East Side Digital is a record label and distributor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
ESD was started and curated by Rob Simonds (who also created Rykodisc[1]) in 1981 to import and distribute vinyl records on Japanese labels to record stores and other retailers.
[4] ESD is now a sub-label of NorthSide Records, a label Simonds created that specializes in Nordic roots music.
[1] Due to the advent of streaming and downloads of digital music, ESD has reduced operations to only offering music by local band Halloween, Alaska.
[3] This section contains a partial list of artists who released records on the ESD label.