The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings

All Music Guide
One Nation Underground is "…a stunning piece of work"

Product Description
Tom Rapp, an 18 year-old draft resistor and college dropout living in Eaugallie, Florida, sent a small unsolicited reel of tape to ESP. Bernard Stollman invited him to bring his musicians to New York, where they recorded their acclaimed debut, One Nation Underground in 1967. Less than a year later, they released the equally strong follow-up, Balaklava. Classics of the genre, which certainly would have seen wider attention had ESP survived past 1968, these recordings are getting a well-deserved second chance, thanks to a thorough remastering, under the supervision of Tom Rapp.

The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings

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The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings

Average customer rating: Cast Ye Not ........ Ode to Joy Thank you! A Mind Altering Experience

The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings Pearls Before Swine Manufacturer: Esp Disk Ltd. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jewels Were the Stars The Wizard of Is The Use of Ashes The United States of America A Journal of the Plague Year ASIN: B0009JPVAQ Release Date: 2006-07-27

Tracks:

1. Another Time
2. Playmate
3. Ballad to an Amber Lady
4. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse
5. Drop Out!
6. Morning Song
7. Regions of May
8. Uncle John
9. I Shall Not Care
10. The Surrealist Waltz
11. Trumpeter Landfrey
12. Translucent Carriages
13. Images of April
14. There was a Man
15. I Saw the World
16. Guardian Angels
17. Suzanne
18. Lepers and Roses
19. Florence Nightingale
20. Ring Thing

Album Description

Tom Rapp, an 18 year-old draft resistor and college dropout living in Eaugallie, Florida, sent a small unsolicited reel of tape to ESP. Bernard Stollman invited him to bring his musicians to New York, where they recorded their acclaimed debut, One Nation Underground in 1967. Less than a year later, they released the equally strong follow-up, Balaklava. Classics of the genre, which certainly would have seen wider attention had ESP survived past 1968, these recordings are getting a well-deserved second chance, thanks to a thorough remastering, under the supervision of Tom Rapp.

Customer Reviews:

Cast Ye Not ........ .......2007-05-30

My Pearls Before Swine ESP-DISK arrived today. I hadn't heard them in roughly 40 years! I remember loving their music, lyrics, and Tom Rapp's voice. I highly recommend this 2 record compilation ("One Nation Underground" and "Balaklava") on one CD to anyone who was there in the 60s or who is curious about the music. I'm putting this one with my "Joy of Cooking", "13th Floor Elevators", "Grateful Dead", "Incredible String Band", and other CDs of genius groups from that time. Excuse me, I have to go now, I have some wonderful listening to do.

Ode to Joy.......2007-03-13

Tucked away in my record closet are vinyl copies of these two albums. They're so badly scratched from repeated playing that it's painful to listen to them now. But now I can listen to these wonderful songs in all their awesome glory. The pristine quality of this CD far exceeds what I heard on my old college stereo. Oh joy!

Thank you!.......2006-11-29

It's been almost 40 years since I first bought this album. The LP is long gone, along with Balaklava and The Use of Ashes. Thank you for making the first two available again, since I can't find them.
The songs are lovely and will carry you away, if you let them.
Be sure to de-code the chorus in Miss Morse. Yes, it does spell something.

A Mind Altering Experience.......2005-06-23

I had never heard Pearls Before Swine before this album, at all. I was able to get my hands on an advance copy and, after some dithering (after all, it's a band from the 60s I never heard of, how good could it be?), I finally put it into my player.

And rarely take it out.

This CD instantly became one of my precious favorites. Tom Rapp sings with a bit of a lisp which, at first, had me thinking something was messed up. Upon confirmation that this was how it's supposed to be, I gave it some more time and fell in love. This lisp of his adds a completely unique quality to his singing which you find in practically no one else in music. To me, it speaks of someone who is so into it, he doesn't care if people think it sounds odd, and that alone adds strength to the music.

His songs are at once silly ("(Oh Dear) Miss Morse"), fun ("Playmate"), sad and lonely ("There Was A Man"), insightful ("Guardian Angels") and more. The very final track, "Ring Thing", will make more than a few people chuckle once they understand what it is, especially considering a certain trilogy of blockbusters recently.

I have to say, as well, that the sound quality is simply mind boggling. It is totally clear, every tone comes out perfectly. There's no hiss or pop. I know I'm not an audio engineer, but I dare say this is a FLAWLESS album. A couple tracks have that typical static sound of rough LP recordings, but they're meant that way - the sound of an early 20th century recording, music and all. Considering the age of the originals, and the lack of work done on them over the past 35-plus years, Joe Phillips - re-release producer and re-mastering engineer - pulled a complete rabbit from his hat.

I, myself, am not a child of the 60s, having been born at the end of 1977, so a lot of music from the era has been lost to me. And hey, let's face it, if it's not still popular now, why care? This attitude is completely wrong for Pearls Before Swine. The loss of them over the past several decades is a tragedy.

My father, however, while not a hippy, did have PBS's second album, 'Balaklava', from 1968. One evening, I'm going on about PBS and he tells me it sounds familiar, so I play some tracks, and his eyes just light up. He starts telling me that he used to have it, and some of the stories he remembered from back then. About a week later, I was rifling through some old LPs that my folks had, from before they split, and sure enough, there's 'Balaklava' in its sleeve, a first pressing even, from 1968. In EXCELLENT condition, no less! Amazing!

So, when I saw when this album would be officially released, I got another copy and gave my dad the CD for Father's Day. He was so shocked and so happy, one of those rare times when a gift for someone really, really means something to them.

This album has come to mean so much for me. It's a view into the past, and it carries so much meaning and emotion, I just get taken back. When it's late at night, I get to feeling a little down and thinking about life, and listen to this, I long so badly for the years when these albums were originally out. This CD has the power to transport me to a generation I was never a part of, and never will be; to a time and a world I will never see.

"Did you find that the Universe/ Doesn't care at all? Did you find that if you don't care/ This whole wrong world will fall?" Yes, Tom; a whole lot of us have found that now, and only too late.

Average customer rating:

The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings Patty Waters Manufacturer: Esp Disk Ltd. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: You Thrill Me: A Musical Odyssey 1962-1979 ASIN: B000BNTM8C Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

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
9. Song Of Clifford
10. Hush Little Baby With The Ba Ha Bad (Which Means 'Kingdom Of God' In Persian)
11. Wild Is The Wind
12. Prayer
13. It Never Entered My Mind
14. Song Od Life With Hush Little Baby
15. Song Of The One (I Love) Or Love, My Love

Album Description

"A sound contour never before heard in American music and poetry…it transcends virtuosi vocalizing." -VILLAGE VOICE

Largely overlooked during her brief recording career in the mid-'60s, Patty Waters has come to be appreciated as a vocal innovator in contemporary music. Features backing from Burton Greene, Steve Tintweiss, Tom Price, Ran Blake, Shelly Rusten, Guiseppi Logan, Dave Burrell, Perry Lind and Scobe Stroman.

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The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings Albert Ayler Manufacturer: Espdisk ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000583PY Release Date: 2005-12-19

Tracks:

1. Ghosts [First Variation] - Albert Ayler Trio
2. Wizard - Albert Ayler Trio
3. Spirits - Albert Ayler Trio
4. Ghosts [Second Variation] - Albert Ayler Trio

Tracks:

1. Bells [Live] - Albert Ayler

Tracks:

1. Dons Dawn - Albert Ayler
2. Ay - Albert Ayler
3. Itt - Albert Ayler

Tracks:

1. Spirits Rejoice - Albert Ayler
2. Holy Family - Albert Ayler
3. D.C. - Albert Ayler
4. Angels - Albert Ayler
5. Prophet - Albert Ayler

Album Description

4 CD box set. Not only did these four recordings define the ethos of ESP as the quintessential free-music label of the 60's and 70's, but they also represented (and still remain) some of the most devastating and profound expressions in avant-garde jazz, making history for Albert Ayler and ESP-Disk's as a vital and influential part of American free music. Includes Spiritual Unity, Ayler's beyond essential 1964 debut release for ESP-Disk, Bells, Ayler's 20 minute revolution in jazz recorded live in NYC 1965, New York Ear And Eye Control, an improvised soundtrack to filmmaker Michael Snow's 1954 film, and Spirits Rejoice, a challenging free-wailing document featuring a stellar line-up and recorded in NYC in Sept. 1965. 2006.

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The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings Sonny Simmons Manufacturer: Esp Disk Ltd. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Complete ESP-Disk Recordings ASIN: B000A0GP40 Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Metamorphosis
2. A Distant Voice
3. City Of David
4. Interplanetary Travelers
5. Change From The 50's To The ^0's
6. The Advant Garde
7. Fear Of Exposing The Music
8. Sonny On Barbara Donald l
9. Barbara's Influences
10. Staying On The Watch
11. Sonny On Barbara Donald ll
12. The City Of David
13. Metamorphosis
14. Barbara On Her And Sonny'sChildren
15. The College Circuit

Tracks:

1. Resolutions
2. Zarak's Symphony
3. Balladia
4. Dolphy's Days
5. On Eric Dolphy l
6. On Eric Dolphy ll
7. How They Treat Us
8. The West Coast
9. Musicians Need Work
10. The Music Industry
11. Learn Your Appliance
12. The 'New Music'
13. Dennis Charles
14. Barbara On Slug's Saloon
15. Sonny's Contribution

Average customer rating: The Wright stuff

Complete ESP-Disk Recordings Frank Wright Manufacturer: Esp Disk Ltd. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings At UCLA 1965 ASIN: B0009JPVBA Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. The Earth
2. Jerry
3. The Moon
4. Bernard Stollman Meets Frank Wright
5. Recording
6. The Voice Of Life
7. Playing With Other Musicians
8. Bernard Advises Frank On Europe
9. Europe Vs. American (Part One)
10. Europe Vs. America (Part Two)
11. Other Recordings, Books, And More
12. All Is Said

Tracks:

1. The Lady
2. Train Stop
3. No End
4. Fire Of Spirits
5. Your Prayer

Customer Reviews:

The Wright stuff.......2005-08-06

Rev. Wright blows his heart out on these fantastic and emotive free jazz stories. The trio on his first recording is wonderful but it is the quintet recordings on his 2nd release that shine bright even by any standards of today. They sound fresh and exciting. On top of all this we are treated to about 14 minutes of The Rev talking about life and living. While his Center Of The World cd's are very involving, these recordings are more personal and, to me, more direct expressions of his soul. I am especially thrilled that ESP has got their act together and in 2005 are making real cd's with excellent sound.

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