Turn up past record first (8)
I believe the answer is:
discover
'turn up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'past record first' is the wordplay.
'past' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'record' becomes 'disc' ('disc' can be a synonym of 'record'**).
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'over' put after 'disc' is 'DISCOVER'.
(Other definitions for discover that I've seen before include "Realise" , "Detect, find" , "Show up" , "Be the first to have sight or knowledge of" , "Make a new finding" .)