Gary Kurfirst
Biography
Gary Kurfirst (July 8, 1947 – January 13, 2009) was an American music promoter, producer, manager, publisher, and record label executive. Kurfirst founded Radioactive Records, whose acts included Live, Black Grape, Ramones, Big Audio Dynamite, Talking Heads, Eurythmics and Shirley Manson. He managed a variety of artists including Manson, Blondie, Tom Tom Club, the Ramones, Jean Beauvoir, Eurythmics, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, and The B-52s.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Remain In Light
1980
Stop Making Sense
1984
Speaking In Tongues
1983
Talking Heads: 77
1977
Fear Of Music
1979
More Songs About Buildings And Food
1978
Little Creatures
1985
The B-52's
1979
Nothing's Shocking
1988
Throwing Copper
1994
True Stories
1986
Be Yourself Tonight
1985
Wild Planet
1980
Touch
1983
Naked
1988
The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
1982
Revenge
1986
Legalize It
1976
Tom Tom Club
1981
Ramones Mania
1988
End Of The Century
1980
This Is Big Audio Dynamite
1985
This Is The Sea
1985
It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah
1995
Credited work
2,180 releases · 148 albums · active 1975–2026
- Other credits · 1,737
- Production · 659
- Performance · 2
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Compass Point Studios · Sigma Sound Studios, New York · Blank Tape Studios · Eldorado Recording Studios