On January 9, 2026, Terry Sullivan died aged 87. He was musician (drums, percussion) and singer, member of the bands Dry Ice, Good ‘ol Boys, but was best known as drummer of Renaissance.
Beardfish: +4626 – Comfortzone
On January 12, 2015, “Inside Out Music” label released “+4626 – Comfortzone”, the eight Beardfish album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Rikard Sjöblom, David Zackrisson, Robert Hanse and Magnus Östgren.
Personnel:
- Rikard Sjöblom – lead vocals, keyboards, arrangements
- David Zackrisson – guitar, arrangements
- Robert Hanse – bass, arrangements
- Magnus Östgren – drums, arrangements
- Jörg Peters – lacquer cut
Track listing:
All tracks by Rikard Sjoblom.
- The One Inside: Part 1 (Noise In The Background)
- Hold On
- Comfort Zone
- Can You See Me Now?
- King
- The One Inside: Part 2 (My Companion Through Life)
- Daughter / Whore
- If We Must Be Apart (A Love Story Continued)
- Ode To The Rock ‘N’ Roller
- The One Inside: Part 3 (Relief)
- The One Inside: Part 1 (Noise In The Background)
- Hold On
- Comfort Zone
The Free Spirits: Out Of Sight And Sound
In January 1967, “ABC” label released “Out of Sight and Sound”, the debut Free Spirits (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
- Larry Coryell – guitar, sitar
- Columbus “Chip” Baker – guitar
- Jim Pepper – saxophone
- Chris Hills – vocals, bass guitar
- Bob Moses – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
All tracks by Larry Coryell, except where noted.
- Don’t Look Now (But Your Head is Turned Around)
- I’m Gonna Be Free
- LBOD – Bob Moses, Larry Coryell
- Sunday Telephone – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
- Blue Water Mother – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
- Girl of the Mountain – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
- Cosmic Daddy Dancer – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
- Bad News Cat
- Storm – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
- Early Mornin’ Fear – Larry Coryell, Nick Hyams
- Angels Can’t Be True
- Tattoo Man – Columbus Baker, Larry Coryell
Bob Weir
On January 10, 2026, Robert Hall Weir died aged 78. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, member of the bands The Other Ones, Kingfish, The Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog, Furthur, Dead & Company, but was best known as founding member and guitarist of Grateful Dead. As leader he released four albums.
The Waitresses: Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?
On January 11, 1982, “Polydor” (licensed from ZE Records) label released “Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?”, the debut Waitresses (The) studio album. It was recorded 1980 – 1981, and was produced by Chris Butler and Kurt Munkacsi.
Personnel:
- Patty Donahue – vocals
- Chris Butler – guitar
- Dan Klayman – keyboards
- Mars Williams – reeds
- Tracy Wormworth – bass
- David Hofstra – bass
- Billy Ficca – drums
- Ariel Warner – backing vocals
- Rick Dailey – piano
- Ralph Carney – saxophone
- Don Christensen – drums
- Stuart Austin – drums
- Andrew Fuhrmann – art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Chris Butler.
- No Guilt
- Wise Up
- Quit
- It’s My Car
- Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?
- I Know What Boys Like
- Heat Night
- Redland
- Pussy Strut
- Go On
- Jimmy Tomorrow
Chico Hamilton: The Dealer
In January 1966, “Impulse!” label released “The Dealer”, the 27th Chico Hamilton album. It was recorded in September 1965, at “RCA Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele and Michael Cuscuna.
Personnel:
- Chico Hamilton – vocal, drums, percussion
- Larry Coryell – electric guitar
- Archie Shepp – piano
- Ernie Hayes – organ
- Arnie Lawrence – alto saxophone
- Richard Davis – bass
- Jimmy Cheatham – arrangements, conductor
- Uncredited – percussion, tambourine
- Bob Simpson – recording
- Erick Labson – mastering
- Hollis King – art direction
- Robert Flynn/Viceroy – design
- Charles Shabacon – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Chico Hamilton, except where noted.
- The Dealer – Chico Hamilton-Jimmy Cheatham
- For Mods Only – Archie Shepp
- A Trip – Chico Hamilton-Jimmy Cheatham
- Baby You Know – Chico Hamilton-Jimmy Cheatham
- Larry of Arabia – Larry Coryell
- Thoughts – Chico Hamilton
- Jim-Jeannie – Chico Hamilton
Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear
On January 10, 2025, “Domino” label released “The Human Fear”, the sixth Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “AYR” in Scotland, and was produced by Mike Ralph.
Personnel:
- Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Dino Bardot – guitar, backing vocals
- Julian Corrie – synthesizer, backing vocals
- Bob Hardy – bass
- Audrey Tait – drums, percussion
- Clara Luciani – backing vocals
- Gemma Chester – engineer
- Josh Green – engineer
- Anthony Ryan Denton – engineer assistant
- Mark Ralph – mixing
- Matt Colton – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Alex Kapranos, except where noted.
- Audacious
- Everydaydreamer – Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie
- The Doctor –Alex Kapranos, Julian Corrie, Dino Bardot
- Hooked – Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
- Build It Up –Alex Kapranos, Julie Corrie
- Night or Day
- Tell Me I Should Stay
- Cats
- Black Eyelashes
- Bar Lonely – Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy
- The Birds
Ringo Starr: Look Up
On January 10, 2025, “Universal Music Enterprise” label released “Look Up”, the twenty-first Ringo Starr studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar.
Personnel:
- Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums, percussion, whistling
- T Bone Burnett – acoustic and electric guitar, 6-string bass
- Daniel Tashian – acoustic and electric guitar, 12 string lead guitar, woodblock , 6-string bass, piano, harmony vocals
- Billy Strings – harmony vocal, lead acoustic guitar, guitars, electric guitar
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Joe Walsh – slide guitar
- Greg Leisz – acoustic guitars
- Rory Hoffman – acoustic guitar, clarinet
- Molly Tuttle – harmony and duet vocal, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin
- Colin Linden – resonator guitar
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Rebecca Lovell – mandolin, backing vocals
- Andy Cata – piano
- Mike Rojas – piano
- Mickey Raphael – harmonica
- Dennis Crouch – bass
- David Mansfield – string arrangement
- Lucius (Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig) – backing vocals
- Megan Lovell – backing vocals
- Alison Krauss – harmony vocal
- Bruce Sugar – engineer
- Michael Piersante – engineer, mixing
- Mike Stankiwicz – engineer
- Eddie Roberts – additional engineering, engineer assistant
- David Paulin – engineer assistant
- Grant Wilson – engineer assistant
- Joanna Finley – engineer assistant
- Karl Wingate – engineer assistant
- Michelle Freetly – engineer assistant
- Reuben Cohen – mastering
- Gavin Lurssen – mastering
- Ivy Skoff – production coordination
Track listing:
All tracks by T Bone Burnett, except where noted.
- Breathless
- Look Up – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian
- Time on My Hands – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian, Paul Kennerley
- Never Let Me Go
- I Live for Your Love – T-Bone Burnet, Bill Swan
- Come Back
- Can You Hear me Calling
- Rosetta
- You Want Some – Bill Swan
- String Theory – T-Bone Burnett, Daniel Tashian
- Thankful – Bruce Sugar, Richard Starkey
Eloy: Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
On January 10, 1979, “Harvest” label released “Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes”, the seventh Eloy studio band. It was recorded November – December 1978, at “Sound Studio N” in Cologne, Germany, and was produced by Frank Bornemann, Klaus-Peter Matziol, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal.
Personnel:
- Frank Bornemann – lead vocals, guitars, arrangements
- Detlev Schmidtchen – Hammond organ, Minimoog, ARP synthesizers, Solina String Ensemble, Mellotron, RMI keyboard computer, xylophone, angelic voices, arrangements
- Klaus-Peter Matziol – vocals, bass, arrangements
- Detlev Schmidtchen – Hammond organ, Minimoog, ARP synthesizers, Solina String Ensemble, Mellotron, RMI keyboard computer, xylophone, angelic voices, arrangements
- Jürgen Rosenthal – voice, drums, timbales, rototom, temple blocks, kettledrums, tubular bells, Morse key, triangle, flute
- Brigitte Witt – vocals
- Wolfgang Maus – vocal melody, arrangement
- Georgi Nedeltschev – engineer, recording, mixing
- Günther Kasper – recording
- Wolfgang Thierbach – additional mixing
- Winfried Reinbacher – painting
Track listing:
All lyrics by Jürgen Rosenthal, all music by Frank Bornemann, Klaus-Peter Matziol, Detlev Schmidtchen and Jürgen Rosenthal.
- a) Astral Entrance
b) Master of Sensation - The Apocalypse
a) Silent Cries Divide the Night
b) The Vision-Burning
c) Force Majeure
- Pilot to Paradise
- De Labore Solis
- Mighty Echoes
The Monkees: More Of The Monkees
On January 9, 1967, “Colgems” label released “More of the Monkees”, the second Monkees (The) studio album. It was recorded June – November 1966, at “RCA Victor A, B” in Hollywood, “RCA Victor A, B” in New York, “Western Recorders No. 2” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka, Michael Nesmith, Jeff Barry, Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album was certified quintuple platinum in the US by the “RIAA”,
Personnel:
- Micky Dolenz – lead vocals and backing vocals
- Davy Jones – lead and backing vocals
- Peter Tork – lead and backing vocals, guitar
- Michael Nesmith – lead and backing vocals, steel guitar
- Wayne Erwin – guitar, backing vocals
- Gerry McGee – guitar
- Louie Shelton – guitar
- Al Gafa – guitar
- Willard Suyker – guitar
- Don Thomas – guitar
- James Burton – guitar
- Glen Campbell – guitar
- Al Casey – guitar
- Mike Deasy – guitar
- Neil Diamond – guitar
- Sal DiTroia – guitar
- Al Gorgoni – guitar
- Carol Kaye – guitar
- Norm Jeffries – tambourine
- Michael Cohen – keyboards
- Larry Knechtel – keyboards
- Neil Sedaka – keyboards
- Michael Cohen – keyboards
- Larry Knechtel – keyboards
- Don Randi – keyboards
- Michel Rubini – keyboards
- George Butcher – keyboards
- Stan Free – keyboards
- Bobby Hart – organ, backing vocals
- Larry Taylor – bass guitar
- Russ Savakus – bass guitar
- Bob West – bass guitar
- Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
- Billy Lewis – drums
- Herbie Lovelle – drums
- Hal Blaine – drums
- Buddy Saltzman – drums
- George Devens – percussion
- Frank Capp – percussion
- Julius Wechter – percussion
- Gary Coleman – percussion
- Jim Gordon – percussion
- Louis Haber – violin
- Irving Spice – violin
- Louis Stone – violin
- David Sackson – viola
- Murray Sandry – viola
- Seymour Barab – cello
- Jeff Barry – backing vocals
- Tommy Boyce – backing vocals
- Ron Hicklin – backing vocals
- Don Peake – conductor
- Artie Butler – string arrangements
- Don Kirshner – music supervisor
- Lester Sill – music coordinator
- Emil LaViola – music coordinator
- Ernie Oelrich – engineer
- Henry Lewy – engineer
- Hank Cicalo – engineer
- Richie Schmitt – engineer
- Richard Podolor – engineer
- Dave Hassinger – engineer
- Ray Hall – engineer
Track listing:
- She – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
- When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door) – Carole Bayer Sager, Neil Sedaka
- Mary, Mary – Michael Nesmith
- Hold on Girl – Billy Carr, Jack Keller, Ben Raleigh
- Your Auntie Grizelda – Diane Hildebrand, Jack Keller
- (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
- Look Out (here Comes Tomorrow) – Neil Diamond
- The Kind of Girl I Could Love – Michael Nesmith, Roger Atkins
- The Day We Fall in Love – Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
- Sometime in the Morning –Gerry Goffin, Carole King
- Laugh – Phil Margo, Mitch Margo, Hank Medress, Jay Siegel
- I’m a Believer – Neil Diamond
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