ESP-Disk

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ESP-Disk is an independent American record label best known for its avant-garde jazz, experimental, and underground folk releases of the 1960s and 1970s.

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ESP-Disk canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf independent record label
record label
activePeriod 1960s
1970s
basedIn New York City
catalogCharacteristic artist-controlled repertoire
low-budget recordings
non-commercial aesthetic
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distributionArea international
foundedBy Bernard Stollman
genreFocus avant-garde jazz
experimental music
free jazz
improvised music
psychedelic rock
underground folk
hasReissueProgram yes
headquartersLocation New York City
inception 1963
industry music industry
languageOfReleases English
notableFor releasing avant-garde jazz recordings
releasing experimental music recordings
releasing underground folk recordings
supporting free jazz artists
product compact discs
digital downloads
phonograph records
reissues historic free jazz recordings
historic underground folk recordings
releasedMusicBy Albert Ayler
Cromagnon
Frank Lowe
Giuseppi Logan
Marion Brown
Ornette Coleman
Patty Waters
Paul Bley
Pearls Before Swine
Pharoah Sanders
Sun Ra
The Fugs
The Godz
slogan The artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP-Disk
status active

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Ronnie Boykins recordLabel ESP-Disk
Ronnie Boykins recordedWith ESP-Disk
Sunny Murray recordLabel ESP-Disk
Marion Brown recordLabel ESP-Disk
Tom Rapp recordLabel ESP-Disk
album One Nation Underground recordLabel ESP-Disk
subject surface form: One Nation Underground