Quote the first three record items (6)
I believe the answer is:
recite
'quote the first three record items' is the definition.
'recite' can be an answer for 'quote' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'the first three record items' bit.
'quote the first three record items' is the wordplay.
'quote' becomes 'cite' (synonyms).
'the first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'three record items' becomes 're' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cite' after 're' is 'RECITE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recite that I've seen before include "Repeat, recount" , "Repeat aloud from memory, say poetry" , "Repeat verbatim" , "Declaim from memory" , "Repeat aloud from memory, say a poem" .)