On January 20, 2026, Robert George Hirst died aged 70. He was musician (drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards), singer, song-writer and producer. Hirst was member of the bands Farm, Ghostwriters, Backsliders, the Angry Tradesmen, and the Break, but was best known as founding member and drummer of Midnight Oil.
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The Rolling Stones: Between The Buttons
On January 20, 1967,”Decca” label released “Between the Buttons”, the fifth Rolling Stones (The) album. It was recoded August – September 1966, at “RCA” in Hollywood, “IBC”, “Olympic”, “Pye” in London, and was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.
Personnel:
- Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, tambourine, bass drum, harmonica
- Brian Jones – organ, piano, electric and slide guitar, banjo, recorder, vibraphone, tambourine, harmonica, dulcimer, kazoo, theremin, saxophone, handclaps
- Keith Richards – co-lead and backing coals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, bass, double bass
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar, double bass, handclaps, backing vocals
- Charlie Watts – drums, maracas, handclaps
- Jack Nitzsche – piano, harpsichord
- Ian Stewart – piano, organ
- Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
- Nick De Caro – accordion
- Unidentified session musicians – brass (tuba, trumpet, saxophone)
- Art Greenslade – conductor
Track listing:
All tracks by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
- Yesterday’s Papers
- My Obsession
- Back Street Girl
- Connection
- She Smiled Sweetly
- Cool, Calm & Collected
- All Sold Out
- Please Go Home
- Who’s Been Sleeping Here?
- Miss Amanda Jones
- Something Happened to Me Yesterday
John Sykes
On January 20, 2025, John James Sykes died aged 65, He was musician (guitar) and singer, recorded with Rick Wakeman, Tony Ashton, Phil Lynott, Derek Sherinian, Hughes Turner, Streetfighter and Def Leppard, but was best known as leader of the band Blue Murder, and member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. As leader, Sykes released five albums.
William Basinski: A Shadow In Time
On January 20, 2017, “Temporary” label released “A Shadow in Time”, the 24th William Basinski album. It was recorded in 2016, at “2062” studio in Los Angeles, and was produced by William Basinski.
Personnel:
- William Basinski – primary artist
- Preston Wendel – engineer
- Denis Blackham – mastering
- Richard Chartier – design
- Deng Tai – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by William Basinski.
- For David Robert Jones
- A Shadow in Time
Terje Isungset: Medotation
On January 20, 2015, “All Ice” label released “Meditations”, the eleventh Terje Isungset album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Terje Isungset and Reidar Skår.
Personnel:
- Terje Isungset – voice, drums, percussion, horns, recording, edited, mixing
- Lena Nymark – voice
- Reidar Skår – keyboards, electronics, editing, mixing, mastering
- Anders Jormin – double bass
- Arve Henriksen – voice, trumpet
- Mats Eden -viola d’amore
- Svante Henryson – cello
- Asle Karstad, Chris Coleman, Per Sjösten, Tor Magne Hallibakken – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Terje Isungset, except where noted.
- Northwest Passage
- Lomonosov Ridge – Reidar Skår
- H2O Cycle
- Glacial Motion
- Polar Auroraes
- Silent Folk
- Global Warming/Global Warning – Reidar Skår
- The View
- Industrial Arctic – Reidar Skår
- Inuit Living
Mogwai: Rave Tapes
On January 20, 2014, “Rock Action” label released “Rave Tapes”, the eighth Mogwai studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Castle of Doom” in Glasgow, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Savage.
Personnel:
- Stuart Braithwaite – vocals, guitar
- Barry Burns – vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer
- John Cummings – guitar
- Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
- Martin Bulloch – drums
- Reverend Lee Cohen – voice
- Paul Savage – recording, mixing
- Frank Arkwright – mastering
- Niall McMenamin – assistant
Track listing:
All tracks by Stuart Braithwaite, Barry Burns, John Cummings, Dominic Aitchison and Martin Bulloch.
- Heard About You Last Night
- Simon Ferocious
- Remurdered
- Hexon Bogon
- Repelish
- Master Card
- Deesh
- Blues Hour
- No Medicine for Regret
- The Lord Is Out of Control
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
On January 20, 2014, “Constellation” label released “Fuck off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything”, the seventh Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Hotel 2 Tango” in Montreal, Canada.
Personnel:
- Efrim Menuck – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mellotron
- Thierry Amar – vocals, upright bass, electric bass, plucked piano
- Jessica Moss – vocals, violin, plucked piano
- Sophie Trudeau – vocals, violin, plucked piano
- David Payant – vocals, drums, organ
Track listing:
- Fuck Off Get Free (For the Island of Montreal)
- Austerity Blues
- Take Away These Early Grave Blues
- Little Ones Run
- What We Loved Was Not Enough
- Rains Thru the Roof at Thee Grande Ballroom (For Capital Steez)
Andrew Bird: Noble Beast
On January 20, 2009, “Fat Possum” label released “Noble Beast”, the fifth Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Andrew Bird.
Personnel:
- Andrew Bird – vocals, guitar, violin, whistling
- Jeremy Ylvislaker – guitar, bass, organ, shortwave
- Todd Sickafoose – double bass
- Ben Martin – cardboard box drums
- Martin Dosh – percussion, looping, keys
- Mike Lewis – clarinet
- Tony Crow – juno
- Kelly Hogan – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted.
- Oh No
- Masterswarm
- Fitz and the Dizzyspells
- Effigy
- Tenuousness
- Nomenclature
- Ouo
- Not a Robot, but a Ghost – Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh
- Unfolding Fans – Andrew Bird, Jeremy Ylvisaker
- Anonanimal
- Natural Disaster
- The Privateers
- Souverian
- On Ho
Umphrey’s McGee: Mantis
On January 20, 2009, “SCI Fidelity” label released “Mantis”, the sixth Umphrey’s McGee studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008. at “Manny Sanchez’s I.V. Lab Studios”, and “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jake Cinninger, Ryan Stasik, Kris Myers, Brendan Bayliss, Joel Cummins and Andy Farag.
Personnel:
- Brendan Bayliss – vocals, guitar
- Jake Cinninger – guitar
- Joel Cummins – keyboards
- Ryan Stasik – bass
- Kris Myers – drums
- Andy Farag – percussion
Track listing:
- Made to Measure
- Preamble
- Mantis
- Cemetery Walk
- Cemetery Walk II
- Turn & Run
- Spires
- Prophecy Now
- Red Tape
- 1348
John Cale: Mercy
On January 20, 2023, “Double Six Records” label released “Mercy” the seventeenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Arm Studios”, EastWest Studios” and “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles, “Snap Studios” in London, and was produced by Nita Scott and John Cale.
Personnel:
- John Cale – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, vintage keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional strings, string arrangements, noises, Swarmatron, drone
- Weyes Blood – vocals
- Amelia Meath – vocals
- Tei Shi – vocals
- Lias Saoudi – vocals
- Dustin Boyer – guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, noises, backing vocals
- Nick Sanborn – acoustic guitar
- Dev Hynes – acoustic guitar
- Adam J. Harmer – guitar, backing vocals
- Actress – synthesizers, effects
- Laurel Halo – additional vocals, synthesizer, effects
- Brian Weitz – synthesizer
- Joey Maramba – bass guitar, bowed bass
- Ian Walker – double bass
- Deantoni Parks – acoustic and electronic drums, timpani, additional synthesizer
- Jack Everett – acoustic drums, backing vocals
- Tony Allen – acoustic drums
- Nita Scott – additional drums, additional percussion, additional drum programming, backing vocals
- Marissa Kuney – violin
- Jenny Takamatsu – violin
- Eric Gorfain – violin
- Caroline Buckman – viola
- Leah Katz – viola
- Rodney Wirtz – viola
- Matt Fish – cello
- Nathan Saoudi – Juno, backing vocals
- Destani Wolf – backing vocals
- Tokimonsta – effects
- Dustin Boyer – engineer, mixing, additional production
- Nita Scott – mixing
- Mikaelin Bluespruce – mixing
- Seven Davis Jr – mixing
- Tokimonsta – mixing
- Justin Raisen – mixing
- Mike Bozzi – mastering
- Actress – additional production
- Abby Portner – artwork
- Rob Carmichael – design
Track listing:
All tracks by John Cale.
- Mercy
- Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere)
- Noise of You
- Story of Blood
- Time Stands Still
- Moonstruck
- Everlasting Days
- Night Crawling
- Not the End of the World
- The Legal Status of Ice
- I Know You’re Happy
- Out Your Window
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