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ESP-Disk' is a New York–based record company and label founded in 1963 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.

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ESP-Disk' is a New York–based record company and label founded in 1963 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.

==History== thumb|upright|A 1968 ad in Seattle underground paper Helix (newspaper)|Helix offers a free ESP-Disk' with a year's subscription. Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, beginning with its second release (Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity), ESP became the most important exponent of what is commonly referred to as free jazz. Early releases included albums by Paul Bley, Pharoah Sanders and Sun Ra. ESP also released recordings by uncommercial underground rock acts including the Fugs, The Godz and Pearls Before Swine. The label's motto is "The artists alone decide what you will hear."

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