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CD Presents is a
San Francisco-based recording
label that specialized in promoting, recording and distributing
punk music and alternative music. The label was founded and managed by
David Ferguson who established CD Presents as a
concert promotion enterprise in 1979. Ferguson had earlier in the 1970s promoted shows for notable theatre performance and pre-punk acts such as
The Cockettes,
Iggy Pop, and the
New York Dolls. As head of CD Presents, Ferguson produced concerts for some of the most influential artists of the punk rock era, including the
The Avengers,
X, and the
the Germs. Most notably, Ferguson and CD Presents produced the
Los Angeles and San Francisco legs of
Public Image Ltd's first two
American tours (1980 and 1982, respectively).
Ferguson created the studio part of the CD Presents umbrella in 1981. A number of West Coast punk and hardcore bands would record at the studio throughout the 1980s. In 1984, CD Presents released
The Offs acclaimed
First Record album -- an album for which Ferguson commissioned painter Jean Michel Basquiat to design the now-legendary cover.
In the 1980s, CD Presents released three volumes of singles recorded by groups on the label's roster. These compilation albums, known as
Rat Music for Rat People, would have a significant influence on a number of punk and post-punk musicians.The CD Presents label signed and promoted
Billy Bragg's first two records,
Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy and
Brewing Up with Billy Bragg. In 1983, the label released a compilation of The Avengers' material popularly known as
The Pink Album.
In the late 1980s, Ferguson turned his focus more to distribution. The distribution division of CD Presents, Buried Treasure Inc., eventually distributed the catalogs for nearly 100 independent record labels, creating a record distribution system that operated independent that of major record labels.
Either through the label or through its distribution system, CD presents recorded or distributed the music of nearly 3,300 artists, including The Avengers,
Dead Kennedys,
Black Flag w/
Henry Rollins,
Bad Brains,
Circle Jerks,
Flipper,
D.O.A.,
Butthole Surfers,
NOFX,
T.S.O.L.,
Minutemen, and
Mojo Nixon.
Starting in 2004, Ferguson began restoring CD Presents' extensive recording archives at
George Lucas'
Skywalker Ranch under the recording expertise of
Grammy Award-winning
recording engineer Leslie Ann Jones. The restoration was completed in early 2008.
Discography
CD Presents Discography
- The Avengers — The Avengers (1983). Also known as The Pink Album
- Billy Bragg — Life's a Riot (Spy vs. Spy) (1984)
- Billy Bragg — Brewing Up with Billy Bragg (1984)
- D.O.A. — Bloodied But Unbowed (1984)
- Lydia Lunch — Hysterie (1987)
- Minimal Man — Safari (1984)
- Moev — The Early Years (1982)
- Norman Salant — Sax Talk (1984)
- The Offs — First Record (1984)
- Phantom Limbs — Romance (1983)
- Phantom Limbs — Train of Thought (1985)
- Poison Girls — Songs of Praise (1985)
- Rat Music for Rat People, Vol. 1 (1982)
- Rat Music for Rat People, Vol. 2 (1984)
- Rat Music for Rat People, Vol. 3 (1987)
- Savoy Sound — Wave Goodbye (1981)
- The Subhumans — Incorrect Thoughts (1985)
- Tales of Terror — Tales of Terror (1984)
- True West — Hand of Fate (1987)
- Twisted Roots — Twisted Roots (1986)
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