PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
MANAGEMENT CLIENTS
Year /Artist //Company
1967 /Mountain //Sing Sing
1970 /Free //Sing Sing
1970 /Head, Hands & Feet //Sing Sing
1970 /Mylon LeFevre //Sing Sing
1971 /Mitch Ryder //Sing Sing
1972 /Deodato //Sing Sing
1972 /West Bruce & Laing //Sing Sing
1974 /Ian Mathews //Sing Sing
1975 /Robert Palmer //Island Artists
1975 /Steve Winwood //Island Artists
1975 /Toots & The Maytals //Sing Sing
1976 /Eddie & The Hotrods //Sing Sing
1976 /Mighty Diamonds //Sing Sing
1976 /Peter Tosh //Sing Sing
1976 /Third World //Island Artists
1977 /Talking Heads //Overland
1978 /B-52s //Overland
1979 /Ramones //Overland
1980 /Eurythmics //Overland
1981 /Holly & The Italians //Overland
1982 /Tom Tom Club //Overland
1982 /Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth, Producers //Overland
1984 /Big Audio Dynamite //Overland
Year /Artist //Company
1984 /Ricki Lee Jones //Overland
1985 /Water Boys //Overland
1986 /Jean Beauvoir //Overland
1986 /David Byrne //Overland
1987 /Wendy & Lisa //Overland
1988 /Jerry Harrison (Producer) //Overland
1988 /Jane's Addiction //Overland
1988 /Deborah Harry //Overland
1988 /Casual Gods/Jerry Harrison //Overland
1989 /Thompson Twins (see Babble 1992) //Overland
1990 /Lori Carson //Overland
1990 /Deee Lite //Overland
1991 /Downtown Science //Overland
1991 /Dig //Overland
1992 /Babble (see Thompson Twins 1989) //Overland
2000 /Live //KBE
2002 /Indigenous //KBE
2002 /Radio Mundial //KBE
2003 /Ambulance LTD //KBE
2003 /Lake Trout //KBE
2003 /Los Amigos Invinsibles //KBE
2004 /Diamanda Galas //KBE
2004 /Skinny Puppy //KBE
COMPANIES
Year /Company
1967 - 1968 /Dynasty - Promotion & production- Company w/Shangri-las producer, Shadow Morton.
1967 - 1970 /Concept - Promotion & Production- Company formed w/ boxing promoter, Shelly Finkel (boxing clients included Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield & Mark Breland).
1969 /Byrdcliff Music, Inc. - Music publishing
1969 /Sing Sing - Artist management
1976 - 1978 /Island Artists - Artist management - Company formed w/ Chris Blackwell
1985 - 1990 /Red Eye Records - Record label //Roster: Tom Tom Club; Deborah Harry; Thompson Twins
1990 /Mucho Loco Music, Inc. - Music publishing
1990 /Loco de Amor, Inc. - Music publishing
1990 /Radioactive Records/Distributed by MCA Records - Record label
1992 /Wasteland Records - Record label
1994 /Distilled Music, Inc. - Music publishing
1997 - 2000 /Radiouniverse Records/Distributed by Universal Records - Record label
2001 /Kurfirst-Blackwell Entertainment (KBE) - Talent Management
2001 /Rx Records/Distributed by Alliance - Record label
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS & ALBUMS
Year /Album //Artist/Label
1984 /Stop Making Sense //Talking Heads/Sire
1984 /1984 (Soundtrack) //Eurythmics/RCA
1986 /True Stories (Soundtrack) //Talking Heads/Sire
1987 /Siesta (Soundtrack) //Miles Davis/Warner Bros.
1992 /Mental Jewelry //Live/Radioactive
1992 /I Am The Greatest //A House/Radioactive
1993 /Viva Dead Ponies //The Fatima Mansions/Radioactive
1993 /Mondo Bizzaro //Ramones/Radioactive
1993 /Dig //Dig/Radioactive
1994 /Throwing Copper //Live/Radioactive
1994 /Lost In The Former West //The Fatima Mansions/Radioactive
1994 /Angelfish //Angelfish/Radioactive
1994 /Acid Eaters //Ramones/Radioactive
1994 /1000 Fires //Traci Lords/Radioactive
1995 /Londonbeat //Londonbeat/Radioactive
1995 /It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah //Black Grape/Radioactive
1995 /F-Punk //Big Audio Dynamite/Radioactive
1995 /Adios Amigos! //Ramones/Radioactive
Year /Album //Artist/Label
1995 /Wide Eyed and Ignorant //A House/Radioactive
1995 /Virtuosity(Soundtrack) //Deborah Harry, Peter Gabriel, Black Grape & others/Radioactive
1996 /Defenders Of The Universe //Dig/Radioactive
1996 /Greatest Hits Live //Ramones/Radioactive
1996 /Bleed Your Cedar //Elysian Fields/Radioactive
1996 /Elysian Fields (EP) //Elysian Fields/Radioactive
1997 /Waiting //The Devlins/Radiouniverse
1997 /Tiny Warnings //Radioiodine/Radiouniverse
1997 /We're Outta Here //Ramones/Radioactive
1997 /Stupid, Stupid, Stupid //Black Grape/Radioactive
1997 /Secret Samadhi //Live/Radioactive
1997 /Eating February //Star 69/Radioactive
1998 /Duke //Duke/Radiouniverse
1998 /The Slow Motion World Of Snowpony //Snowpony/Radioactive
1998 /Ana Voog //Anavoog.com/Radioactive
1998 /Noella Hutton //Noella Hutton/Radioactive
1999 /The Distance To Here //Live/Radioactive
1999 /Generation Sap //Cyclefly/Radioactive
1999 /Life Like //Dig/Radiouniverse
FILM & VIDEO CREDITS
Year /Title //Credit/Label
1984 /Stop Making Sense - Jonathan Demme, Director - Talking Heads critically acclaimed concert film shot at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. //Gary Kurfirst, Executive Producer/Island & Cinecom
1986 /True Stories (feature film) - David Byrne, Director - Quirky satire on American lifestyles starring John Goodman featuring the Talking Heads //Gary Kurfirst, Producer/Warner Bros.
1987 /Siesta (feature film) - Mary Lambert, Director - Dark cult classic starring Ellen Barkin, Jodie Foster, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Sheen, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Grace Jones. //Gary Kurfirst, Producer/Lorimar
1988 /Storytelling Giant (home video) - Ten Talking Heads music videos, edited with "spontaneous footage of real people talking". //Gary Kurfirst, Executive Producer/Warner Reprise
1990 /MTV Alternative Nation Tour - Features Live, Big Audio Dynamite, Blind Melon, and PiL on tour. //Gary Kurfirst, Producer
1990 /Lifestyles Of The Ramones (home video) - Features music videos from 1980-1990 & includes interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth & Jerry Harrison //Gary Kurfirst, Producer/Warner Reprise
1992 /Londonbeat, The Home Video - Music video compilation. //Gary Kurfirst, Executive Producer/Radioactive Records
1992 /Stop Sellafield (home video) - Greenpeace benefit concert featuring U2, Public Enemy, Kraftwerk, Big Audio Dynamite. //Gary Kurfirst, Executive Producer/Radioactive Records
1993 /Beyond 3D - Aaron Chang, Director - Ten minute action-sport film shot w/first 35mm wide-angle stereoscopic lens designed specifically for this project by 3D legend Christopher Condon. //Gary Kurfirst, Executive Producer/Radioactive Records
1998 /We're Outta Here - Ramones documentary chronicling the bands 30 year career and final concert. //Gary Kurfirst, Executive Producer/Radioactive Records
CONCERT PROMOTIONS
Year /Artist //Company
1966 /Shangri-Las //Malibu Country Club
1966 /Ronettes //El Patio Country Club
1967 /The Who/The Vagrants //Village Theater
1967 /Jimi Hendrix //Stonybrook University
1967 /Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart //Island Garden Arena
1967 /Procol Harem //Village Theater
1967 /The Doors //Village Theater
1967 /Wilson Pickett //Village Theater
1967 /Otis Redding/Carla Thomas //Village Theater
1967 /Blood Sweat & Tears //Island Garden Arena & Westchester County Center
1967 /Jeff Beck Group/Rod Stewart //Village Theater & Island Garden Arena
1967 /Yardbirds/Jimmy Page //Village Theater & Island Garden Arena
1967 /Cream/Richie Havens //Village Theater & Island Garden Arena
1967 /Donovan/Janis Ian //St. Johns University
1967 /Cream/Moby Grape/Canned Heat //Village Theater
1967 /Young Rascals/The Vagrants //Singer Bowl
1967 /Young Rascals /Vanilla Fudge //Island Garden Arena
1968 /The Doors //Madison Sq. Garden
1968 /The Doors/The Who //Singer bowl
1968 /Jimi Hendrix/Janis Joplin //Singer Bowl
1968 /Jimi Hendrix/Soft Machine //Boston Garden
1968 /Jimi Hendrix //Symphony Hall
1970 /10 Years After //Island Garden Arena
1970 /Jethro Tull //Stonybrook Univ. & Club Revolution
Year /Artist //Company
1976 /Bob Marley/Stanley Clarke //Madison Sq. Garden; Boston Garden; Montreal Forum; Toronto Maple Leaf Garden; Starlight Bowl (LA); Greek Theater (SF); Miami Auditorium
1976 /Grateful Dead //Syracuse University & Portland Maine Civic Center
1976 /Chicago //Portland Maine Civic Center
1976 /Emerson, Lake & Palmer //Syracuse University & Portland Maine Civic Center
1977 /Andy Gibb //Syracuse Memorial Auditorium
1977 /Yes //Augusta Civic Center
1977 /The Stranglers //Entermedia Theater
1977 /Talking Heads/Dillinger //Entermedia Theater
1977 /Emerson, Lake & Palmer //University of Maryland
1978 /Benny Goodman //Carnegie Hall
1979 /B52s //Irving Plaza
1979 /Talking Heads //Irving plaza
1979 /Joan Baez //Carnegie Hall
1982 /The Clash //Houston Coliseum
1983 /Talking Heads //Houston Music Hall
1985 /Talking Heads/Burning Spear //Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
1985 /Diana Ross //Portland Civic Center
1985 /Bonnie Raitt //Syracuse University
1985 /Big Audio Dynamite //Irving Plaza
1985 /Benny Goodman //New York Philharmonic
1985 /B52s/Eurythmics //Forest Hills Tennis Stadium
1985 /B52s //Sam Houston Coliseum
1986 /Talking Heads //Palace Theater