alocispepraluger102 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Posted June 12, 2012 esp-disk, always in trouble In 1964, Bernard Stollman launched the independent record label ESP-Disk' in New York City to document the free jazz movement there. A bare-bones enterprise, ESP was in the right place at the right time, producing albums by artists like Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders and Sun Ra, as well as folk-rock bands like the Fugs and Pearls Before Swine. But the label quickly ran into difficulties and, due to the politically subversive nature of some productions and sloppy business practices, it folded in 1974, and later restarted in 2005. Always in Trouble tells the story of ESP-Disk' through a multitude of voices - first Stollman's, as he recounts the improbably life of the label, and then the voices of many of the artists involved. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 12, 2012 Report Posted June 12, 2012 Looking forward to checking this out, too. Quote
brownie Posted June 13, 2012 Report Posted June 13, 2012 I read the book when I was away from home for the last two weeks. A really good one! Enjoyed it. Learned many things about the label and its founder. Jason Weiss went at it like an archeologist and left no stones unturned. Highly recommended... Also the book includes some ten of the photos I took in those fascinating days! Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted June 13, 2012 Author Report Posted June 13, 2012 I read the book when I was away from home for the last two weeks. A really good one! Enjoyed it. Learned many things about the label and its founder. Jason Weiss went at it like an archeologist and left no stones unturned. Highly recommended... Also the book includes some ten of the photos I took in those fascinating days! thank you Quote
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