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ESP Pressing question

Skip DrinkwaterSkip Drinkwater 1,694 Posts
edited December 2005 in Strut Central
Which are the first pressings on this label? I've seen those white label's with a red dot on the edge, to a green label Albert Ayler record I recently came across. Which pressing is a green label?

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  • chrischris 287 Posts
    green labels are later -- c. '74-'75.



    the address is the main determiner for esp with 180 riverside drive for the very first releases.
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    I'd like to know this too...

    My copy of Spiritual Unity has orange labels, and Black Beings has picture labels. THe rest of the ESP LPs I have have white labels, although there are several different designs.
  • Skip DrinkwaterSkip Drinkwater 1,694 Posts
    Gotcha
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    green labels are later -- c. '72-'73.

    the address is the main determiner for esp with 180 riverside drive for the very first releases.


    do you know which other variations there are and what order they came in?
  • chrischris 287 Posts
    1st) 180 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10024
    ESP-1002 (1964) -- ESP-1028/29 (1966)

    2nd) 156 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10010
    ESP-1030 (1966) -- ESP-2000 roughly (1969)

    3rd) 300 W. 55, NY NY 10019
    ESP-1091 (1969)

    4th) 5 Riverside Drive, NY NY 10023
    ESP-2004

    5th) Acorn Hill House, Krumville, NY 12447
    ESP-3003 (1972)

    6th) 290 West End Ave, NY NY 10023
    ESP-3004 (1973) -- ESP-3021 (1975)



    *from the esp image discography website
  • Skip DrinkwaterSkip Drinkwater 1,694 Posts
    Damn, there were 6 pressings?? On some Blue Note shit... Good looks, Chris.
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    sheeeit that means my Spiritual Unity and Paul Bley- Closer LPs are like 10000th pressings. Oh well.
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    what's weird though is my copy of Spiritual Unity is mono...why would he be pressing mono records in the 70s???
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