NTS Guide to: ESP-Disk - The Early Years

New York, 06.02.24

Existing at the intersection of free jazz, acid folk, spoken word and avant garage rock, ESP-Disk opened for business in New York City at the zenith of 60's counter culture.

The label's first release was an Esperanto album, giving it the name ESP-Disk, and then released a number of free jazz albums that we would now consider classics. It soon came to champion other similarly less-commercial genres, always giving free reign to the artists.

This Guide To includes music from Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, William Burroughs, The Fugs and more.

Spoken Word Psychedelic Rock Free Jazz Garage Rock Psychedelic Folk

Tracklist

0:20:22
Pearls Before SwinePearls Before Swine
Translucent Carriages
0:24:20
Ed AskewEd Askew
Ask The Unicorn
0:29:24
EricaErica
To Leonard From The Hospital
Dr. Timothy LearyDr. Timothy Leary
Epilogue (Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out)
Gilbert Shelton EnsembleGilbert Shelton Ensemble
If I Was A Hell's Angel
The LevittsThe Levitts
The Saints Off My City Are Children
Jerry MooreJerry Moore
Life Is A Constant Journey Home
Emerson's Old Timey Custard Suckin' Band
Vestibule Billy
The FugsThe Fugs
Kill For Peace
CromagnonCromagnon
First World Of Bronze
The FugsThe Fugs
C.I.A. Man
The GodzThe Godz
Lay In The Sun
William BurroughsWilliam Burroughs
Bradley The Buyer
The New York Art QuartetThe New York Art Quartet
Sweet--Black Dada Nihilismus
The Marion Brown QuartetThe Marion Brown Quartet
Fortunato
Pharaoh SandersPharaoh Sanders
Bethera
The Velvet UndergroundThe Velvet Underground
Noise
Har-You Percussion GroupHar-You Percussion Group
Feed Me Good
Nedly Elstak Trio + VoiceNedly Elstak Trio + Voice
Love You So
Sun RaSun Ra
Next Stop Mars
Alan Sondheim / Ritual All 770Alan Sondheim / Ritual All 770
The Songs Part 2
Sonny SimmonsSonny Simmons
A Distant Voice
Karel Velebny, Karel Velebny, SHQSHQ
The Uhu Sleeps Only During The Day
Sun Ra & His Myth Science ArkestraSun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra
We Travel The Space Ways
Patty WatersPatty Waters
Song Of Clifford
Paul BleyPaul Bley
Closer
Henry Grimes TrioHenry Grimes Trio
For Django
Tufi Kupferberg And Viki Pollon With Peter Rawson On Guitar
Love And Ashes
Bob James TrioBob James Trio
Explosions
Sun RaSun Ra
The Cosmos
Lowell Davidson TrioLowell Davidson Trio
L
Andy WarholAndy Warhol
Silence
Byron Allen TrioByron Allen Trio
Three Steps In The Right Direction
Albert Ayler TrioAlbert Ayler Trio
Spirits

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NTS Guide to: ESP-Disk - The Early Years

New York, 06.02.24

Existing at the intersection of free jazz, acid folk, spoken word and avant garage rock, ESP-Disk opened for business in New York City at the zenith of 60's counter culture.

Tracklist