ESP-Disk

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ESP-Disk
Founded	1966
Founder	Bernard Stollman
Genre	underground rock, free jazz, folk rock
Country of origin	USA
Location	Brooklyn, New York
Official website	www.espdisk.com

ESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1966 by the lawyer Bernard Stollman, originally financed from an inheritance. Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, starting with its second release (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 and 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.

1 Discography
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] ESP 1000 series

1001 Ni Kantu En Esperanto
1002 Albert Ayler – 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 – New York Eye and Ear Control
1017 Sun Ra – The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two
1018 The Fugs – Broadside 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 Trio
1024 Burton Greene Quartet
1025 Patty Waters Sings
1026 Henry Grimes– The Call
1027 Timothy Leary – Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
1028 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 – 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 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 – Your Prayer
1054 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. – Balaklava
1076 Nedley Elstak – The Machine
1077 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 Chanteys (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

[edit] ESP 2000 series

2000 Octopus – Rock-New Music Fusion
2001 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)