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{{infobox record label
| image = [[File:Reprise Records.svg|150px]]
| parent = [[Warner Music Group]]
| founded = 1960
| founder = [[Frank Sinatra]]
| status = Active
| distributor = {{ubl|[[Warner Bros. Records]]|{{small|(in the USA)}}|[[Warner Music Group]]|{{small|(outside the USA)}}}}
| genre = Various
| country = [[United States|U.S.]]
| url = {{URL|warnerbrosrecords.com}}
}}

'''Reprise Records''' {{IPAc-en|r|ə|ˈ|p|r|i|z}} is an [[United States|American]] major [[record label]], founded in 1960 by [[Frank Sinatra]]. It was mostly inactive from 1976 to 1987. It is owned by [[Warner Music Group]], and operates through [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=David|title=Reprise Records Story|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/reprise/reprisestory.html|accessdate=May 21, 2013}}</ref>

==Company history==

===Beginnings===
[[File:Reprise Label Tricolor Kinks.JPG|thumb|left|180px|"Tricolor" label, used by Reprise until 1968. (Label to [[the Kinks]]' ''[[Something Else by The Kinks|Something Else]]''.)]]
Reprise Records was formed in 1960<ref>[http://www.bsnpubs.com/warner/reprise/reprisestory.html Reprise Records story].</ref> by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. Hence, he garnered the nickname "The Chairman of the Board".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.mit.edu/V110/N57/sinatr.57a.html|title=The Chairman of the Board hits another quarter century|work=[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]]|date=December 11, 1990|author=John Ward|publisher=}}</ref> Having left [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]/[[EMI]], and after trying to buy [[Norman Granz]]'s [[Verve Records]],<ref name="auto">{{cite web|last1=Giles|first1=Jeff|title=To Play and Play Again: How Frank Sinatra's Thirst for Creative Freedom Led to Some of Classic Rock's Greatest Records |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/reprise-records-history/|website=ultimateclassicrock.com|publisher=Diffuser Network|accessdate=2016-08-02}}</ref> the first album Sinatra released on Reprise was ''[[Ring-a-Ding-Ding!]]'' As CEO of Reprise, Sinatra recruited several artists for the fledgling label, such as fellow [[Rat Pack]] members [[Dean Martin]] and [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] The original roster from 1961 to 1963 included [[Bing Crosby]], [[Jo Stafford]], [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Nancy Sinatra]], [[Juan Garcia Esquivel|Esquivel]] and stand-up comedian [[Redd Foxx]]. The label still issues any Sinatra work recorded while on the label and, after his death in 1998, it had great success with his greatest hits collections.

[[File:Reprise Label Orange Hendrix.JPG|thumb|right|180px|"Two-tone orange" label used by Reprise during the [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]] merger from 1968 to 1969. (Label to [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s ''[[Smash Hits (The Jimi Hendrix Experience album)|Smash Hits]]''.) After the [[Kinney National Company]] took over Warner Bros. in 1969, the orange tone at the top of the label was changed to the same tone as on the rest of the label, the W7 box logo was removed and the circled :r logo became a boxed logo without the "Reprise" designation.]]
One of the label's founding principles under Sinatra's leadership was that each artist would have full creative freedom, and at some point complete ownership of their work, including publishing rights. This is the reason why recordings of early Reprise artists (Dean Martin, [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[the Kinks]], etc.) are (in most cases) currently distributed through other labels. In Martin's case, his Reprise recordings were out of print for nearly 20 years before a deal was struck with [[Capitol Records]].

===Sold to Warner Bros.===
In 1963, as part of a film deal, Warner Bros purchased Reprise (which had been losing money) from Sinatra, who nonetheless retained a 20% interest in the label.<ref name="auto"/> Many of the older artists on the label were dropped by [[Warner Bros. Records]]. Reprise president [[Mo Ostin]] was retained as the head of the label and he went on to play a very significant role in the history of the Warner group of labels over the next four decades. Warner-Reprise executives began targeting younger acts, beginning by securing the American distribution rights to the [[Pye Records]] recordings by [[the Kinks]] in 1964. Reprise would soon add teen-oriented pop acts like [[Dino, Desi & Billy]] and Frank's own daughter [[Nancy Sinatra]], before moving almost exclusively to rock-oriented music in the late 1960s (although Sinatra would continue to record for the label until the 1980s).

Through direct signings or distribution deals, by the 1970s the Reprise roster grew to include [[Lee Hazlewood]], [[Paul & Paula|Jill Jackson]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], the early [[Joni Mitchell]] recordings, [[Neil Young]], [[the Electric Prunes]], [[Donna Loren]], [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Norman Greenbaum]], [[Tom Lehrer]], [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]], [[Ry Cooder]], [[Captain Beefheart]], [[Family (band)|Family]], the early 1970s recordings by [[Frank Zappa]] and [[the Mothers]], [[Gram Parsons]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Nico]]'s ''[[Desertshore]]'', [[the Fugs]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]], [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[the Meters]], [[John Cale]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]], [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]], [[Richard Pryor]], [[Al Jarreau]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Fanny (band)|Fanny]], and [[the Beach Boys]].

===Dormancy===

[[File:Reprise Label Red Young.JPG|thumb|left|180px|Red label, used by Reprise throughout the late 1970s. (Label to [[Neil Young]]'s ''[[Decade (Neil Young album)|Decade]]''.)]]
In 1976, the Reprise label was deactivated by Warner Bros. and all of its roster (except Frank Sinatra and Neil Young) was moved to the main Warner Bros. label.<ref name="auto"/> An unconfirmed explanation for this move is that Sinatra wanted to be the only artist on Reprise, and Young is said to have been the only Reprise act who refused to agree to a change in labels.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}. Although older catalog albums continued to be manufactured with the Reprise logo, and albums by [[the Beach Boys]] on [[Brother Records]] were issued in the Reprise catalog numbering sequence, aside from Sinatra and Young (and the [[Sylvia Syms (singer)|Sylvia Syms]] album [[Syms by Sinatra]], which Sinatra conducted and co-produced) there were no new releases on Reprise for years.

===Revival and Reprise today===
In late 1985, some copies of [[the Dream Academy]]'s hit single ''[[Life in a Northern Town]]'' were pressed with Warner Bros. labels bearing a Reprise logo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/728841|title=The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town|publisher=}}</ref> 1986 saw releases bearing Reprise labels from the Dream Academy as well as [[Dwight Yoakam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/label/reprise-us/27|title=Reprise Label Discography - USA - Page 27 - 45cat|publisher=}}</ref> In the summer of 1987, Warner Bros. Records chairman Mo Ostin and label president [[Lenny Waronker]] officially announced the reactivation of Reprise, including its own separate promotions department, and former Warner Bros. Vice President of Promotion Rich Fitzgerald was appointed as label Vice-President.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repriserec.com/reprise.html|title=Reprise Recs|publisher=}}</ref> In the time since, Warner Bros. has often elevated the stature of Reprise to the rank of secondary parent label, as many of its subsidiary labels (such as [[Straight Records|Straight]] and [[Kinetic Records|Kinetic]]) have had their records released in conjunction with Reprise.

Today, in addition to Young, it is home to such artists as [[Devendra Banhart]], [[Green Day]], [[Deftones]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[Iyaz]], [[Enya]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Serj Tankian]], [[Josh Groban]], [[Charice]], [[Cavo]], [[Taking Back Sunday]], [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] (also on [[Sire Records|Sire]]), [[My Chemical Romance]] and [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]. Reprise was also the North American label for [[United Kingdom|British]] bands [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]].

It was formerly home to the [[Jimi Hendrix]] and the [[Barenaked Ladies]]' catalogs in the [[United States|U.S.]]. When the [[Bee Gees]] back catalog was remastered by [[Rhino Records]] in the 2000s, their CDs were issued under the Reprise label (they appeared on sister labels Atco and Warner Bros. in the past).

Neil Young stated in a documentary about his life that [[Marilyn Manson]] was turned down by Reprise.

In 2010, Reprise opened a [[country music]] division, operating as part of [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music Group Nashville]], featuring [[Blake Shelton]], [[the JaneDear Girls]], [[Michelle Branch]] and [[Frankie Ballard]] as part of its roster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warnermusicnashville.com/|title=Warner Music Nashville Official Website|website=Warner Music Nashville Official Website|access-date=May 8, 2016}}</ref>

In September 2011, several layoffs took place at Reprise Records and other Warner labels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/updated-layoffs-at-warner-bros-reprise-1005343982.story|title=Updated: Layoffs At Warner Bros./Reprise|publisher=}}</ref>

==Reprise Records artists==
{{Main article|List of current Reprise Records artists}}
{{Main article|List of former Reprise Records artists}}

==Labels==
* [[143 Records]] (1999–present)
* [[Bizarre Records]] (1968–1972)
* [[Big Brother Records]] (2008–present)
* [[BME Recordings]] (2004–present)
* [[Brother Records]] (1970-1977)
* [[Chrysalis Records]] (1969–1972)
* [[Cold Chillin' Records]] (1988–1993; select releases)
* [[DiscReet Records]] (1973–1979)
* [[Elementree Records]] (1995–2000)
* [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant Records]] (1990–2000; select releases)
* Grand Jury Records (1990–1993)
* In Bloom Records (1998–2000)
* [[Kinetic Records]] (1992–2000)
* [[Straight Records]] (1968–1972)
* [[Sire Records]] (1977–2000: select releases)
* Vapor Records (1995–present; current status unknown)

==Parent Organizations==
*(1960–1963) Independent
*(1963-1968) [[Warner Bros.]]
*(1968–1969) [[Warner Bros.-Seven Arts]]
*(1969–1972) [[Kinney National Company]]
*(1972–1990) [[Warner Communications]]
*(1990–2001) [[Time Warner]]
*(2001–2003) [[AOL Time Warner]]
*(2003–2004) [[Time Warner]]
*(2004–present) [[Warner Music Group]]

==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.repriserecords.com/ Official website]
* [http://globaldogproductions.info/r/reprise.html A discography of American Reprise singles from 1961 to 1970]

{{Warner Music Group}}

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