I.R.S. No Speak

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 of Peter Baumann's Private Music, Windham Hill Records and Capitol Records Cinema Records, Copeland wanted to feature some of the many excellent rock musicians who had been left unemployed by the 1980s disco and punk takeover of the music industry. He also wanted to take a poke at new-age music, stating in the introductory brochure, "It should be apparent that what No Speak isn't is New Age. No Speak eats New Age for breakfast."[1] Though musically successful the label was not financially viable, and folded after only three years and 19 releases.

No Speak Catalog

No. Artist Title Date Notes
001Pete HaycockGuitar & Son1988guitarist for Climax Blues Band, whom Copeland managed [2]
002Wishbone AshNouveau Calls1988band reunited to record this album for their former manager, Copeland[1]
003Stewart CopelandThe Equalizer & Other Cliff Hangers1988brother of Miles and the drummer for The Police
004William OrbitStrange Cargo1988producer and electronic keyboardist
005Billy CurrieTransportation1988keyboardist with Ultravox
006Steve HunterThe Deacon1988guitarist for Lou Reed
007Jimmy ZAnytime... Anyplace!1988Jimmy Zavala, saxophonist for Rod Stewart
008various artistsGuitar Speak1988sampler with commissioned pieces from Alvin Lee, Randy California, Eric Johnson, Leslie West, Ronnie Montrose, Steve Howe, Phil Manzanera, Rick Derringer, Pete Haycock, Steve Hunter, Hank Marvin & Robby Krieger
009Robby KriegerNo Habla1989Guitarist for The Doors
010various artistsGuitar Speak II1990sampler with commissioned pieces from Tony Iommi, Jan Akkerman, James Mankey, Dennis Greaves, Hank Marvin, Robin Trower, Frank Marino, Harvey Mandel, Jean-Paul Bourelly & Bernie Marsden
011Jan AkkermanThe Noise of Art1990guitarist for Focus
012William OrbitStrange Cargo 21990
013Darryl WayUnder The Soft1991violinist for Curved Air, Darryl Way's Wolf
014Ronnie MontroseMutatis Mutandis1991guitarist for Montrose, others
015various artistsGuitar Speak III1991sampler with commissioned pieces from Nils Lofgren, Steve Hackett, Tom Verlaine, Bob Mould, Adrian Belew, Gary Myrick, Mick Taylor, Dominic Miller, Robert Fripp & Steve Morse
MILESvarious artistsInstrumental Hits for the '90s1988sampler of 17 songs from the No Speak catalog (promo only)
IRSD-NSPROMO (39099)various artistsMusic Too Good For Words / Instrumental Rock for the 90s1988sampler of 8 songs from the No Speak catalog, 4 songs Forte and 4 songs Pianissimo—2 songs each from the first 4 No Speak releases
39112various artistsMusic Too Good For Words, Two1988sampler of 12 songs from the No Speak catalog
13024various artistsNight of the Guitar - Live!1989highlights of a 26 November 1988 concert featuring Steve Howe, Leslie West, Robby Krieger, Randy California, Steve Hunter, Pete Haycock, Andy Powell, Ted Turner & Alvin Lee—LP and CD differ slightly in contents

References

  1. No Speak promo brochure, 1988
  2. Hits, September 21, 1987
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