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 .
IR 9001 THE BUZZCOCKS Everybody's Happy Nowadays 7" 09.1979
Why Can't I Touch It ?
IR 9002 MONOCHROME SET He's Frank 7" 10.1979
Alphaville
IR 9003 THE NECESSARIES You Can Borrow My Car 7" 10.1979
Runaway Child
IR 9004 CHELSEA I'm On Fire 7" 10.1970
Decide
IR 9005 THROBBING GRISTLE United 7" unissued
Zyklob B.Zombie
IR 9006 WAZMO NARIZ Checking Out The Check Out Girl 7" 02.1980
Who Does It Hurt ?
IR 9007 ROOT BOY SLIM & THE SEX CHANGE WITH THE ROOTETTES 7" 02.1980
: World War 3 // Dare To Be Fat
IR 9008 JOHN CALE Mercenaries (Ready For War) 7" 03.1980
Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores
IR 9009 HUMANS I Live In The City 7" 03.1980
Pipeline
IR 9010 THE BUZZCOCKS I Believe 7" 03.1980
Something's Gone Wrong Again
IR 9011 SKAFISH Obsessions Of You 7" 06.1980
Sink Or Swim
IR 9012 KLARK KENT Away From Home 7" 06.1980
Office Talk
(Note : 7" green vinyl)
IR 9013 HENRY BADOWSKI My Face 7" 07.1980
Making LOve With My Wife
(Note : later reissued as IR 9902)
IR 9014 THE CRAMPS Garbage Man 7" 09.1980
Drug Train
IR 9015 BERLIN Matter Of Time 7" 09.1980
French Reggae
IR 9016 DEAD KENNEDYS Holiday In Cambodia 7" 10.1980
Police Truck
(Note : distributed by Faulty Products)
IR 9017 THE BUZZCOCKS Are Everything 7" 11.1980
// Why She's A Girl From The Chainstore
IR 9018 THE STRANGLERS Duchess 7" 10.1980
The Raven
IR 9019 THE BUZZCOCKS Strange Thing 7" 11.1980
Airwaves Dream
IR 9020 THE BUZZCOCKS Running Free 7" 12.1980
What Do You Know
IR 9021 THE CRAMPS Googoomuck 7" 05.1981
She Said
IR 9022 DAMNED Dr.Jeckyl & Mr.Hyde 7" 02.1981
Looking At You (live)
IR 9023 MAGAZINE About The Weather 7" 05.1981
In The Dark
IR 9024 FLESHTONES The World Has Changed 7" 06.1981
All Around The World
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IR 9501 BRIAN JAMES Ain't That A Shame 7" 10.1979
Living In Sin
I Can Make You Cry
IR 9502 FASHION The Innocent 7" 09.1979
Red Green & Gold
Sodium Pentathol Negative
IR 9503 TOM ROBINSON & SECTOR 27 : Can't Keep Away 7" 02.1981
Mary Lynne
Duncann
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IR 9901 THE GO-GO'S Our Lips Are Sealed 7" 06.1981
Surfing & Spying
IR 9902 HENRY BADOWSKI My Face 7" 08.1981
Making Love With My Wife
(NOte : see 9013)
IR 9903 THE GO-GO'S We Got The Beat 7" 12.1981
Can't Stop The World
IR 9904 RENAISSANCE Bonjour Swansong 7" 10.1981
Faeries
IR 9905 FLESHTONES Ride Your Pony 7" 01.1982
Roman Gods
IR 9906 JOOLS HOLLAND & HIS MILLIONAIRES : Bumble Boogie 7" 04.1982
Like I Do To You
IR 9907 THE GO-GO'S Vacation 7" 06.1982
Beatnick Beach
IR 9908 THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH : Open Your Eyes 7" 08.1982
Question Of Temperature
IR 9909 THE ENGLISH BEAT Save It For Later 7" 09.1982
Jeanette
IR 9910 THE GO-GO'S Get Up And Go 7" 09.1982
Speeding
IR 9911 THE GO-GO'S This Old Feeling 7" 11.1982
It's Everything But
IR 9912 WALL OF VOODOO Mexican Radio 7" 11.1982
Call Of The West
IR 9913 THE ENGLISH BEAT I Confess 7" 01.1983
March Of The Swivelheads
IR 9914 RENAISSANCE Richard IX 7" .1983
(Note : for radioo stations only)
IR 9915 unissued
IR 9916 R.E.M. Radio Free Europe 7" 06.1983
There She Goes Again
IR 9917 unissued
IR 9918 uniisued
IR 9919 unissued
IR 9920 THE ANIMALS The Night 7" 07.1983
No John No
IR 9921 THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH : Live For Today 7" 08.1983
IR 9922 THE ALARM The Stand 7" 10.1983
Reason 41
IR 9923 THE ANIMALS Love Is For All Time 7" 10.1983
It's Too Late
IR 9924 THE ALARM 68 Guns 7" 02.1984
Pavillion Steps
IR 9925 TORCH SONG Prepare To Energize 7" 02.1984
(mix)
IR 9926 THE GO-GO'S Head Over Heels 7" 03.1984
Good For Gone
IR 9927 R.E.M. South Central Rain 7" 05.1984
King Of The Road
IR 9928 THE GO-GO'S Turn To You 7" 05.1984
I'm With You
IR 9929 THE ALARM The Deceiver 7" 05.1984
Second Generation
IR 9930 FLESHTONES American Beat '84 7" 07.1984
Hall Of Fame
IR 9931 R.E.M. (Don't Go Back To) Rockeville 7" 10.1984
Catapult
IR 9932 THE RAISE DRAGONS The Blue Hour 7" 09.1984
(Note : 7" blue vinyl)
IR 9933 THE GO-GO'S Yes Or No 7" 09.1984
Mercenary
IR 9934 GENERAL PUBLIC Tenderness 7" 10.1984
Limited Balance
IR 9935 GENERAL PUBLIC Never You Done 7" 02.1985
All The Rage
IR 9936 unissued
IR 9937 GENERAL PUBLIC Hot You're Cool 7" .1985
(Note : for radio stations only)
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IR 8690 THE GO-GO'S Our Lips Are Sealed 7" 04.1984
We Got The Beat
IR 8691 THE GO-GO'S Vacation 7" 04.1984
Cool Jerk
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