Always in Trouble

Always in Trouble An Oral History of ESP-Disk', the Most Outrageous Record Label in America - Music:interview

Hardback (31 May 2012)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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. Always in Trouble tells the story of ESP-Disk' through a multitude of voices-first Stollman's, as he recounts the improbable life of the label, and then the voices of many of the artists involved. To view a complete discography of ESP-Disk' records, visit this webpage: http://www.wesleyan.edu/wespress/espdiscography.pdf

Book information

ISBN: 9780819571588
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 338.76178165097471
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xix, 290 , 22 unnumbered of plates
Weight: 678g
Height: 231mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 28mm