THE HISTORY OF ESP-DISK, WITH STEVE HOLTJE

[@AndyMangele]

I'm a collector of ESP stuff for more than 30 years now - thanks a lot for this video!

[@AndreasSchmidtHappens]

oh yeah ! so great to hear more about ESP ....... great insights and ..... where is part II !? :-) ........ waiting for more......... thank you Ken Micallef for all these great videos you do ........

[@alansenzaki9153]

Love this label. Started ordering this label by mail order in 64/65 when they started. I remember getting them in the mail and the smell of ink when they arrived as they were still wet. Spritual Unity was a gem as were all the rest....Pharoah Sanders etc. Thanks for posting Ken!

[@Localbandography]

Ken. This is simply great work sir. Thank you. 🙏

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

Thank you!!

[@piglingbland8666]

Wow great video! ESP is a really interesting label. Some of their other non-jazz releases were Pearls Before Swine - One Nation Underground, and Balaklava, which featured Tom Rapp the lisping leader of the underground. Also, Erica Pomerance - You Used To Think is an interesting acid folk album. Another acid folk classic is Ed Askew - Ask the Unicorn. Cromagnon is cool too, a weird "out" rock record. One of my favorites on the label is Bob James Trio (yeah, that Bob James) - Explosions, which features experimental musician Robert Ashley on noisy tape collages, and Barre Phillips on bass. Can't wait for part 2!

[@stevetintweiss]

Other non/jazz were also The Godz rock oriented band, and the notorious hell tunes of Charles Manson. But #freejazz was the bread and peanut butter. There are also a few historical bebop LPs by the early masters. Waiting for Part II too.

[@axelazaryan]

Ayler,Sun Ra,Graves,Greene,Brown,miss Waters,Hampel,Fugs,Wright,Erica Pomerance,etc etc! Amazing! Can't wait part two! "YOU NEVER HEARD SUCH SOUNDS IN YOUR LIFE"

[@biosnex]

Love the comment responses! I thought I was the only one who followed and listened to ESP records. Because of the intense eclectic and hard core nature of the music...mass commercial success was never going to happen. I started collecting these records back in the early 70's. I was very happy to see this interesting video. I would love to see a resurgence of this music. I have a large poster of Albert Ayler's "Spiritual Unity" on the wall as I write this text. Ha!

[@markprebich3988]

Great stuff! Looking forward to Part II

[@markdensel1274]

That was fascinating Ken, looking forward to Part 2

[@vayametro]

Great video, thanks. I've been a fan of ESP-disk since the late 60's and have several records including a few of the Fugs. I remember being being particularly impressed by a Thelonius Monk cover and loved the catalogue back covers.

[@marklatkowski9327]

Excellent interview! Thank you.

[@westernartifact580]

Way cool Ken. Thanks.

[@miketomlin6040]

Good chat, such an interesting label!

[@asondheim]

Bloody well amazin video! Fantastic!

[@JustFortheRecord66]

What happened with the master tapes?

[@JustFortheRecord66]

I didn’t know ESP started out as a jazz label.

[@kuglepen64]

KEEEENNNN! You need to do a video on bootlegs. Huge problem here in Europe. Everywhere you look there are bootlegs. Who makes them and where?

[@SonicPVC]

This is a fuggin' cool expose'

[@2WheelsGood]

Val Kilmer vibes. Nice to get educated on ESP.