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I.R.S. Records: Miles Copeland
- ▶ 0:03 Miles Copeland I went to A&M. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:35 Miles Copeland It's bigger than I can do myself, so I'm gonna go to A&M Records, and I'm gonna try to make a deal to put you on A&M, a real major label, respected record company, because I just don't have the wherewithal to do it justice. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:53 Miles Copeland And I knew A&M wanted to be in the punk world. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:23 Miles Copeland I'm prepared to put my own money in, so I'm not going to ask you for a penny, but I want to have a record company that A&M will distribute, and you can decide how many records you press, whether you're going to market it or not. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:23 Miles Copeland I mean, yeah, they've got A&M distribution, but we really want to be with a big company.
- ▶ 46:23 Guy Raz All right, 1985, you leave your relationship with A&M, and you move to MCA Records, and from what I gather, from what you've written about, it, it really, you call this a missed opportunity, that you really regret that you didn't figure… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 48:47 Guy Raz So in 1985, IRS Records signs a new distribution deal with MCA, a deal Miles thinks will be better than his previous deal with A&M. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:11 Miles Copeland So A&M, which is now Universal.