ESP-Disk 3958622 224283336 2008-07-08T03:59:32Z Badagnani 308437 {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name =ESP-Disk | image =[[Image:Esp-disk-logo.jpg|120px]] | image_bg = <!-- (background color for logo, should remain empty/white unless required) --> | parent = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" --> | founded =1966 | founder =Bernard Stollman | status = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" or "Defunct" --> | distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or BR --> | genre = [[underground rock]], [[free jazz]], [[folk rock]] | country ={{Flag|USA}} | location =[[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] | url =[http://www.espdisk.com/ www.espdisk.com] }} '''ESP-Disk''' is a [[New York]]-based [[record label]], founded in [[1966 in music|1966]] by the lawyer [[Bernard Stollman]], originally financed from an inheritance. Though it originally existed to release [[Esperanto]]-based [[Esperanto music|music]], starting with its second release ([[Albert Ayler|Albert Ayler's]] ''Spiritual Unity''), it became the most important exponent of what is commonly referred to as [[free jazz]]. ESP also released recordings by uncommercial [[underground rock]] acts including [[the Fugs]], [[The Godz (NYC band)|The Godz]] and [[Pearls Before Swine (band)|Pearls Before Swine]]. Though it largely ceased releasing records in the 70s, a few new releases have crept out from the label, and it still exists to this day, with nearly its entire catalog still available. Other artists who have recorded for this label include [[Ornette Coleman]] (the "Town Hall Concert"), [[Pharaoh Sanders]] (who made his recording debut on ESP), [[Sun Ra]], [[Ronnie Boykins]], [[Marion Brown]], [[Sonny Simmons]], [[Paul Bley]], [[Ran Blake]], and [[Perry Robinson]]. The label's catalog has been licensed frequently over the years, but Stollman has reportedly resumed direct responsibility for reissues. ESP-Disk's current general manager is [[Tom Abbs]]. ==Discography== ===ESP 1000 series=== * 1001 ''Ni Kantu En [[Esperanto]]'' * 1002 [[Albert Ayler]] – ''[[Spiritual Unity (album)|Spiritual Unity]]'' * 1003 [[Pharaoh Sanders]] Quintet – ''Pharaoh's First'') * 1004 [[New York Art Quartet]] * 1005 [[Byron Allen]] Trio * 1006 [[Ornette Coleman]] – ''[[Town Hall, 1962]]'' * 1007 [[Giuseppi Logan]] Quartet * 1008 [[Paul Bley]] – ''Barrage'' * 1009 [[Bob James (musician)]] – ''Explosions'' * 1010 [[Albert Ayler]] – ''Bells'' * 1011 [[Ran Blake]] – ''Plays Solo Piano'' * 1012 [[Lowell Davidson]] Trio featuring [[Gary Peacock]] * 1013 [[Giuseppi Logan]] – ''More'' * 1014 [[Sun Ra]] – ''[[The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One]]'' * 1015 [[Milford Graves]] Percussion Ensemble * 1016 [[Albert Ayler]] & [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]] – ''[[New York Eye and Ear Control]]'' * 1017 [[Sun Ra]] – ''[[The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two]]'' * 1018 [[The Fugs]] – ''[[The Fugs First Album]]'' * 1019 [[Jean Erdman]] – ''[[The Coach With The Six Insides]]'' * 1020 [[Albert Ayler]] – ''Spirits Rejoice'' * 1021 [[Paul Bley]] – ''Closer'' * 1022 [[Marion Brown]] Quartet * 1023 [[Frank Wright (jazz musician)|Frank Wright]] Trio * 1024 [[Burton Greene]] Quartet * 1025 [[Patty Waters]] Sings * 1026 [[Henry Grimes]]– ''The Call'' * 1027 [[Timothy Leary]] – ''[[Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (Timothy Leary album)|Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out]]'' * 1028 [[The Fugs]] - ''[[The Fugs (album)|The Fugs]]'' * 1029 [[Charles Tyler]] Ensemble * 1030 [[Sonny Simmons]] – ''Staying On The Watch'' * 1031 [[Noah Howard]] Quartet * 1032 [[Sunny Murray]] * 1033 (Various Artists) – ''ESP Sampler'' * 1034 ''[[East Village Other]]'' * 1035 [[Tuli Kupferberg]] – ''No Deposit, No Return'' * 1036 [[Byard Lancaster]] – (NEVER ISSUED) * 1037 [[The Godz (NYC band)|The Godz]] – ''Contact High Wit Da Godz'' * 1038 [[The Fugs]] – ''Virgin Fugs'' * 1039 [[Randy Burns]] – ''Of Love And War'' * 1040 [[Marion Brown]] – ''Why Not?'' * 1041 [[Karl Berger]] – ''From Now On'' * 1042 [[Gunter Hampel]] – ''Music From Europe'' * 1043 [[Sonny Simmons]] – ''Music From The Spheres'' * 1044 [[Marzette Watts]] – ''Marzette & Company'' * 1045 [[Sun Ra]] – ''Nothing Is'' * 1047 [[The Godz (NYC band)|Godz]] – ''Godz 2'' * 1048 [[Alan Sondheim]] – ''Ritual-All-7-70'' * 1049 [[Gato Barbieri]] – ''In Search Of The Mystery'' * 1050 [[William Burroughs]] – ''Call Me Burroughs'' * 1051 (Various Artists) – ''ESP Sampler'' * 1052 [[James Zitro]] – ''West Coast Music'' * 1053 [[Frank Wright (jazz musician)|Frank Wright]] – ''Your Prayer'' * 1054 [[Pearls Before Swine (band)|Pearls Before Swine]]. – ''One Nation Underground'' * 1055 [[Patty Waters]] – ''College Tour'' * 1056 [[Movement Soul]] – ''Love Recording Of Songs And...'' * 1057 [[Peter Lemer]] – ''Local Colour'' * 1058 [[Sean Gagnier]] – (never issued) * 1059 [[Charles Tyler]] – ''Eastern Man Alone'' * 1060 [[Steve Lacy]] – ''The Forest And The Zoo'' * 1061 [[Jerry Moore]] – ''Ballad Of Birmingham'' (aka ''Life Is A Constant Journey Home'') * 1062 [[Jacques Coursil]] – ''Unit'' (never issued) * 1063 [[New York Electric String Ensemble]] * 1064 [[Noah Howard]] – ''At [[Judson Hall]]'' * 1065 Music From [[The Orthodox Liturgy]] * 1066 [[Bud Powell]] – ''[[Blue Note Cafe]] Paris 1961'' * 1067 / ORO 5 [[HARYOU Percussion Ensemble]] – ''Sounds Of Ghetto Youth'' * 1068 [[Holy Modal Rounders]] – ''Indian War Whoop'' * 1069 / ORO 1 [[Bruce MacKay]] – ''Midnight Minstrel'' * 1070 / ORO-4 All that the name implies – ''Side 1'' * 1071 Paul Bley – [never issued double album] * 1072 Tony Snell – ''Fungus And Englishmen Abroad'' * 1073 Norman Howard – ''Burn, Baby, Burn'' * 1074 Burton Greene Trio - ''On Tour'' * 1075 [[Pearls Before Swine (band)|Pearls Before Swine]]. – ''[[Balaklava (album)|Balaklava]]'' * 1076 Nedley Elstak – ''The Machine'' * 1077 [[The Godz (NYC band)|The Godz]] – ''Third Testament'' * 1078 Seventh Sons – ''Four AM At Frank's'' (aka ''[[Raga]]'') * 1080 Karel Velebny – ''SHQ'' * 1081 (Various Artists) – ''An Evening At Home With ESP'' * 1082 [[Alan Sondheim]] – ''T'Other Little Tune'' * 1083 Free Music Quintet – ''Free Music 1 & 2'' * 1085 Lou Killen – ''[[Sea Chantey]]s'' (aka ''Folk Songs'') * 1089 Randy Burns – ''Evening Of The Magician'' * 1091 [[Alan Silva]] – ''Skillfulness'' * 1092 Ed Askew – ''Ask The Unicorn'' * 1095 Levitts – ''We Are The Levitts'' * 1097 / ORO 6 Todd Kelley – ''Folksinger'' * 1098 MIJ – ''Yodeling Astrologer'' * 1099 Erica [Pomerance] – ''You Used To Think'' (aka ''Surreal'') * 1111 (Various Artists) – ''Boots 'n Roots'' ===ESP 2000 series=== * 2000 Octopus – ''Rock-New Music Fusion'' * 2001 [[Cromagnon (band)|Cromagnon]] – ''Elliot/Grasmere Connecticut Tribe'' (aka ''Cave Rock''/''Orgasm'') * 2002 [[Jayne County]] – ''Goddess Of Wet Dreams'' * 2003 [[Charles Manson]] and the Family Sing 13 Songs - ''[[Lie: The Love and Terror Cult]]'' * 2004 Sweet Pie – ''Pleasure Pudding: Livid at Fat City'' * 2004 Sweet Pie – ''Honky Tonk Jive'' * 2005 Barry Titus – ''Do Wappa Do'' * 2006 Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band – ''Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band'' * 2007 Randy Burns – ''Songs For An Uncertain Lady'' * 2008 Joel Tobias – ''God Is Watching America'' * 2009 Barry Titus – ''42nd Street'' * 2010 Woodstock Workband – ''Armed And Dangerous'' * 2012 Woodstock Band – ''Sword In The Hand'' * 2013 Jimi Lalumia & The Psychotic Frogs – ''Live At Max's Kansas City 1981'' * 2015 Don Moore – ''In The Groove'' * 2016 Don Moore – ''Party Goin' On In Woodstock'' * 2017 [[Godz]] - ''Godzundheit'' * 2018 [[The Fugs]] – ''Fugs 4, Rounders Score'' * 2020 Les Visible – ''Too Old To Rock And Roll'' * 2021 Les Visible – ''Jews From Outer Space'' * 2022 (Various Artists) – ''ESP-disk Guide To Funky'' * 2044 (Various Artists) – ''Woodstock: Moods And Moments'' * 2051 (Various Artists) – ''ESP Sampler'' (promotional only) ===ESP 3000 series=== * 3000 [[Charlie Parker]] – Live Performances * 3001 [[Charlie Parker]] – Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2 * 3002 [[Billie Holiday]] – Broadcast Performances, Vol. 1 * 3003 [[Billie Holiday]] – Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2 * 3004 Tony Snell – Medieval & Latter Day Lays * 3005 [[Billie Holiday]] – Radio & TV Broadcasts (1953-1956) * 3006 [[Billie Holiday]] – Broadcast Performances, Vol. 4 * 3007 Revolutionary Ensemble – Vietnam 1 & 2 (at the Peace Church) * 3009 Tiger Tiger – Sun Country * 3010 [[Captain Matchbox]]-Wow – Smoke Dreams * 3011 Marc Black – Big Dong Dharma * 3012 Rolf Kemp – Daydreamer * 3013 Frank Lowe – Black Beings * 3014 Peter Stampfel & Luke Faust – Wendigo Dwain Story * 3015 Nadolski – New Music From Poland 1 [NEVER ISSUED] * 3016 Niemen Enigmatic – New Music From Poland 2 * 3017 Lester Young – Newly Discovered Performances 1 * 3018 Sea Ensemble – We Move Together * 3019 [[Paul Thornton]], Fradkin, & Unger & The Big Band – Pass On This Side * 3020 Bill Horwitz – Lies, Lies, Lies * 3021 [[Bud Powell]] – Winter Broadcasts 1953 * 3022 [[Bud Powell]] – Spring Broadcasts 1953 * 3023 [[Bud Powell]] – Summer Broadcasts 1953 * 3023 ? – New Music From Japan * 3024 [[Bud Powell]] – Autumn Broadcasts 1953 * 3025 Anton Bruhin – New Music From Switzerland * 3026 Ronnie Boykins – The Will Come Is Now * 3028 Michael Gregory Jackson – Clarity * 3029 Harvey
Windbiel Sorgen, Bob
S. Rust – Outlet * 3030 Albert Ayler – Prophecy * 3031 Albert Ayler – Live At Slug's Saloon 1 * 3032 Albert Ayler – Live At Slug's Saloon 2 * 3033 Sun Ra – Concert For The Comet Kohoutek ==See also== * [[List of record labels]] == External links == * http://www.espdisk.com/ Official site * http://www.myspace.com/espdisk Official myspace * [http://www.totalshutdown.com/espdisk/esplinks.html Collectors' discography] * [http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/outtakes/oldnewthing.htm The Old New Thing is Newer Than Ever]. Liner notes for an ESP-Disk [[Mashup_(music) | mash-up]] by [[Wu Ming]] 1 [[Category:American record labels]] [[Category:Record labels established in 1966]] [[Category:Jazz record labels]] [[Category:Alternative music record labels]] [[Category:Experimental music record labels]] [[de:ESP-Disk]] [[fr:ESP-Disk]]