ESP‐Disk’ (60s–70s free‐jazz label re‐emerged lately)

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Annotation

Founded by Bernard Stollman.
Has been reissued and/or distributed (in dubious conditions) by at least GetBack!, Abraxas, ... Nowadays, has gained control again over its catalog/distribution, although bootlegs/"previous distributors" are still in the wild.

Annotation last modified on 2007-04-03 19:12 UTC.

Releases

Release	Artist	Format	Tracks	Country/Date	Catalog#	Barcode
Bells	Albert Ayler	CD	1	IT2000	ESP 1010	8013252401022
Bells	Albert Ayler	CD	1	NL2000	ESP 1010	5021364010103
Closer (reissue, remastered)	Paul Bley Trio	CD	10	NL2000	ESP 1021, ESP CD 1021	5021364010219
Ask the Unicorn	Ed Askew	CD	10	DE2000	ESP 1092-2	090204049226
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet	The Giuseppi Logan Quartet	CD	5	NL2000	ESP CD 1007	8711799910075
Slug's Saloon	Albert Ayler	2×CD	3 + 2	IT2000		8013252101823
Marion Brown Quartet	Marion Brown Quartet	CD	3	IT2002	ESP 1022	8013252402227
One Nation Underground	Pearls Before Swine	CD	10	IT2002	ESP1054
Eastern Man Alone	Charles Tyler	CD	4	IT2002	ESP 1059
The Third Testament	The Godz	CD	13	US2002	ESP 1077-2	090204046591
And About Love	Noah Howard Quartet	CD	4	US2003-11-18
Spiritual Unity	Albert Ayler Trio	(unknown)	4	US2005-03-15	ESP 1002	825481010023
Nothing Is…	Sun Ra	CD	12	US2005-06-21	ESP 4024	825481040242
The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings	Pearls Before Swine	CD	20	US2005-06	ESP 4003	8254810400037
Marion Brown Quartet	Marion Brown Quartet	CD	4	US2005-08-02	ESP 4011	825481040112
Heliocentric Worlds Volumes 1 and 2	Sun Ra	CD	10	US2005	4005	825481040051
Nothing Is…	Sun Ra	CD	8	IT2005	ESP1045	8013252404528
Raga (4 A.M. at Frank's)	Seventh Sons	CD	1	IT2005	ESP 1078	8013252407826
Ed Askew	Ed Askew	CD	13	US2005	ESP 1092	825481010924
Heliocentric Worlds, Volume 3: The Lost Tapes	Sun Ra	CD	5	-2005	ESP 4002	825481040020
Pharoah’s First	Pharoah Sanders Quintet	CD	10	US2005	ESP 4008	825481040082
Slugs' Saloon	Albert Ayler	2×CD	3 + 2	US2005	ESP 4025, ESP4025	825481040259
Jugendstil II	Lee Konitz, Chris Cheek & Stephane Furic Leibovici	Digital Media	8	XW2006-06-21		825481040594
Spirits Rejoice	Albert Ayler	CD	5	IT2006	ESP 1020	8013252402029
Spirits Rejoice	Albert Ayler	CD	5	US2006	ESP 1020
Unity	Frank Wright	CD	2	US2006	ESP 4028
Recital	Yma Sumac	CD	14	US2006	ESP 4029	825481040297
Balaklava	Pearls Before Swine	CD	10	IT2006	ESP-CD-5010	[none]
Concert for the Comet Kohoutek	Sun Ra	CD	9	US2006
Live at Café Montmartre 1966	Don Cherry	CD	6	US2007	ESP 4032
The Hilversum Session	Albert Ayler Quartet	CD	6	US2007	ESP 4035	825481040358
Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959	Billie Holiday	5×CD	30 + 31 + 26 + 19 + 23	US2007	ESP 4039	825481040396
Live at Birdland	Lester Young	CD	19	-2007
Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966, Vol. 2	Don Cherry	Digital Media	7	XW2008-04-08		825481040433
Sings	Charles Manson	CD	26	US2008-09
Bird in Time 1940-1947	Charlie Parker	4×CD	22 + 30 + 32 + 21	FR2008-11-11	ESP 4050	825481040501
New York Art Quartet	New York Art Quartet	CD	6	US2008	ESP 1004
Explosions	Bob James Trio	CD	5	US2008	ESP 1009	825481010092
New York Eye and Ear Control	Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray	CD	3	IT2008	ESP 1016	8013252401626
Music From Europe	Gunter Hampel Group	CD	3	US2008	ESP 1042	825481010429
Indian War Whoop	The Holy Modal Rounders	CD	12	US2008	ESP 1068	825481010689
We Are The Levitts	The Levitts	CD	11	-2008	ESP 1095
Black Beings	Frank Lowe	CD	3	US2008	ESP 3013	825481030137
Live at Café Montmartre 1966 Volume Two	Don Cherry	CD	7	US2008	ESP 4043
Unpop	Yximalloo	CD	24	US2008	ESP 4047	825481040471
Jugendstil	Chris Speed, Chris Cheek, Stéphane Furic Leibovici	CD	11	US2008	ESP 4048	825481040488
Charles	Barnacled	CD	8	US2008	ESP 4049	825481040495
Private Poverty Speaks to the People of the Party	TSIGOTI	CD	16	US2009-01-13	ESP 4057
Private Poverty Speaks to the People of the Party	TSIGOTI	Digital Media	16	US2009-01-13	ESP 4057
Featuring Pharoah Sanders & Black Harold	Sun Ra	CD	11	US2009-04-28	ESP 4054	825481040549
You Used to Think	Erica Pomerance	CD	9	US2009-05-29	ESP 1099	825481010993
One Nation Underground	Pearls Before Swine	12" Vinyl	10	US2009-05	ESP 1054
Boogie in the Breeze Blocks	Talibam!	CD	12	US2009	4055	825481040556
Charles Tyler Ensemble	Charles Tyler Ensemble	CD	4	US2009	ESP 1029	825481010290
Why Not	Marion Brown	CD	4	US2009	ESP 1040	825481010405
Why Not?	Marion Brown Quartet	CD	4	US2009	ESP 1040	825481010405
In Search Of The Mystery	Gato Barbieri Quartet	CD	2	US2009	ESP 1049	825481010498
Cave Rock	Cromagnon	CD	8	US2009	ESP 2001	825481020015
Live at Café Montmartre 1966 Volume Three	Don Cherry	CD	2	US2009	ESP 4051	825481040518
Gigantomachia	The Naked Future	CD	5	US2009	ESP 4053	825481040532
Colorfield	Joe Morris	CD	4	US2009	ESP 4056	825481040563
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra	Sun Ra	3×Enhanced CD	8 + 3 + 5	US2010-10-12	ESP 4062	825481040624
Staying on the Watch	Sonny Simmons	CD	4	US2010	ESP1030
Contact High With The Godz (Reissue)	The Godz	CD	9	US2010	ESP 1037
Clarity	Michael Gregory Jackson	CD	8	US2010	ESP 3028	825481030281
Identical Sunsets	Paul Dunmall / Chris Corsano	12" Vinyl	4	US2010	ESP 4058
Oxtirn	Eli Keszler	CD	3	US2010	esp4061	0825481040617
Don Cherry Live at Cafe Montmartre, Vol. 1	Don Cherry	Digital Media	6	XW2012-06-01		824810403277
Lie: The Love and Terror Cult	Charles Manson	Digital Media	26	AF2012-06-01 AL2012-06-01 (show 205 more) ZW2012-06-01		825481020039
Live at Café Montmartre, Vol. 3	Don Cherry	Digital Media	2	XW2012-06-01		825481040518
Oxtirn	Eli Keszler	Digital Media	3	XW2012-07-01		825481040617
Look Up	The Charles Gayle Trio	Digital Media	5	XW2012-10-26		825481040709
In the Beginning: 1963-1964	Pharoah Sanders	4×CD	17 + 5 + 6 + 17	US2012	ESP-4069	824810040694
Look Up	The Charles Gayle Trio	CD	5	US2012	ESP 4070	825481040709
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet	The Giuseppi Logan Quartet	Digital Media	5	FR2012
We’re Live	Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown	Digital Media	14	XW2013-03-26
Prophecy	Gary Peacock	Digital Media	5	DE2013-04-01
New York Eye and Ear Control	Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray	12" Vinyl	3	US2013	1016, ESP 1016	825481101615
Closer (reissue, remastered, 50th anniversary)	Paul Bley Trio	CD	10	US2013	1021	8254810120140
Spiritual Unity	Albert Ayler Trio	CD	4	-2013	ESP 1002	825481010023
Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano	Ran Blake	CD	10	US2013	ESP 1011	825481101127
New York Eye and Ear Control (50th Anniversary Remastered Edition)	Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sonny Murray	CD	3	US2013	ESP 1016	825481010160
Spiritual Unity (50th Anniversary Expanded Edition)	Albert Ayler Trio	CD	5	XW2014-09	1002	0825481010023
Live At The Blue Note Café, Paris 1961	Bud Powell feat.Pierre Michelot & Kenny Clarke	CD	11	US2014	ESP 4036	825481403627
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1	Sun Ra	Digital Media	7	XW2015-07-17		825481011143
Iron Path	Last Exit	CD	10	US2015	ESP4075	825481407526
Bells / Prophecy (Expanded Edition)	Albert Ayler	2×CD	6 + 6	US2015	ESP 4076
Spiritual Unity	Albert Ayler Trio	Digital Media	5	XW2016-10-11
New York Eye & Ear Control	Albert Ayler	Digital Media	3	XW2016-10-12		[none]
Spirits Rejoice	Albert Ayler	Digital Media	5	XW2016-10-12		[none]
Pharoah Sanders Quintet	Pharoah Sanders Quintet	Digital Media	2	XW2016-12-10		[none]
Unity	Frank Wright	Digital Media	5	XW2016-12-22
Risurrezione - Dubopera	Masahiro Shimba & Bill Laswell	CD	10	US2016	ESP4078	825481407823
Live At Channel Zero	Defunkt	CD	8	US2016	ESP 5008
Immortal Light	Buck Curran	CD	8	XW2016		825481501422
This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People	Toxic	Digital Media	5	XW2017-05-05	ESP-5011	[none]
Blues for Albert Ayler	Frank Wright Quartet	Digital Media	6	XW2017-05-06
This Is Beautiful Because We Are Beautiful People	Toxic	Digital Media	5	XW2017-05-19		825481501125
Amina Baraka & the Red Microphone	Amina Baraka & The Red Microphone	Digital Media	9	XW2017-06-30		[none]
Endgame of the Anthropocene	Talibam!	Digital Media	8	XW2017-09-22