongside the awards for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Best Engineered Album, Classical.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

## Recipients

| Year | Winner | Work | Artist(s) | Nominations |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1959 | Ted Keep (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 (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 (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 (engineer) | The Civil War, Vol. I | Martin Gabel & 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 (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 (engineer) | The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles | Alvin and the Chipmunks | "The Addams Family Theme" (Vic Mizzy) — James Malloy, engineer The Big Sounds of the Sports Cars — Bill Robinson, engineer Les Poupées de Paris (Various Artists) — John Norman, engineer "Walking in the Rain" (The Ronettes) — Larry Levine, engineer |
