Reprise Records
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Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. Records.
Company history
Reprise was originally formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. Fellow Rat Pack members Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. also moved to the label. Stand up comedian Redd Foxx also recorded for the label during its fledgling years.Reprise was sold to Warner Brothers Records in early 1963. In the time since, Warner Brothers has often treated Reprise as a bit of a secondary parent label, as many of its subsidiary labels have had their records released in conjunction with Reprise. Today it is home to such contemporary artists as Green Day and Disturbed.
Current Artists
- Avenged Sevenfold
- B-52's
- Billy Corgan for his theFutureEmbrace solo-album
- Cher
- Cowboy Troy
- Depeche Mode
- Disturbed
- E-40
- Enya
- Eric Benet
- Eric Clapton
- Green Day
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Greg Behrendt
- Josh Groban
- HIM
- Hot Hot Heat
- Mandy Moore
- My Chemical Romance
- Neil Young - joined Geffen Records in 1982, left Geffen acrimoniously to rejoin Reprise in 1988
- The Flaming Lips
- The Secret Machines
- The Smashing Pumpkins who will make their return this/next year
- The Walkmen
- Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog
- Rock Kills Kid
- Shadows Fall
- Stevie Nicks
- Taking Back Sunday
- The Used
- The Veronicas
- Mike Jones
Former Artists
- Joni Mitchell (retired?)
- Wilco were dropped from the label after they submitted their final version of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot for release. Subsequently Nonesuch Records, another division of Warner Music Group, released the album.
- Powermad
- Faith No More
- Fleetwood Mac now covered under Warner Brothers Records/Warner Music Group.
- Barenaked Ladies signed with Desperation Records in 2004, although they still retain a distribution deal with Warner Music.
- Black Sabbath For their Dehumanizer album.
- Zwan for their Mary Star of the Sea album
- Jude Cole
- Orgy
- Nancy Sinatra
- Dwight Yoakam
- Babble
See also
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