Dig This With The Splendid Bohemians- The Saga of ESP Disk Records- Part One- Bill Mesnik and Rich Buckland Unravel the Musical Strings That Made ESP Disk Sing- This Remarkably Innovative Label Gave Birth To The Fugs, Pearls Before Swine and Intense Jazz

ESP-Disk’, a record label started in New York in 1963 by Bernard Stollman, unleashed a sonic blast of free-form rock ‘n’ roll, free jazz, ur-freak-folk, poetry, and experimental music until the end of the decade, a blast that would leave a mark on the next two generations. ESP introduced the world to, among others, The Fugs, Pearls Before Swine, the Velvet Underground, and the Holy Modal Rounders, and widened the audience for Albert Ayler, Sun Ra and Pharaoh Sanders. In 2012, Jason Weiss published Always In Trouble, an oral history of the label, which has been resurrected and is again releasing its back catalog and exciting new music.