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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