About
New York based experimental, avant-garde, and free-jazz label owned and founded in 1963 by Bernard Stollman. The name was going to be Esperanto-Disk, but was shortened to ESP-Disk'. Originally it operated until 1976, when the label ran out of funding. It was not a financial success in the US, but gained recognition in Europe and Japan, where licensing agreements were made.
In 1992, Stollman licensed the catalog to the German label ZYX Music, which reissued all 115 titles on CD (the labels to be used for these releases are ESP Disk and ZYX Music; both ZYX Music and ESP Disk logos are used, although ESP Disk logo is neither the original version nor the new one). Around the same time, a number of titles were licensed to the Japanese label Venus Records (5); these used only the Venus Records logo. The ZYX deal lasted for 6 years, followed by a brief licensing agreement with the Dutch label Calibre (use Calibre and ESP Disk; the original ESP Disk logo is used) and subsequently the Italian Abraxas label. Abraxas claims to have an exclusive worldwide deal with ESP-Disk regarding the back-catalogue (which includes the manufacturing of LPs and CDs, distribution and sub-licensing). LPs and CDs are released either under the Get Back in-house label or ESP Disk (Italy) (which Abraxas regards as an in-house label; please note that these releases use the new logo).
In 2005 ESP Disk of New York resumed manufacturing and is bringing out reissues, previously unreleased material and new releases (using the original logo and new logo).
List of addresses and release years.
1st) 180 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10024 : ESP-1002 (1964) -- ESP-1028 (1966)
2nd) 5 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10023 : ESP-1055 (1966) (inbetween addresses)
3rd) 156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010 : ESP-1029 (1966) -- ESP-2000 (1969)
4th) 300 W. 55, NY NY 10019 : ESP-2003 (1970) -- ESP-2051 (1970)
5th) Acorn Hill House, Krumville, NY 12447 : ESP-1080 (1969) -- ESP-3003 (1972)
6th ) 5 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10023 : ESP-2004 (1972) (inbetween addresses)
7th) 290 West End Ave, NY NY 10023 : ESP-1085 (1973) -- ESP-3021 (1975)
In 1992, Stollman licensed the catalog to the German label ZYX Music, which reissued all 115 titles on CD (the labels to be used for these releases are ESP Disk and ZYX Music; both ZYX Music and ESP Disk logos are used, although ESP Disk logo is neither the original version nor the new one). Around the same time, a number of titles were licensed to the Japanese label Venus Records (5); these used only the Venus Records logo. The ZYX deal lasted for 6 years, followed by a brief licensing agreement with the Dutch label Calibre (use Calibre and ESP Disk; the original ESP Disk logo is used) and subsequently the Italian Abraxas label. Abraxas claims to have an exclusive worldwide deal with ESP-Disk regarding the back-catalogue (which includes the manufacturing of LPs and CDs, distribution and sub-licensing). LPs and CDs are released either under the Get Back in-house label or ESP Disk (Italy) (which Abraxas regards as an in-house label; please note that these releases use the new logo).
In 2005 ESP Disk of New York resumed manufacturing and is bringing out reissues, previously unreleased material and new releases (using the original logo and new logo).
List of addresses and release years.
1st) 180 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10024 : ESP-1002 (1964) -- ESP-1028 (1966)
2nd) 5 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10023 : ESP-1055 (1966) (inbetween addresses)
3rd) 156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010 : ESP-1029 (1966) -- ESP-2000 (1969)
4th) 300 W. 55, NY NY 10019 : ESP-2003 (1970) -- ESP-2051 (1970)
5th) Acorn Hill House, Krumville, NY 12447 : ESP-1080 (1969) -- ESP-3003 (1972)
6th ) 5 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10023 : ESP-2004 (1972) (inbetween addresses)
7th) 290 West End Ave, NY NY 10023 : ESP-1085 (1973) -- ESP-3021 (1975)
Catalog
1,864 releasesAn Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Second A-Chronology 1936-2003
Various · 2003
Godz II
The Godz · 1969
Explosions
Bob James Trio · 2005
Spiritual Unity
Albert Ayler Trio · 2005
In Search Of The Mystery
Gato Barbieri · 1999
Unity
Frank Wright · 2006
Spiritual Unity
Albert Ayler Trio · 1998
Plays Solo Piano
Ran Blake · 1965
Live On The Riviera
Albert Ayler · 2005
Spiritual Unity
Albert Ayler Trio · 1992
Bells
Albert Ayler
Charles Tyler Ensemble
Charles Tyler Ensemble
Live At Café Montmartre 1966
Don Cherry · 2007
The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings
Frank Wright · 2005
The Third Testament
The Godz
Pharoah Sanders Quintet
Pharoah Sanders Quintet · 2005
Spiritual Unity
Albert Ayler Trio · 1965
The Hilversum Session
Albert Ayler Quartet · 2007
Balaklava
Pearls Before Swine · 1968
Godzundheit
The Godz · 1973
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra Vol. 1
Sun Ra · 1998
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra Volume 2
Sun Ra · 1998
Nothing Is...
Sun Ra · 1998
Music From Europe
Gunter Hampel Group · 2008
Live At Café Montmartre 1966 Volume Two
Don Cherry · 2008
Slug's Saloon May 1, 1966
Albert Ayler Quintet · 1999
Why Not? = ホワイ・ノット
Marion Brown Quartet = マリオン・ブラウン・クワルテット* · 1993
Local Colour
Peter Lemer Quintet · 1968
Music From Europe
Gunter Hampel Group · 1967
Music From The Spheres = 天上の音楽
Sonny Simmons = ソニー・シモンズ* · 1975
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