• I.R.S. Records was a major American record label founded by Miles Copeland III and Jay Boberg in 1979. I.R.S. produced some of the most popular bands of...
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    independent record label Hib-Tone. It was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, their first release on I.R.S. Records. Over the course of the decade, R.E.M...
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  • that created the label. R&S Records has had several subsidiaries, most notably Apollo Records, which was reactivated in 2009. R&S and its subsidiaries include...
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  • started I.R.S. Records, Illegal became its distributor in UK and Europe. It continued its operations until 1988, when it merged its operations with I.R.S. Deptford...
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  • Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 is a 2014 compilation album featuring songs released by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their time on I.R.S. Records. In addition...
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  • I.R.S. No Speak was an instrumental-only imprint of the I.R.S. Records record label, founded by Miles Copeland III in January 1988. Inspired by the success...
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    group toured extensively around the world during their tenure with I.R.S. Records. The nucleus of Dread Zeppelin, bassist Put-Mon (Gary Putman), drummer...
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  • "The One I Love" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released on the band's fifth full-length studio album, Document, and also as...
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    Mother Jones magazine that he was bisexual. No Warning (1991 I.R.S. Records) Side one "I Want More" (Dave Wakeling, Parthenon Huxley) – 4:16 "No Warning"...
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    Michael Stipe (category Record producers from Georgia (U.S. state))
    radio success. The band signed to I.R.S. Records for the release of the Chronic Town EP one year later. In 1983, R.E.M. released its debut album, Murmur...
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  • Look up IRS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. IRS is the United States Internal Revenue Service. IRS may also refer to: I.R.S. Records "I.R.S.", a song...
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    Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering...
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  • is the fifth studio album by American rock band R.E.M., released on September 1, 1987, by I.R.S. Records. It was their first album to be co-produced by...
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  • Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (category I.R.S. Records albums)
    released on September 2, 1980, through Cherry Red Records in the United Kingdom, and I.R.S. Records in the United States. It was later issued by Jello...
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    The Bangles (category I.R.S. Records artists)
    World" to radio and media, but another setback came as the label folded. I.R.S. Records picked up distribution and reissued the EP. After Zilinskas left the...
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  • The album Animal Logic was released in 1989 on I.R.S. Records in North America, and Virgin Records in other territories. A promotional video for "Spy...
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    Iggy Pop (redirect from I Need More)
    vocals on Bowie's Low. "Artistically, I really like those two records, The Idiot and Lust for Life," Pop said. "But I was personally just miserable… David...
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    The dB's (category I.R.S. Records artists)
    (1987, I.R.S. Records) Paris Avenue (1994, Monkey Hill Records) Falling Off the Sky (2012, Bar/None Records) Amplifier (1981, Albion Records) Revolution...
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  • I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 is a compilation album by American band R.E.M. It features songs from the band's years at I.R.S...
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    Mitch Easter (category Record producers from North Carolina)
    first two albums. Let's Active toured with R.E.M., which led to a recording contract with I.R.S. Records. Although Let's Active was not commercially...
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  • reissued on CD in 1990 by I.R.S. Records in the U.S, and in 2012 by Edsel Records in the UK and Shout! Factory in the U.S. The "Beat Girl" icon seen...
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  • Miles Copeland III (category I.R.S. Records)
    musical and acting career. In 1979, Copeland founded the I.R.S. Records label, producing R.E.M., The Bangles, Berlin, The Cramps, Dead Kennedys, The...
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    Root Boy Slim (category I.R.S. Records artists)
    Band with the Rootettes (Warner Bros. Records, 1978) Zoom (I.R.S. Records 1979) Dog Secrets (Congressional Records, 1983) Don't Let This Happen to You (Kingsnake...
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  • I.R.S. Records Presents: The Cutting Edge, also known as The Cutting Edge or IRS's The Cutting Edge, is a music program that aired on MTV from March 1983...
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    Belinda Carlisle (category I.R.S. Records artists)
    Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed". The Go-Go's recorded two more studio albums on I.R.S. Records, including 1982's Vacation, which went gold. "Head over Heels"...
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  • alternative rock band R.E.M., released on April 9, 1984, by I.R.S. Records. Produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, the album was recorded at Reflection Sound...
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  • Declaration (The Alarm album) (category I.R.S. Records albums)
    February 13, 1984 by IRS Records. The album was released initially on vinyl and cassette. A CD version was released in the U.S. by June 1984. An extended...
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    album, Sophisticated Beggar, was recorded in 1966 after he was spotted at Les Cousins and signed to Strike Records. The album consisted of Harper's songs...
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  • seventeenth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released through I.R.S. Records on 31 January 1994. The album marked the return of Tony Martin as the...
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  • Radio Free Europe (song) (category I.R.S. Records singles)
    distinguished R.E.M.'s work ever since." The single received critical acclaim, and its success earned the band a record deal with I.R.S. Records. R.E.M. re-recorded...
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