Tag Archives: ESP-Disk

Lowell Davidson: Lowell Davidson Trio

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On August 9, 1969, “ESP-Disk” label released “Lowell Davidson Trio”, the debut Lowell Davidson album. It was recorded in July 1965.

Personnel:

  • Lowell Davidson – piano
  • Gary Peacock – bass
  • Milford Graves – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Lowell Davidson.

  1. L
  2. Stately I
  3. Dunce
  4. Ad Hoc
  5. Strong Tears

Patty Waters: Sings

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In February 1996, “ESP-Disk” label released “Sings”, the debut Patty Waters album. It was recorded in 1995, at “RLA Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Patty Waters – voice, piano, harp, arrangements
  • Burton Greene – piano, harp
  • Steve Tintweiss – bass
  • Tom Price – percussion
  • Richard L. Anderson – engineer
  • DBH – lacquer cut
  • Bert Glassberg – art direction
  • Charles Stewart – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Patty Waters, except where noted.

  1. Moon, Don’t Come Up Tonight – Sally Wood
  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 – adapted by Patty Waters

Ran Blake: Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano

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On May 1, 1965, “ESP-Disk” label released “Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano”, the second Ran Blake album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Ran Blake – piano
  • Art Crist – engineer
  • Paul Frick – art direction
  • Saul Stollman – design
  • George Klabin – photography
  • Gunther Schuller – liner notes
  • Bob Marius – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Vanguard – Ran Blake
  2. Stratusphunk – George Russell
  3. Sleepy Time Gal – Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting
  4. On Green Dolphin Street – Bronislav Kaper, Ned Washington
  5. Eric – Ran Blake
  6. There’ll Be Some Changes Made – Billy Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet
  7. Good Morning Heartache – Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham
  8. Sister Tee – Ran Blake
  9. Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
  10. Birmingham U.S.A. – Ran Blake

Pearls Before Swine: One Nation Underground

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In October 1967, “ESP-Disk” label released “One Nation Underground”, the debut Pearls Before Swine album. It was recorded in May 1967 in New York City, and was produced by Richard L. Alderson. Early album copies were sold with a small poster of the Hell panel from Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, a detail of which was used on the album sleeve. The album became the most successful “ESP – Disk” release ever.

Personnel:

  • Tom Rapp – vocals, guitar
  • Wayne Harley – autoharp, banjo, mandoline, vibraphone, audio oscillator, harmony
  • Roger Crissinger – organ, harpsichord, clavioline
  • Lane Lederer -vocals,  bass, guitar, English horn, Swinehorn, sarangi, celeste, finger cymbals
  • Warren Smith – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. Another Time – Tom Rapp
  2. Playmate – Saxie Dowell
  3. Ballad To An Amber Lady – Roger Crissinger, Tom Rapp
  4. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse – Tom Rapp
  5. Drop Out! – Tom Rapp
  6. Morning Song – Tom Rapp
  7. Regions Of May – Tom Rapp
  8. Uncle John – Tom Rapp
  9. I Shall Not Care – Teasdale, Roman Tombs, Tom Rapp
  10. The Surrealist Waltz – Lane Lederer, Roger Crissinger