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Old 09-27-2014, 11:32 AM   #271 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ? View Post
REM were never signed to an independent label. IRS was owned by A&M and MCA at the time and
and had acts like Belinda Carlisle, The Fine Young Cannibals & The Go-Go's on it's roster at the same time as them.
IRS was distributed by A&M and later MCA, but not owned by them. But either way the point stands that Document wasn't a case of them selling out compared to previous albums, since there weren't any real changed circumstances.
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