ESP-Disk' Records Catalog: 3000, 2000, 1100, 4000 series

ESP-Disk' 3000 series (12 inch LP/7 inch 45 rpm/Compact Disc)

ESP 3000  Charlie Parker - Live Performances

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) John LaPorta (cl) Charlie Parker (as) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Ray Brown (b) Max Roach (d)
WOR radio broadcast, NYC, September 20, 1947
Tiger Rag
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)
"Royal Roost", NYC, December 11, 1948
Groovin' High
Big Foot
Ornithology (Thriving On From A Riff)
On A Slow Boat To China
Kenny Dorham (tp) replaces Davis
"Royal Roost", NYC, December 25, 1948
Half Nelson
White Christmas
Little Willie Leaps
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3000.

ESP 3001  Charlie Parker - Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2

Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)
"Royal Roost", NYC, September 4, 1948
52nd Street Theme
Ko-Ko
Kenny Dorham (tp) replaces Davis
"Royal Roost", NYC, January 1, 1949
Be-Bop
On A Slow Boat To China
Ornithology
Groovin' High
East Of The Sun
Cheryl
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3001.

ESP 3002  Billie Holiday - Broadcast Performances, Vol. 1: Radio And TV Broadcasts (1949-52)

Neal Hefti (tp) Herbie Harper (tb) Herbie Steward (cl, ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Robert "Iggy" Shevak (b) Blinkie Garner (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
AFRS radio broadcast, "Just Jazz", Los Angeles, CA, June, 1949
My Man
Miss Brown To You
Hot Lips Page (tp) Horace Henderson (p) Jack Lesberg (b) George Wettling (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
NBC television broadcast, "Eddie Condon Floor Show", NYC, August 27, 1949
Keeps On A-Rainin'
Lover Man
Hot Lips Page (tp) Horace Henderson (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
television broadcast, "Art Ford Television Show", NYC, August 27, 1949
I Cover The Waterfront
All Of Me
Billie Holiday (vo) The Apollo House Band
broadcast, "Apollo Theater", Harlem, NY, May 24, 1950
You're My Thrill
Buster Harding (p) John Field (b) Marquis Foster (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
broadcast, "Storyville Club", Boston, MA, October 29, 30 & 31, 1951
He's Funny That Way
Billie's Blues
Miss Brown To You
Billie Holiday (vo) unidentified small combo
radio broadcast, "Apollo Theater", Harlem, NY, possibly July, 1952
My Man
Tony Scott (cl) Buster Harding (p, cond) Billie Holiday (vo) and others
broadcast, "Apollo Theater", Harlem, NY, December 10, 1952
Tenderly
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3002.

ESP 3003  Billie Holiday - Broadcast Performances, Vol. 2: Radio And TV Broadcasts (1953-56)

Jimmy Hamilton (cl) Ray Nance (vln) Buster Harding (p) John Field (b) Marquis Foster (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
broadcast, "Carnegie Hall", NYC, November 14, 1952
I Cover The Waterfront
Lover, Come Back To Me
My Man (All Of Me)
Fine And Mellow (Billie's Blues)
unknown (tp) probably Carl Drinkard (p) Jimmy Raney (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) unknown (actors) Billie Holiday (vo, speech) Louis Armstrong, Tallulah Bankhead, Mae Barnes, Leonard Feather, Arthur Herzog, "Pods" Hollingsworth, Artie Shaw (speech) George Jessel (host, nar)
television broadcast, "The Comeback Story", NYC, October 16, 1953
God Bless The Child
unknown (tp) probably Carl Drinkard (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) Billie Holiday (vo) Steve Allen (ann) Skitch Henderson (dir) and others
television broadcast, "The Steve Allen Tonight Show", NYC, February 8 or 14, 1955
My Man
Them There Eyes
Lover Man
Buck Clayton (tp) Lester Young (ts) Bobby Tucker (p) Count Basie (org) Eddie Jones (b) Buddy Rich (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
broadcast, "Carnegie Hall", NYC, May 6, 1955
Stormy Weather
probably Carl Drinkard (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
radio broadcast, "Band Stand U.S.A.", Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ, August 29, 1956
Willow Weep For Me
I Only Have Eyes For You
My Man
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3003.

ESP 3004  Tony Snell - Medieval And Latter Day Lays

no details

ESP 3005  Billie Holiday - Broadcast Performances, Vol. 3: Radio And TV Broadcasts (1956-58)

probably Carl Drinkard (p) Billie Holiday (vo) Steve Allen (ann) Skitch Henderson (dir) unidentified studio house band, and others
television broadcast, "The Steve Allen Tonight Show", NYC, February 10, 1956
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
probably Carl Drinkard (p) unknown (b) Eddie Phyfe (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
radio broadcast, Olivia Davis' "Patio Lounge", Washington DC, October 27, 1956
Nice Work If You Can Get It
God Bless The Child
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Don't Explain
probably Carl Drinkard (p) Billie Holiday (vo) Skitch Henderson (dir) unidentified studio house band, including strings
television broadcast, "The Steve Allen Tonight Show", NYC, November 8, 1956
Porgy
Doc Cheatham, Roy Eldridge (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young (ts) Gerry Mulligan (bars) Mal Waldron (p) Danny Barker (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
CBS TV program, CBS Studio 58, NYC, December 8, 1957
Fine And Mellow
Buck Clayton (tp) Tyree Glenn (tb) Georgie Auld (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Mary Osborne (g) Vinnie Burke (b) Osie Johnson (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
television broadcast, "Art Ford's Jazz Party", Channel 13, NYC, July 10, 1958
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Foolin' Myself
Easy To Remember
add Charlie Shavers (tp) Harry Sheppard (vib)
television broadcast, "Art Ford's Jazz Party", Channel 13, NYC, July 17, 1958
Moanin' Low
Don't Explain
When Your Lover Has Gone
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3005.

ESP 3006  Billie Holiday - Broadcast Performances, Vol. 4: TV Broadcasts

Jimmy Rowles (p) Artie Shapiro (b) Billie Holiday (vo)
including studio rehearsal by Carnegie Hall concert, 1958?
Farewell To Storyville
The Man I Love
Lover Man
God Bless The Child
Billie's Blues
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Just Fooling Myself
You Better Go Now
Them There Eyes
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (rehearsal)
Talk About Early Career
Just Friends
Talk
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Everything Happens To Me
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
Prelude To A Kiss
Jeepers Creepers
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3006.

ESP 3007  Revolutionary Ensemble

Leroy Jenkins (vln, vla) Sirone (b, cello) Jerome Cooper (per)
NYC, March, 1972
Vietnam 1
Vietnam 2
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3007.

ESP 3008  Jim McCarthy - Alien

Jonathan Thayer (ob) George Cameron (hca) Julie Case (p) Bob Claster (p, org) Bill Johnson, Bob Miles (org) Steve Martin (ac-g, harmony vo) Jim McCarthy (rhythm ac-g, hca, vo) Bob Gallagher (el-g) Leslie Fradkin (b) Tom Hayes (d) Paul Thornton (maracas)
1973
Guide Me To Your Love
In The Search Of An Audience
Word Of Honour
We Love You
Song For All Seasons
Sickness Or Cure
So Beautiful
Girly Pearl
Seething With Tears
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3008 entitled "The Godz - Alien": ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3008 (later).

ESP 3009  The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - Smoke Dreams

Jim Conway (hca, kazoo, vo) Jim Niven (p, pedal org) Mick Fleming (bj, mand, g, vo) Dave Hubbard (g) Peter Inglis (g, vo) Peter Scott (tea chest b) Mic Conway (wbd, uke, vo)
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, probably recorded before November, 1972, released 1973
I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
Nagasaki
Sophisticated Mama
Mobile Line
France Blues
Hotsy Totsy (Everything Is)
Who Walks In When I Walk Out
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
After You've Gone
That Cat Is High
Smoke Dreams Of You

ESP 3010  The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes c/w Nagasaki

Jim Conway (hca, kazoo, vo) Jim Niven (p, pedal org) Mick Fleming (bj, mand, g, vo) Dave Hubbard (g) Peter Inglis (g, vo) Peter Scott (tea chest b) Mic Conway (wbd, uke, vo): same session
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, probably recorded before November, 1972, released 1973
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
Nagasaki

ESP 3011  Marc Black - Big Dong Dharma

Don Davis (sax, back vo) Betty MacDonald (vln, back vo) Warren Bernhardt, Michael Ruff (key) Shayne Fontaine (g) Marc Black (g, lead vo, back vo) Mark Egan, Rob Leon (b) Jennifer Condos (b, back vo) Gary Burke, Jack DeJohnette, Wells Kelly, Bishop O'Brien (d) Peter Blum, Rick Rheder, Tony Rullo (lead vo) Amy Fradden (lead vo, back vo) Michael Esposito, Jerry Moore, Otis Smith (back vo)
1979
Markin It
Cushy Cushy Vibe
Ding Ding Ding
She's So Nice
Eat That Food
Fat Man
No Moon Oh Moon Choir
Spiritual Trip
Satisfaction
From You
Ball Of Love
Time Has Come
Gas Line
Omy
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3011.

ESP 3012  Rolf Kemp - Daydreamer

no details

ESP 3013  Frank Lowe - Black Beings

Joseph Jarman (ss, as) Frank Lowe (ts) The Wizard (vln) William Parker (b) Rashied Sinan (d)
NYC, March, 1973
In Trane's Name
Brother Joseph
Thulani

ESP 3014  Peter Stampfel/Luke Faust - Wendigo Dwain Story

no details

ESP 3015  Nadolski - New Music From Poland 1 (not released)

Andrzej Nowak (org) Czeslaw Niemen (syn) Helmut Nadolski (b) Olgierd Likaszewitz (recit)
St. George's Church, Sopot, August 27, 1974
Meditation 1
Meditation 2

ESP 3016  Niemen Enigmatic - New Music From Poland 2

no details

ESP 3017  Lester Young - Newly Discovered Performances, Vol. 1

Jesse Drakes (tp) Ted Kelly (tb) Kai Winding (tb -5) Lester Young (ts) Allen Eager (ts -5) Freddie Jefferson (p -1/4) Hank Jones (p -5) Ted Briscoe (b -1/4) Ray Brown (b -5) Roy Haynes (d) Ella Fitzgerald (vo -5) Symphony Sid (ann)
WMGM radio broadcast, "Royal Roost", NYC, November 27, 1948
1.Lester Leaps In
2.I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
3.Just You, Just Me
4.Sweet Georgia Brown
5.How High The Moon
Jesse Drakes (tp) Ted Kelly (tb) Lester Young (ts) Freddie Jefferson (p) Ted Briscoe (b) Roy Haynes (d) Symphony Sid (ann)
WMGM radio broadcast, "Royal Roost", NYC, December 4, 1948
Be Bop Boogie (Boppin' Boogie)
I'm Confessin' That I Love You
I Cover The Waterfront

ESP 3018  Music Of The Sea Ensemble - We Move Together

Zusaan Kali Fasteau (cello, p, d, vo, shakuhachi, nye) Donald Rafael Garrett (sheng, cl, b, d, shakuhachi, vo)
January, 1974
Ride Tiger To Mountain
Wave Hands Like Clouds
Snake Creeps Down
Needle Of Sea Bottom
Stork Cools Its Wings
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3018.

ESP 3019  Paul Thornton/Leslie Fradkin/Bob Unger - Thornton, Fradkin And Unger And The Big Band: Pass On This Side

Randy Edelman (p, vo -1) Paul Thornton (ac-g, lead vo -2,3,5,8) Leslie Fradkin (12 string g, mellotron, p, org, b, d, mand, lead vo -1,4,6) Bob Unger (b -7) Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney (b, vo -1) Richard Davis (upright b -4) Dennis Seiwell (d -1) Andrew Lloyd (d, vo -7) David Peel (lead vo -7)
NYC, 1970, 1973, 1974
1.God Bless California
2.M'Lady
3.Jimi
4.Christopher's Sorrow
5.Walkin' Guitar Blues
6.Oh Woman
7.To Err Is Human
8.Sometimes
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3019 entitled "Godz Bless California": ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3019 (later) entitled "Paul Thornton/Leslie Fradkin - Pass On This Side".

ESP 3020  Bill Horwitz - Lies, Lies, Lies

E. Martin (tb, tp) T. Negel (tb, d) Steve Hecker (frh) G. Hicks (p, vln, vla) B. Grant (ac-g) M. Giacolone (ac-g, g) Bill Horwitz (ac-g, g, el-g, 6 & 12 string g, bj, p, b, bag, vo) H. Guffee (dobro) Tony Markellis (b) R. Leab, Richard Steinberg (d) Human Condition (clapping) B. Carron (vo) Jerry Mitnick (back vo)
Shaggy Dog Studios, Stockbridge, MA, unknown date
Consumption
New American Guilt Trip
Working Man's Daughter
Henry K
Sing Me
If I Had A Friend Like Rosemary Woods
Tock's Island
Broken Records
Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do
Candy Man
Sadness
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3020.

ESP 3021  Bud Powell - Winter Broadcasts 1953

Bud Powell (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Roy Haynes (d)
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, February 7, 1953
Tea For Two
It Could Happen To You
Lover Come Back To Me
same personnel
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, February 14, 1953
Lullaby Of Birdland
I Want To Be Happy
Embraceable You
I've Got You Under My Skin
Ornithology
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3021.

ESP 3022  Bud Powell - Spring Broadcasts 1953

Bud Powell (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Roy Haynes (d): same personnel
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, March 21, 1953
How High The Moon
Budo
Hallelujah
I've Got You Under My Skin
Embraceable You
Charles Mingus (b) replaces Pettiford
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, March 23, 1953
I Want To Be Happy
I've Got You Under My Skin
Sure Thing
Embraceable You
Woody'n You
Salt Peanuts
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3022.

ESP 3023  Bud Powell - Summer Broadcasts 1953

Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Taylor (d)
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, May 30, 1953
I've Got You Under My Skin
Autumn In New York
I Want To Be Happy
add Charlie Parker (as) Candido (cga)
same location, date
Moose The Mooche
Cheryl
Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Taylor (d)
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, June 20, 1953
Budo
My Heart Stood Still
Dance Of The Infidels
same personnel
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, July 11, 1953
Dance Of The Infidels
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3023.

ESP 3024  Bud Powell - Autumn Broadcasts 1953

Bud Powell (p) George Duvivier (b) Art Taylor (d)
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, September 5, 1953
My Heart Stood Still
Un Poco Loco
Parisian Thoroughfare
Dance Of The Infidels
Glass Enclosure
Curly Russell (b) replaces Duvivier
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, September 9, 1953
Parisian Thoroughfare
Dance Of The Infidels
Un Poco Loco
Oblivion
same personnel
WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, September 26, 1953
Parisian Thoroughfare
Dance Of The Infidels
Embraceable You
Un Poco Loco
Oblivion
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3024.

ESP 3025  Anton Bruhin - New Music From Switzerland

no details

ESP 3026  Ronnie Boykins - The Will Come, Is Now

Daoud Haroon (tb) Joe Ferguson (ss, fl, ts) Monty Waters (as, ss) Jimmy Vass (as, ss, fl) Ronnie Boykins (b, sousaphone) George Avaloz (cga) Art Lewis (per)
NYC, February, 1975
The Will Come, Is Now
Starlight At The Wonder Inn
Demon's Dance
Dawn Is Evening, Afternoon
Tipping On Heels
The Third I
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3026.

ESP 3027  no information

ESP 3028  Michael Gregory Jackson - Clarity

Leo Smith (tp, stp, flh, Indian fl -5,7) Oliver Lake (fl, ss, as, talking d, cowbell) David Murray (ts -1,2,4,5,7) Michael Gregory Jackson (ac-g, vo, el-g, el-mand, bamboo fl, timp, mar, per)
NYC & Hartford, CT, August 11 & 14, 1976
1.Clarity
2.A View Of This Life
3.Oliver Lake
4.Ballad
5.Clarity (4)
6.Ab Bb 1-7-3 Deg
7.Iomi
Michael Gregory Jackson (ac-g, vo, el-g, el-mand, bamboo fl, timp, mar, per)
live in Los Angeles, CA, 1976
Prelueoionti
** reissue of Bija MJ 1000.

ESP 3029  Harvey Sorgen/Steve Rust/Bob Windbiel - Outlet

Bob Windbiel (g) Steve Rust (b) Harvey Sorgen (d, per)
Bearsville, NY, November 5, 1983
Undefined And Realigned
The Roads Must Roll
Trilo X
Trilo Why
The Starfare's Gem
Unstuck
Object/Subject
Augury
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3029.

ESP 3030  Albert Ayler - Prophecy

Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
"Cellar Cafe", NYC, June 14, 1964
Spirits
Wizard
Ghosts (1st variation)
Prophecy
Ghosts (2nd variation)
** also issued on ESP Base (It) ESP 3030; ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3030.
** part of ESP-Disk' ESP 4006.

ESPCD 3031  Albert Ayler Quintet At Slug's Saloon, Vol. 1

Donald Ayler (tp) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Sampson (vln) Lewis Worrell (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
"Slug's Saloon", NYC, May 1, 1966
Truth Is Marching In
Our Prayer
Bells
** part of ESP-Disk' ESP 4025.

ESPCD 3032  Albert Ayler Quintet At Slug's Saloon, Vol. 2

Donald Ayler (tp) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Sampson (vln) Lewis Worrell (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d): same session
"Slug's Saloon", NYC, May 1, 1966
Ghosts
Initiation
** part of ESP-Disk' ESP 4025.

ESPCD 3033  Sun Ra - Concert For The Comet Kohoutek

Kwame Hadi (tp) Akh Tal Ebah (tp, flh, mel, vo) Dick Griffin or Charles Stephens (tb) James Jacson (basn, fl, Ancient Egyptian Infinity d) Eloe Omoe (bcl, per) Danny Davis (as, fl, per) Marshall Allen (as, ob, fl, per) John Gilmore (ts, per, vo) Danny Ray Thompson (bars, fl, per) Alzo Wright (vln, cello, d) Sun Ra (syn, org, declamation) Ronnie Boykins (b) Thomas "Bugs" Hunter (d) Cheryl Banks, Judith Holton, June Tyson, Space Ethnic Voices, Ruth Wright (dancer, vo)
"Town Hall", NYC, December 22, 1973
Kohoutek Intro
Astro Black
Variations Of Kohoutek Themes (Discipline 27)
Journey Through The Outer Darkness
Enlightenment
Unknown Kohoutek (Love In Outer Space)
Discipline (15)
Outer Space E.M. (Emergency): Life Is Spendid / Outer Space Employment Agency
Space Is The Place

ESP-Disk' 2000 series (12 inch LP/Compact Disc)

ESP 2000  Octopus - Rock-New Music Fusion

Tom Miller (ts, vo) Dion Grody (g, p, org, vo) Lanny Brooks (bag, vo) Craig Justin (d, per)
December, 1968, January, 1969
Dedication
Harold Knows (Better Than You)
Sleepy Blues
The War
I Think It's Understood
U.S. Blues
Fruk Juice
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2000.

ESP 2001  Cromagnon - Orgasm

Brian Elliot, Austin Grasmere (lead vo, misc. inst.) The Connecticut Tribe (back vocal group)
A-1 Sound Studios, NYC, 1969
Caledonia
Ritual Feast Of The Libido
Organic Sundown
Fantasy
Crow Of The Black Tree
Genitalia
Toth, Scribe I
First World Of Bronze
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2001 entitled "Cave Rock".

ESPCD 2002  Jayne County - Goddess Of Wet Dreams

Martin Ainscow, Paul Wainwright (g) Jayne County (voice) and others
released 1993
Night Time
Cream In My Jeans
Paranoia Paradise
Looking For A Kiss
If You Don't Want To Fuck (F*** Off)
Johnny Gone To Heaven
Private World
Brainwashed
Take A Detour
Party Till Armageddon

ESP 2003  13 Songs Composed And Performed By Charles Manson With Vocal And Instrumental Accompaniment By The Family - Lie: The Love And Terror Cult

Charles Manson (g, vo) Phil Kaufman (prod)
September 11, 1967
Look At Your Game, Girl
Ego
Mechanical Man
People Say I'm No Good
Home Is Where You're Happy
Arkansas
I'll Never Say Never To Always
Garbage Dump
Don't Do Anything Illegal
Sick City
Cease To Exist
Big Iron Door
I Once Knew A Man
Eyes Of A Dreamer
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2003 entitled "Charles Manson And The Family Sing 13 Songs - Lie: The Love And Terror Cult": Awareness A 2144 entitled "Look At Your Game, Girl".

ESP 2004  Pleasure Pudding Sweet Pie Livid At Fat City

Bill Maloney (hca) Sweet Pie (p, vo) and others
"Fat City", Wilmington, VT, April 10, 11 & 12, 1972
Me And My Piano, Willy And His Harp
Vermont - A Lazy Man's Colorado
Jasper And His Cow Story
All Around The Clock
Too Drunk To Ball
Noseblow
Ned Head
Maneater
Tribute To Annie Oakley, Dale Evans And Annette
Kay
Jump Boogie And Fade Blues
This Bitter Earth
The Local Lottery
Red Neck Blues
Let's Boogie
Five Long Years
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESP 2004 (later) entitled "Honky Tonk Jive": ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2004 entitled "Pleasure Pudding".

ESP 2005  Barry Titus - Do Wappa Do

Barry Titus (p, el-g, vo) Bruce Pignataro (b) Scott St. John (d, back vo)
1976
Do Wappa Do
Darlene
Barry Titus (p, vo) Ron Toth (el-g, ac-g) Ralibar Voos (bag) Scott St. John (back vo)
Nevessa Production, Woodstock, NY, December 9, 10 & 11, 1992
The Street
Hawaii
Wanda, The Wicked Witch
Big Strong Man
Blues On My Doorstep
Wrong Treatment
Nothing, Please
Side Of The Road
Injured Hitchhiker
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2005.

ESP 2006  Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band

Howard Lamden (autoharp, g, vo) Neil Ricklen (mand, fiddle, g, vo) Arnold Sell (5 string bj, vo) Alan Singer (g)
Silver Spring, MD, 1970
The Farm Song
The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Daybreak Blues
Sitting On Top Of The World
This Lane Ends 1000 Feet
Vestibule Billy
Payday At Coal Creek
You Don't Miss Your Water
The Ballad Of Fawn And Paul Dog
I Still Miss Someone
Gettin' Up
With Nothing To Do
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2006 entitled "Old Timey Custard Suckin' Band".

ESP 2007  Randy Burns - Songs For An Uncertain Lady

Bruce Samuels (fl, el-g, ac-g, p) Andy "Dog" Merwin (lead g) Randy Burns (lead g, vo) Matt Kastner (g, p, cel) John O'Leary, Bob Sheehan (d) Bergert Roberts (cosmic tamb, zulu d) Carolyn Marx, A.J. Mulhern (back vo)
Marx Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 1970
Sorrow's Children
Autumn On Your Mind
Song For An Uncertain Lady
Let Tomorrow Be
Only Time Will Make You See
same personnel
Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, 1970
Maybellene
Lisa
The One I Thought Was There
Child For Now
Waiting For An Old Friend Africa
Deegen Street
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2007.

ESP 2008  Joel Tobias - God Is Watching America

Jon Zan Grando (h, fl, sn, as) Baird Winham (p) Joel Tobias (Fender Rhodes, p, el-b, el-g, ac-g, mand, per, vo) Frank Miller (el-b) Michael Gold (upright b) Derek Moore (d) Denny Doherty (back vo)
Bearsville, NY & The House Of Music, West Orange, NY, 1978-1979
God Is Watching America
It's No Secret
The Last Time Around
Sunshine And Laughter
It's True
Love Comes Back To You
The One I Love
Rush Of Love
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2008.

ESP 2009  Barry Titus - 42nd Street

Barry Titus (p, el-g, vo) Bruce Pignataro (b) Scott St. John (d, back vo)
1976
Ice Man
I Guess This Means Goodbye
Ron Toth (g) Ralibar Voos (b) Scott St. John (d) Barry Titus (vo)
Nevessa Production, Woodstock, NY, December 9, 10 & 11, 1992
42nd Street
Middle Of B'way
Woman Cook
The Truth
Hatchet Face
Miss Armstrong
So Long
Magic Gardens
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2009.

ESP 2010  Woodstock Workband - Armed And Dangerous

John Pratt (tp -6) Graham Blackburn, Colin Tihoon (sax -6) David Waldo (key, tp -1/5,7,8) Jerry Moore (g, vo) Robin Sturgeon (g, vo -1/5,7,8) Gil Silva (g, vo -6) Lincoln Schleifer (b, vo -1/5,7,8) Don Moore (b, vo -6) Pepi Pabon (d -1/5,7,8) Chris Sigwald (d -6) Naga Udcoff (per, cga, maracas -1/5,7,8)
Woodstock, NY, 1978
1.Armed And Dangerous
2.Aggravation 1
3.War In The Forest
4.Aggravation 2
5.You Can Be A Rider
6.I Got A Light
7.Sharon
8.Space Change, Mister
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2010.

ESP 2011  no information

ESP 2012  Woodstock Workband - Sword In The Hand

no details

ESPCD 2013  Jimi Lalumia And The Psychotic Frogs - Gr. Hits - Live At Max's Kansas City 1981

Jimi Lalumia, Johnny Thunders (g, vo) Peter Scarlata (b) Jayne County, Donna Destri, Cherry Vanilla (vo)
"Max's Kansas City", NYC, 1981
Wipe Out
In The Crowd
Palisades Park
Spoken Intro
Sex Bomb
Spoken Intro
Eleanor Rigby
Fucked By The Devil
Golden Boy
Spoken Intro
Eve Was Weak
Spoken Intro
Death To Disco
Spoken Intro
Twist And Shout Medley
Boys
Eleanor Rigby
Fucked By The Devil
Mangle Me
You'll Never Walk Again

ESP 2014  no information

ESP 2015  Don Moore - In The Groove

no details

ESP 2016  Don Moore - Party Going On In Woodstock

Gregg Arnold, Greg Minniefield (p) Kenny Nemiroff, Larry Smith (org, syn, strings) Michael Ruff (key, vo) Mike DeMicco (g) Marshall Shamsid-Deen (g, vo) Don Moore (b, vo) George Leary, Dahaud Shaw (d) Bill Curtis (cga) Jerry Moore, Chris Sigwald (vo) Del Long, Gretchen Reed (back vo)
Woodstock, NY, 1979
Party Going On In Woodstock
Rockin'
"Funk" Did It
Spider Woman
Baby, Come Back Home
Just Wanna Dance
Island Of Love
Kilimanjaro
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2016.

ESP 2017  The Godz - Godzundheit

The Great Pahene (grand p) Jay Dillon (el-org, vo) Charles Cazalet, Bob Gallagher, U.E. Glass, Smokey Head, Jimmy Norwood (el-g) Jim McCarthy (el-g, ac-g, vo) Robert Friedman, Bob Unger (el-b) Larry Kessler (el-b, ac-g, el-g, vo) Leslie Fradkin (el-b, el-g, hca) Billy Paine, Giovanni Rosario (d) George Cameron (d, hca) Paul Thornton (d, ac-g, el-g, vo)
A-1 Sound Studios, NYC, 1973
Whiffenspoof Song
Dirty Windows
Wisdom Of A Fool
Weary Blues
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Women Of The World
Take The Time
Give A Damn
** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2017.

ESP 2018  The Fugs 4, Rounders Score

Lee Crabtree (key, per, vo) Peter Stampfel (bj, g, hca, vo) Vinny Leary, Steve Weber (g, vo) John Anderson (bag, vo) Ken Weaver (d, vo) Tuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders (per, vo)
released 1975
Boobs A Lot
Romping Through The Swamp
Defeated
Crowley Waltz
Fiddler A Dram
Fishin' Blues
New Amphetamine Shriek
Jackoff Blues
I Couldn't Get High
Slum Goddess
Caca Rocka
CIA Man
Kill For Peace
Morning, Morning
Virgin Forest Excerpt

ESP 2019  no information

ESP 2020  Les Visible - Too Old To Rock And Roll

Middle John (g) Michael Madden (g, back vo) Franklin Stratos (b, key, back vo) Drum Drop Willie (d) Les Visible (vo, back vo, monologue) Elizabeth B., Chord, Laxmi Jet, Susie Q, Shilo, Mike Welch (back vo)
unknown location, date
1969
Too Old To Rock And Roll
Bottoms Up
Frogman
Cactus Man
Outrageous
Speed Bumps

ESP 2021  Les Visible - Jews From Outer Space

Franklin Stratos (key) Bud Clifton (g, strings, back vo) Michael Madden (b, back vo) Drum Drop Willie (per) Les Visible (vo) Tiana James, Therese McManus (back vo)
unknown location, date
Jews From Outer Space
New Age Woman
Herpes Of The Mind
Alcohol
Third World Bummer
I'm Rich
What Love Is...
I Got A Feeling

ESP 2022  Various Artists - ESP-Disk' Guide To Funky

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ESP 2044  Various Artists - Woodstock: Moods And Moments

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** also issued on ESP-Disk' ESPCD 2044.

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ESP 2051  Various Artists - ESP Sampler

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ESP-Disk' 1100 series (Compact Disc)

ESPCD 1111  Various Artists - Boots 'N' Roots

Alan Ribback (journalist) and others
early 1960s
Traditional Gospel
Plastic Clock Radio
RLA Sound Studios, NYC, August 6, 1966
Luci's Wedding, Pt. 1
Steve Weber (g, vo?)
same location, date
If I Had A Half A Mind
Roger Crissinger (org, hpsc, clavioline) Wayne Harley (autoharp, bj, mand, vib, oscillator, harmony vo) Tom Rapp (g, vo) Lane Lederer (bag, ehr, h, sarangui, cel, finger cymb, vo) Warren Smith (d, per) Swine Chorus (harmony vocal group)
Impact Studios, NYC, May 6-9, 1967
Uncle John
Eric Gale (g) Jerry Moore (g, vo) Bill Salter (b) Warren Smith (d) Ralph MacDonald (cga)
Impact Studios, NYC, August, 1967
Let Go, Reach Out
Peter Stampfel (el-fiddle, vo) Lee Crabtree (p, org) Steve Weber (g, vo) Sam Shephard (d) Antonia, Barbara, Wendy (vo)
NYC, 1967
Sweet Apple Cider
Bob Sanderson (fl, b, cl) Richard Tyler (el-hpsc, org) Tanya Mackay (melodica, vo) Lee Crabtree (org, p) Cyril Castor (lead g, p, org) Bruce Mackay (rhythm 12 string g) Chuck Raney, Peter Schubert (b) Warren Smith (d)
1967
Feet Of Clay
Frank Evatoff (fl) Buzz Linhart (g, vib, vo) James Rock (el-b, vo) Serge Katzen (per, vo)
middle 1960s???
Raga (excerpt)
Ed Askew (vo, tiple)
August, 1968
Love Is Everyone
Tom Moore (fl) Trevor Koehler (as) Gail Pollard (sitar, chant, fl) Ronn Price (g) Lanny Brooks (b) Craig Justin (per) Erica Pomerance (vo, rhythm g, hand d) and others
December, 1968
You Used To Think
Tom Miller (ts, vo) Dion Grody (g, p, org, vo) Lanny Brooks (bag, vo) Craig Justin (d, per)
December, 1968, January, 1969
U.S. Blues
Jim Holmberg (g, vo)
NYC?, 1969
Grok! (Martian Love Call)
Brian Elliot, Austin Grasmere (lead vo, misc. inst.) The Connecticut Tribe (back vocal group)
A-1 Sound Studios, NYC, 1969
Caledonia
Howard Lamden (autoharp, g, vo) Neil Ricklen (mand, fiddle, g, vo) Arnold Sell (5 string bj, vo) Alan Singer (g)
Silver Spring, MD, 1970
With Nothing To Do
Bill Maloney (hca) Sweet Pie (p, vo) and others
"Fat City", Wilmington, VT, April 10, 11 & 12, 1972
Red Neck Blues
The Great Pahene (grand p) Jay Dillon (el-org, vo) Charles Cazalet, Bob Gallagher, U.E. Glass, Smokey Head, Jimmy Norwood (el-g) Jim McCarthy (el-g, ac-g, vo) Robert Friedman, Bob Unger (el-b) Larry Kessler (el-b, ac-g, el-g, vo) Leslie Fradkin (el-b, el-g, hca) Billy Paine, Giovanni Rosario (d) George Cameron (d, hca) Paul Thornton (d, ac-g, el-g, vo)
A-1 Sound Studios, NYC, 1973
Whiffenspoof Song
E. Martin (tb, tp) T. Negel (tb, d) Steve Hecker (frh) G. Hicks (p, vln, vla) B. Grant (ac-g) M. Giacolone (ac-g, g) Bill Horwitz (ac-g, g, el-g, 6 & 12 string g, bj, p, b, bag, vo) H. Guffee (dobro) Tony Markellis (b) R. Leab, Richard Steinberg (d) Human Condition (clapping) B. Carron (vo) Jerry Mitnick (back vo)
Shaggy Dog Studios, Stockbridge, MA, unknown date
Consumption
Tony Snell (g, vo)
unknown location, date
Gypsomania

ESP-Disk' 4000 series (Compact Disc/Digital Versatile Disc)

ESP 4000  Ellis Marsalis - Ruminations In New York

Ellis Marsalis (p)
Kaufman Astoria Studios, NYC, May 29, 2003
Things That You Never Were
A Moment Alone
Haven's Paradise
Homecoming
After
Tell Me
Somehow
Orchid Blue
Happiness Is The Thing
Chapter One
When First We Met
Zee Blues
** also issued on ELM/ESP-Disk' ESP DVD-A 100.

ESP 4001  Albert Ayler - Live On The Riviera

Mary Maria (ss, vo) Albert Ayler (ts, ss, museme, vo) Steve Tintweiss (b) Allen Blairman (d)
"St. Paul De Vence", Paris, France, July 25, 1970
Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe
Birth Of Mirth
Masonic Inborn
Oh! Love Of Life
Island Harvest
Heart Love
Ghosts

ESP 4002  Sun Ra - Heliocentric Worlds, Vol. 3: The Lost Tapes

Walter Miller (tp) Robert Cummings (bcl) Marshall Allen (as, fl, picc) John Gilmore (ts) Pat Patrick (bars, fl) Sun Ra (clavioline, p, tuned bgo) Ronnie Boykins (b) Roger Blank (d, per)
RLA Sound Studios, NYC, November 16, 1965
Intercosmosis
Mythology Metamorphosis
Heliocentric Worlds
World Worlds
Interplanetary Travelers

ESP 4003  Pearls Before Swine - The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings

Joe Farrell (fl, ehr) Lee Crabtree (p, org, fl) Jim Bohannon (org, p, clav, mar) Wayne Harley (bj, harmony vo) Al Schackman (g) Tom Rapp (g, vo, noise breathing) Bill Salter (b) Lane Lederer (bag, h, vo)
Impact Studios, NYC, 1965
Trumpeter Landfrey...
Translucent Carriages
Images Of April
There Was A Man
I Saw The World
Guardian Angels
Suzanne
Lepers And Roses
Florence Nightingale
Ring Thing
Roger Crissinger (org, hpsc, clavioline) Wayne Harley (autoharp, bj, mand, vib, oscillator, harmony vo) Tom Rapp (g, vo) Lane Lederer (bag, ehr, h, sarangui, cel, finger cymb, vo) Warren Smith (d, per) Swine Chorus (harmony vocal group)
Impact Studios, NYC, May 6-9, 1967
Another Time
Playmate
Ballad To An Amber Lady
(Oh Dear) Miss Morse
Drop Out!
Morning Song
Regions Of May
Uncle John
I Shall Not Care
The Surrealist Waltz
** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESP 1054 + ESP 1075.

ESP 4006  Albert Ayler - Bells/Prophecy

Albert Ayler (ts) Gary Peacock (b) Sunny Murray (d)
"Cellar Cafe", NYC, June 14, 1964
Spirits
Wizard
Ghosts (1st variation)
Prophecy
Ghosts (2nd variation)
Donald Ayler (tp) Charles Tyler (as) Albert Ayler (ts) Lewis Worrell (b) Sunny Murray (d) unknown (bells)
"Town Hall", NYC, May 1, 1965
Bells: Spiritual Bells / Holy Ghost / No Name
** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESP 1010 + ESP 3030.

ESP 4007  Frank Wright - The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings

Frank Wright (ts) Henry Grimes (b) Tom Price (d)
NYC, November 11, 1965
The Earth
Jerry
The Moon
Jacques Coursil (tp) Arthur Jones (as) Frank Wright (ts) Steve Tintweiss (b) Muhammad Ali (d)
NYC, May, 1967
The Lady
Train Stop
No End
Fire Of Spirits
Your Prayer
Frank Wright (intv)
unknown location, date
Bernard Stollman Meets Frank Wright +
Recording +
The Voice Of Life +
Playing With Other Musicians +
Bernard Advises Frank On Europe +
Europe Vs. America, Pt. 1 +
Europe Vs. America, Pt. 2 +
Other Recordings, Books And More +
All Is Said +
** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESP 1023 + ESP 1053 + 9 bonus tracks.

ESP 4008  Pharoah Sanders - Pharoah's First Quintet

Stan Foster (tp) Pharoah Sanders (ts) Jane Getz (p) William Bennett (b) Marvin Pattillo (per)
NYC, September 10, 1964
Seven By Seven
Bethera
Pharoah Sanders (intv)
unknown location, date
Bernard Stollman Meets Pharoah Sanders +
Coming To New York +
Meeting Sun Ra +
Meeting John Coltrane +
Comments On Other Musicians +
Playing With Don Cherry +
The Scene +
Why The Music Changes +
** reissue of ESP-Disk' ESP 1003 entitled "Pharaoh Sanders Quintet" + 8 bonus tracks.

ESP 4011  Marion Brown

Alan Shorter (tp -1,2,4) Marion Brown (as) Bennie Maupin (ts -3) Reggie Johnson (b) Ronnie Boykins (b -1) Rashied Ali (d, per)
NYC, November, 1965
1.Capricorn Moon
2.27 Cooper Square
3.Exhibition
4.Mephistopheles

ESP 4012  Sonny Simmons - The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings

Barbara Donald (tp -1,3,4) Sonny Simmons (as) John Hicks (p -1,3) Teddy Smith (b) Marvin Pattillo (per -1,3,4)
NYC, August 30, 1966
1.Metamorphosis
2.A Distant Voice
3.City Of David
4.Interplanetary Travelers
Barbara Donald (tp) Sonny Simmons (as) Burt Wilson (ts -4) Michael Cohen (p) Juney Booth (b) Jim Zitro (d)
NYC, December, 1966
1.Resolutions
2.Zarak's Symphony
3.Balladia
4.Dolphy's Days
Sonny Simmons (intv)
unknown location, date
Change From The 50's To The 60's +
The Avant Garde +
Fear Of Exposing The Music +
Sonny On Barbara Donald, I +
Barbara's Influences +
Staying On The Watch +
Sonny On Barbara Donald, II +
The City Of David +
Metamorphosis +
Barbara On Her And Sonny's Children +
The College Circuit +
On Eric Dolphy, I +
On Eric Dolphy, II +
How They Treat Us +
The West Coast +
Musicians Need Work +
The Music Industry +
Learn Your Appliance +
The "New Music" +
Dennis Charles +
Barbara On Slug's Saloon +
Sonny's Contribution +
** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESP 1030 + ESP 1043 + 22 bonus tracks.

ESP 4019  Patty Waters - The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings

Burton Greene (p, piano harp -8) Steve Tintweiss (b -8) Tom Price (per -8) Patty Waters (vo, p)
NYC, December 19, 1965
1.Moon, Don't Come Up Tonight
2.Why Can't I Come To You
3.You Thrill Me
4.Sad Am I, Glad Am I
5.Why Is Love Such A Funny Thing
6.I Can't Forget You
7.You Loved Me
8.Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Giuseppi Logan (fl -1,2,4,6,7) Dave Burrell (p -1,2,4,6,7) Burton Greene (p -3) Ran Blake (p -5) Perry Lind (b -1,2,4,6,7) Steve Tintweiss (b -3) Scobe Stroman (d -1,2,4,6,7) Shelly Rustein (d -3) Patty Waters (vo)
"The New York State College Tour", NYC, April, 1966
1.Song Of Clifford
2.Hush Little Baby With Ba Ha Bad
3.Wild Is The Wind
4.Prayer
5.It Never Entered My Mind
6.Song Of Life With Hush Little Baby
7.Song Of The One (I Love) Or Love, My Love
** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESP 1025 + ESP 1055.

ESP 4024  Sun Ra - Nothing Is...

Ali Hassan, Teddy Nance (tb) Carl Nimrod (Sun h, gong) Robert Cummings (bcl) Marshall Allen (as, ob) John Gilmore (ts) Pat Patrick (bars) Sun Ra (p, clavioline) Ronnie Boykins (b, tu) Clifford Jarvis (d) James Jacson (log d, fl)
New York State Colleges, NYC, early May, 1966
Dancing Shadows
Imagination
Exotic Forest
Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space
Shadow World
Theme Of The Stargazers
Outer Spaceways
Next Stop Mars
Second Stop Is Jupiter +
Velvet +
Outer Nothingness +
We Travel The Spaceways +
** reissue of ESP-Disk' ESP 1045 + 4 bonus tracks.

ESP 4025  Albert Ayler - Slugs' Saloon

Donald Ayler (tp) Albert Ayler (ts) Michel Sampson (vln) Lewis Worrell (b) Ronald Shannon Jackson (d)
"Slug's Saloon", NYC, May 1, 1966
Truth Is Marching In
Our Prayer
Bells
Ghosts
Initiation
** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESPCD 3031 + ESPCD 3032.

ESP 4026  Sun Ra - Heliocentric Worlds, Vol. 1&2

Chris Capers (tp) Teddy Nance (tb) Bernard Pettaway (btb) Marshall Allen (picc, as, bells, spiral cymb) Danny Davis (fl, as) Robert Cummings (bcl, woodblocks) John Gilmore (ts, timp) Pat Patrick (bars, per) Sun Ra (p, bass mar, el-cel, timp) Ronnie Boykins (b) Jimmy Johnson (d, per, timp)
RLA Sound Studios, NYC, April 20, 1965
Heliocentric
Outer Nothingness
Other Worlds
The Cosmos
Oh Heavenly Things
Nebulae
Dancing In The Sun
Walter Miller (tp) Robert Cummings (bcl) Marshall Allen (as, fl, picc) John Gilmore (ts) Pat Patrick (bars, fl) Sun Ra (clavioline, p, tuned bgo) Ronnie Boykins (b) Roger Blank (d, per)
RLA Sound Studios, NYC, November 16, 1965
The Sun Myth
A House Of Beauty
Cosmic Chaos
** same contents as ESP-Disk' ESP 1014 + ESP 1017.

ESP 4028  Frank Wright - Unity

Frank Wright (ts) Bobby Few (p) Alan Silva (b) Muhammad Ali (d)
"Moers Festival", Moers, West Germany, June 1, 1974
Unity, Pt. I
Unity, Pt. II

ESP 4029  Yma Sumac - Recital

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ESP 4030  New Ghost - Live Upstairs At Nicks

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ESP 4031  Hans Tammen/Alfred 23 Harth/Chris Dahlgren/Jay Rosen - Live At The Knitting Factory: Expedition

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