Recording of note: good first track (8)
I believe the answer is:
registry
'recording' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'note good first track' is the wordplay.
'note good' becomes 'reg' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'first' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles rst).
'track' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'reg'+'ist'+'ry'='REGISTRY'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for registry that I've seen before include "Place to keep records" , "Place of record" , "record-holder" , "Place where written documents or records are kept" , "Official written record of names, events etc" .)