[2] Early releases included albums by Paul Bley, Pharoah Sanders and Sun Ra.

[3] ESP also released recordings by uncommercial underground rock acts including the Fugs, The Godz and Pearls Before Swine.

"[4] Bernard Stollman faced allegations of not paying royalties to the artists that were signed to ESP-Disk.

My real sense is that he [Stollman] was abducted by aliens, and when he was probed it erased his memory of where all the money was".

[6] Peter Stampfel of the band Holy Modal Rounders and The Fugs claimed that Stollman told him that "the contract says that all rights belong to me.