Refuses to acknowledge record Liam's re-issued (9)

'refuses to acknowledge' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'record liam's re-issued' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'record' could be 'disc' (eg a CD, compact disc) and 'disc' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'liam' is 'laim' which is within the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?