I.R.S. Records
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I.R.S. Records was a record label, started in the US in 1979 by Miles Copeland (the older brother of Stewart Copeland, drummer of The Police) along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso. Miles was also the manager of The Police, and later, Sting, as well as other bands.
I.R.S. releases were distributed by A&M Records until 1985, by MCA Records until 1990, and finally by EMI (which bought the label in 1994) until the label folded in 1996.
Acts on I.R.S. included R.E.M., The Go-Gos, The Fleshtones, Oingo Boingo, Over the Rhine, The Buzzcocks, The Alarm, Wall of Voodoo and General Public. An instrumental-only imprint, I.R.S. No Speak, released albums by Stewart Copeland and William Orbit. I.R.S. also produced the MTV series The Cutting Edge, which aired on Sunday nights with 120 Minutes.
"I.R.S." stood for "International Record Syndicate" (or "Independent Record Syndicate" on some early releases); it should not be confused with the Internal Revenue Service, the United States income tax agency.
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I.R.S. Records - On The Charts
This was a 1994 compilation album that chronicled the acts of I.R.S. Records from 1979 to 1994.
- The Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed
- Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
- The Alarm - 68 Guns
- Timbuck 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
- Dr and The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
- Dread Zepplin - Heartbreaker (At The End Of Lonely Street)
- Stan Ridgeway - Camouflage
- Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You
- Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew
- R.E.M., - The One I Love
- Concrete Blonde - Joey
- Jools Holland - Holy Cow
- dada - Dizz Knee Land
Album Triva
- Stan Ridgeway's "Camouflage" was remixed by William Orbit.
- The record was distributed through the labels deal with EMI and had the catalogue number of EIRSCD 1069 or 7243 8 31835 2 4.