I.R.S. RECORDS
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Distr. : A & M          (do 1985)
         MCA            (od 1985)
         Enigma         (od 1990)

IRS Records was one of the first succesful independent punk rock labels .
Miles Copeland III started IRS Rec. (International Record Syndicate , Inc.)
in the US in 1979 after some success in the UK with his Illegal Records (distr.
by Faulty Prod.).
Miles was the older brother of Stewart Coipeland , a drummer with the mid-70's
UK band Curved Air , but was much more into the production/business end of things
than Stewart.
(A third brother , Ian , went into the booking end of the music business). When
Curved Air went inactive after Amnesty '86 , miles managed Stewart's new band ,
originally called Strontium 90 , but later , THE POLICE .

DISTRIBUTED BY MCA :
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IRS     5591    THREE O'CLOCK           Arrive Without Traveling        LP      1985
IRS     5592    R.E.M.                  Fables Of The Reconstruction    LP      1985
IRS     5637    STAN RIDGWAY            The Big Heat                    LP      1985
IRS     5638    JANE WIEDLIN            Jane Wiedlin                    LP      1985
IRS     5662    WALL OF VOODOO          Seven Days In Sammystown        LP      1985
IRS     5666    ALARM                   Strenght                        LP      1985
IRS     5683    FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS    Fine Young Cannibals            LP      1985
IRS     5703    LET'S ACTIVE            Big Plans For Everybody         LP      1985
IRS     5726    LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH : Killer Lords                  LP      1985
IRS     5731    V / A                   Live ! For Life                 LP      1986
IRS     5739    TIMBUK 3                Greetings From Timbuk 3         LP      1986
IRS     5741    BELINDA CARLISLE        Belinda Carlisle                LP      1986
IRS     5782    GENERAL PUBLIC          Hand To Mouth                   LP      1986
IRS     5783    R.E.M.                  Life's Rich Pageant             LP      1986
IRS     5797    DR. & THE MEDICS        Laughing At The Pieces          LP      1986
IRS     5801    HUNTERS & COLLECTORS    Human Frailty                   LP      1986
IRS     5833    THREE O'CLOCK           Ever After                      LP      1986
IRS     5835    CONCRETE BLONDE         Concrete Blonde                 LP      1986
IRS     5981    TRUTH                   Weapons Of Love                 LP      1987
IRS     5997    WALL OF VOODOO          Happy Planet                    LP      1987
IRS     6184    soundtrack : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pt.2           LP      1987
IRS     6211    soundtrack              She's Having A Baby             LP      1987
IRS     6262    R.E.M.                  Eponymous                       LP      1988
IRS     6273    FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS    The Raw & The Cooked            LP      1989
IRS     6290    DENNIS GREAVES & THE TRUTH : Jump                       LP      1989


IRS   36 017    HUNTERS & COLLECTORS    Living Daylight                 LP      1987

IRS   39 058    THE BOLSHOI             Giants                          LP      1985
IRS   39 108    ALARM                   Electric Folklore Live          LP      1988

IRS   42 011    THE BEARS               The Bears                       LP      1987
IRS   42 016    TIREZ TIREZ             Social Responsibility           LP      1987
IRS   42 019    WILLIAM ORBIT           Orbit                           LP      1987
IRS   42 024    HUNTERS & COLLECTORS    Human Frailty / Living Daylight LP      1987
                (NOte : reissue of IRS 5801 & IRS 36017)
IRS   42 050    TOM VERLAINE            Flash Light                     LP      1987
IRS   42 055    dB'S                    The Sound Of Music              LP      1987
IRS   42 059    R.E.M.                  R.E.M. No.5 : Document          LP      1987
IRS   42 061    ALARM                   Eye On The Hurricane            LP      1987
IRS   42 082    BALANCING ACT           Three Squares And A Roof        LP      1987
IRS   42 098    WILLIAM ORBIT           Strange Cargo                   LP      1987
IRS   42 099    STEWART COPELAND :The Equalizer And Other Cliff Hangers LP      1987
IRS   42 100    PETE HAYCOCK            Guitar And Son                  LP      1987
IRS   42 110    HUNTERS & COLLECTORS    Fate                            LP      1988
IRS   42 124    TIMBUK 3                Eden Alley                      LP      1988
IRS   42 139    THE BEARS               Rise And Shine                  LP      1988
IRS   42 140    WALL OF VOODOO          The Ugly American In Australia  LP      1988
IRS   42 151    LET'S ACTIVE            Every Dog Has His Day           LP      1988
IRS   42 194    RECKLESS SLEEPERS       Big Boss Sounds !               LP      1989
IRS   42 195    NUCLEAR ASSAULT         Survive                         LP      1988
IRS   42 197    RANKING ROGER           Radical Departure               LP      1988
IRS   42 199    CHROME MOLLY            Angst                           LP      1988
IRS   42 209    TIREZ TIREZ             Against All Flags               LP      1988
IRS   42 240    V / A                   Guitar Speak                    LP      1988
IRS   42 252    KAREL FIALKA            Human Animal                    LP      1988
IRS   42 254    SHOW OF HANDS           Show Of Hands                   LP      1989
IRS   42 260    CANDI                   Candi                           LP      1989
IRS   42 273    ULTRAPROPHETS OF THEE PSYCHICK REVOLUTION : Christmas   LP      1989
IRS   42 281    CATERWAUL               Portent Hue                     LP      1990

IRS   44 797    THE GO-GO'S             Greatest                        LP      1990

MCAD  10 125    FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS    The Raw & The Remix             LP      1990
MCAD  11 525    FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS    The Finest                      LP      1996

IRS   81 000    THE dB'S                dB'S Stand For Decibels         LP      1986
IRS   81 001    THE dB'S                Repercussion                    LP      1987

IRS   82 001    CONCRETE BLONDE         Free                            LP      1989
IRS   82 002    BLACK SABBATH           Headless Cross                  LP      1989
IRS   82 003    GARY NUMAN              New Anger                       LP      1989
IRS   82 004    ROBBIE KRIEGER          No Habla                        LP      1989
IRS   82 005    GARY NUMAN              New Anger                       LP      1989
IRS   82 006    WISHBONE ASH            Here To Hear                    LP      1989
IRS   82 007    SPIRIT                  Rapture In The Chambers         LP      1989
IRS   82 010    V / A                   These People Are Nuts !         LP      1989
IRS   82 014    ROBBIE KRIEGER          Door Jams                       LP      1989
IRS   82 015    TIMBUK 3                Edhe Of Allegiance              LP      1989
IRS   82 016    LESLIE WEST             Alligator                       LP      1989
IRS   82 018    ALARM                   Change                          LP      1989
IRS   82 020    ANIMAL LOGIC            Animal Logic                    LP      1989
IRS   82 023    GARY NUMAN              Skin Mechanic                   LP      1989
IRS   82 037    CONCRETE BLONDE         Bloodletting                    LP      1990
IRS   82 040    SQUEEZE                 A Round And A Bout              LP      1990
IRS   82 041    JAN AKKERMAN            The Noise Of Art                LP      1990
IRS   82 043    JOOLS HOLLAND           World Of His Own                LP      1990
IRS   82 046    JOHN KAY & STEPPENWOLF  Rise And Shine                  LP      1990
IRS   82 048    DREAD ZEPPELIN          Un-Led-Ed                       LP      1990


DISTRIBUTED BY ENIGMA RECORDS :
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In 1990 IRS again switched distributors to Enigma , who changed the numnbering
system to the 13000 series . The reissued items had numbers whose last two digits
corresponded to the 82000 series , and the series continued where the 82000
series left off (i.e. 82048 was followed by 13049) . The CD prefix "X2" is used
here for convenience.


X2    13 016    LESLIE WEST             Alligator                       CD      1990
X2    13 037    CONCRETE BLONDE         Bloodletting                    CD      1990
X2    13 046    JOHN KAY & STEPPENWOLF  Rise And Shine                  CD      1990
X2    13 048    DREAD ZEPPELIN          Un-Led-Ed                       CD      1990
X2    13 049    BLACK SABBATH           Tyr                             CD      1990
X2    13 053    HUNTERS & COLLECTORS    Collected Works                 CD      1990
X2    13 056    ALARM                   Standards                       CD      1990
X2    13 069    HAVANA 3 A.M.           Havana 3 A.M.                   CD      1991
X2    13 070    RORY GALLAGHER          Fresh Evidence                  CD      1990
X2    13 077    GARY NUMAN              Outland                         CD      1991
X2    13 087    ALARM                   Raw                             CD      1991
X2    13 135    BUZZCOCKS               Operator's Manual               CD      1991
X2    13 137    CONCRETE BLONDE         Walking In London               CD      1992
X2    13 141    DADA                    Puzzle                          CD      1992
X2    13 152    R.E.M.  : Murmur/The IRS Years Vintage 1983             CD      1992
X2    13 154    BUZZCOCKS : A Different Kind Of tension/Parts 1-3       CD      1992
X2    13 161    DREAD ZEPPELIN          It's Not Unusual                CD      1993
X2    13 172    NUCLEAR ASSAULT         Something Wicked                CD      1993
X2    13 173    BUZZCOCKS               Entertaining Friends            CD      1993
X2    13 200    R.E.M.                  Document                        CD      1993
X2    13 222    BLACK SABBATH           Cross Purposes                  CD      1994

X25G  13 811    CONCRETE BLONDE         Caroline                        EP      1990
X25G  13 849    CONCRETE BLONDE         Ghost Of A Texas Ladies' Man    EP      1992

DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL REC.:
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72438 27 986 2  DADA                    American Highway Flower         CD      1994
72438 28 309 2  BUZZCOCKS : Another Music In Different Kitchen          CD      1994
                / Love Bites
72438 29 128 2  CONCRETE BLONDE         Still In Hollywood              CD      1994
72438 29 694 2  THE GO-GO'S :   Return To The Valley Of The Go-Go's     2CD     1994
72438 34 368 2  PETER FRAMPTON          Frampton Comes Alive 2          CD      1995
72438 36 761 2  BUZZCOCKS               French                          CD      1996
72438 36 962 2  BUZZCOCKS               All Set                         CD      1996
72438 37 072 2  CONCRETE BLONDE         Recollection : The Best Of      CD      1996
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