32-475: Grand Royal was a vanity record label founded in 1992 by rap group Beastie Boys in conjunction with Capitol Records after the group left Def Jam Recordings . It was based in Los Angeles , California. Grand Royal was also the name of a magazine written and published by the group. Described as a publication that "came to define part of Generation X," the total distribution of the six issues of Grand Royal
64-415: A vanity label (compare vanity press ) is a record label founded as a wholly or partially owned subsidiary of another, larger, and better established (at least at the time of the vanity label's founding) record label, where the subsidiary is (at least nominally) controlled by a successful recording artist, designed to allow this artist to release music by other artists they admire. The parent label handles
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128-467: A deal was struck with Capitol Records . Reprise continued to reissue the Sinatra catalog until 2013 when it was sold to Capitol. In August 1963, as part of a film deal, Warner Bros. purchased Reprise (which had been losing money) from Frank Sinatra, who nonetheless retained a 1/3 interest in the label. Many of the older artists on the label were dropped by Warner Bros. Records . Reprise president Mo Ostin
160-436: A member of the band Dead Fucking Last . In 2017, Stiletto Entertainment, the company that currently owns GR2, was sued by dance-punk band Liquid Liquid for copyright infringement , breach of contract , and not paying them royalties over the unauthorized licensing of their music and sales of the 2008 reissue of their 1997 compilation Liquid Liquid , which was originally distributed by Grand Royal. This article about
192-547: A picture of Sinatra for his records. 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
224-5173: A similar label, The Null Corporation Grand Royal Beastie Boys 1992 Beastie Boys Bis At the Drive-In Jimmy Eat World Atari Teenage Riot Sean Lennon Luscious Jackson Bran Van 3000 Capitol Records dissolved in 2001. Back catalogue distributed by GR2 Records , created when a group of fans purchased Grand Royal's assets. Total Vegas Recordings Terrorvision 1992 Terrorvision EMI Records Pearl Records Garth Brooks 1992 Garth Brooks Liberty Records / Capitol Records under EMI (1992 - 2005) RCA Records (2005 - 2016) Independent (2016–present) inactive; partnership with Liberty/Capitol/EMI ended in 2005, and partnership with RCA ended in 2016. Now an independent label. Discipline Global Mobile Robert Fripp 1992 Robert Fripp King Crimson The ProjeKcts Fripp & Eno David Sylvian & Robert Fripp Adrian Belew BPM&M Bill Bruford Bruford Levin Upper Extremities California Guitar Trio Europa String Choir Trey Gunn Peter Hammill John Paul Jones Tony Levin Bill Nelson E.G. Records / Virgin Records (1992-2002) Sanctuary Records (2002-2007) Independent (2007–present) active Peak Records Russ Freeman 1994 David Benoit Eric Marienthal The Rippingtons Russ Freeman Concord Music Group active (2007) Gotee Records TobyMac 1994 Out of Eden Family Force 5 House of Heroes Deepspace5 EMI Christian Music Group inactive Moonfog Productions Satyricon 1994 Darkthrone , Satyricon , DHG , Khold Tatra Records active (2009) SYUN Susumu Hirasawa 1994 Syun P-MODEL Phnonpenh MODEL Pre P-MODEL Tadahiko Yokogawa Shifukudan Fukō Project PEVO Teruo Nakano DIW inactive since 1996 Never Broke Again NBA Youngboy Cash Money Records active (2022) Roswell Records Dave Grohl 1995 Foo Fighters Probot originally Capitol Records , then RCA Records (Foo Fighters) Southern Lord Records (Probot) active (2012) Palace Records Will Oldham 1996 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Will Oldham Papa M Matt Sweeney Drag City active (2007) TESLAKITE Susumu Hirasawa 1996 Susumu Hirasawa P-MODEL Wataru Kamiryo KAKU P-MODEL Mandrake Susumu Hirasawa + InhVmaN Nippon Columbia (1996-1998) MAGNET Records (1999) Chaos Union (2000–present) active (2012) Melankolic Records Massive Attack 1996 Alpha Horace Andy Craig Armstrong Day One Lewis Parker Sunna Virgin Records active (2007) Aftermath Entertainment Dr. Dre 1996 Eminem Game 50 Cent Cashis Busta Rhymes Slim da Mobster Hayes Kendrick Lamar Universal Music Group under Interscope Records active (2008) Vapor Records Neil Young 1996 Neil Young Jonathan Richman Tegan and Sara Los Abandoned Spoon Acetone originally Sanctuary Records , then Universal Music active (2007) Hellcat Records Tim Armstrong 1997 Rancid Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Transplants The Slackers Dropkick Murphys The Distillers Epitaph Records active (2007) Adeline Records Billie Joe Armstrong 1997 Green Day AFI The Living End Jesse Malin Warner Music Group active (2007) Elementree Records Korn 1997 Videodrone Orgy Deadsy Epic Records dissolved after Korn 's departure from Epic ATO Records Dave Matthews 1997 Ben Kweller David Gray My Morning Jacket Crowded House Gov't Mule Gomez Sony BMG active (2007) Mötley Records Mötley Crüe 1997 Mötley Crüe Hip-O Records (former), Warner Music Group (current) active Tool Dissectional Tool 1999 Tool Volcano Entertainment / Zomba active Way Moby "Weird Al" Yankovic 1999 "Weird Al" Yankovic Volcano Entertainment / Zomba active E Works Eels 2000 Eels DreamWorks active Big Brother Recordings Oasis 2000 Oasis Happy Mondays Sony BMG active Honest Jon's Damon Albarn 2000 The Good,
256-409: Is different from Wikidata Articles needing additional references from November 2007 All articles needing additional references Misplaced Pages articles in need of updating from March 2021 All Misplaced Pages articles in need of updating Articles with multiple maintenance issues Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra . It
288-444: Is owned by Warner Music Group , and operates through Warner Records , one of its flagship labels. Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Green Day , Enya , Michael Bublé , Eric Clapton , Stevie Nicks , Neil Young , Deftones , Mastodon , Lindsey Buckingham , Josh Groban , Disturbed , Idina Menzel , My Chemical Romance , Gerard Way , Dwight Yoakam , Never Shout Never , and Billy Strings . Reprise Records
320-2503: The Verve brand re-issued on Reprise Records Apple Records The Beatles 1968 The Beatles John Lennon Paul McCartney / Wings George Harrison Ringo Starr Badfinger Mary Hopkin Yoko Ono David Peel Ravi Shankar John Tavener James Taylor EMI , under Parlophone in the UK and Capitol Records in the US active; revived in 1989 for Beatles recordings. See also Apple Corps Threshold Records The Moody Blues 1969 The Moody Blues Blue Jays The Graeme Edge Band London Records (now Decca Records ) — Kling Klang Kraftwerk 1970 Kraftwerk EMI Warner Music active Grunt Records Jefferson Airplane 1971 Jefferson Airplane , Jefferson Starship , Starship RCA Records defunct after 1987 Rolling Stones Records Rolling Stones 1971 Rolling Stones Peter Tosh Atlantic Records ( WEA ) (now Warner Music Group ) albums now released by Universal Music Group The Rocket Record Company Elton John 1973 Elton John Kiki Dee Cliff Richard Stackridge Neil Sedaka Various, including Island Records (UK; 1973-1978) and MCA Records (US; 1973-1978) inactive Manticore Records Emerson, Lake and Palmer 1973 Emerson, Lake and Palmer Greg Lake John Greaves Atlantic Records , 1973-1975; Motown Records , 1976-1977 closed (1977), relaunched (2017) Swan Song Records Led Zeppelin 1974 Led Zeppelin Bad Company Dave Edmunds Atlantic Records ( WEA ) (now Warner Music Group ) closed (1983) ARC (American Recording Company) Earth, Wind and Fire 1978 Earth, Wind and Fire Deniece Williams The Emotions Columbia Records inactive Modern Records Stevie Nicks 1980 Stevie Nicks Rick Vito Natalie Cole Atlantic Records ( WEA ) (now Warner Music Group ) closed (1999) Qwest Records Quincy Jones 1980 Joy Division / New Order (in
352-3630: The Bad & the Queen The Ailerons Blur Parlophone active (2007) Shady Records Eminem 2000 Eminem D12 Obie Trice 50 Cent Cashis Slim da Mobster Slaughterhouse Yelawolf Universal Music Group active Flawless Records Fred Durst 2000 Puddle of Mudd She Wants Revenge Big Dumb Face Universal Music Group under Geffen Records active (2007) Serjical Strike Records Serj Tankian 2001 Axis of Justice Bad Acid Trip Buckethead Death by Stereo Fair to Midland Kittens for Christian Serart Serj Tankian Universal Music Group under The Universal Motown/Universal Republic Group active (2009) UTP Records Juvenile 2001 Juvenile Young Buck (until 2002) 2 Pistols Partners-N-Crime Warner Music Group active 1st & 15th Entertainment Lupe Fiasco 2001 Lupe Fiasco Sarah Green Pooh Bear a.k.a. MDMA Warner Music Group under Atlantic Records active (2012) US Records Usher 2002 One Chance Rico Love Ryon Lovett Justin Bieber J Records active (2007) Brushfire Records Jack Johnson 2002 Jack Johnson Matt Costa G. Love & Special Sauce Rogue Wave Animal Liberation Orchestra Universal Music Group under Universal Republic active (2007) Grand Hustle Records T.I. 2003 T.I. Young Dro B.o.B DJ Drama Big Kuntry King Iggy Azalea 8Ball & MJG Warner Music Group under Atlantic Records active (2010) Jaded Records Jay Sean 2003 Jay Sean Universal Music Group under Cash Money Records active Attack Records Morrissey 2003 Morrissey Nancy Sinatra Damien Dempsey Jobriath James Maker Kristeen Young Remma Sanctuary Records active (2005) G.O.O.D. Music Kanye West 2004 Common Kid Cudi Pusha T Cyhi Tha Prynce Big Sean Mr Hudson John Legend Mos Def Consequence Sony Music Entertainment and Atlantic Recording Corporation (2005-2011) Universal Music Group under Def Jam Recordings (2011–present) active (since 2005) Machine Shop Records Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson of Linkin Park 2004 Linkin Park Fort Minor Skylar Grey Alexa Ray Joel Army of Anyone Warner Bros. Records active (2012) Heiress Records Paris Hilton 2004 Paris Hilton Warner Bros. Records inactive DC Flag Records Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte 2004 Hazen Street Lola Ray MC Chris Epic Records active Knockout Entertainment Ray J 2005 Ray J Brandy Shorty Mack Willie Norwood Michael Copon TKO E1 Music active (2008) Konichiwa Records Robyn 2005 Robyn Zhala Universal Music Group active Decaydance Records Pete Wentz 2005 Fall Out Boy Gym Class Heroes Four Year Strong Panic! at
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#1732877183559384-673: The Beach Boys on Brother Records were issued in the Reprise catalog numbering sequence, aside from Sinatra and Young (and the Sylvia Syms album Syms by Sinatra , which Sinatra conducted and co-produced) there were no new releases on Reprise for several years. In late 1985, some copies of the Dream Academy 's hit single " Life in a Northern Town " were pressed on the Warner Bros. label bearing
416-2421: The Disco The Academy Is... Cobra Starship Lifetime The Cab The Hush Sound Warner Music Group under Fueled By Ramen active (2009) Axtone Records Axwell 2005 Axwell Thomas Gold Hard Rock Sofa NEW_ID Universal Music Group active Big Orange Clown Records Shawn Crahan 2005 Gizmachi Sanctuary Records active (2008) Raybaw Records Big & Rich 2005 James Otto Cowboy Troy Warner Bros. Nashville dissolved in 2008 Liberty & Lament Records Lucero 2005 Lucero Warner Bros. active (2007) Young Money Entertainment Lil Wayne Mack Maine 2005 Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Drake Mack Maine Tyga Gudda Gudda Jae Millz Christina Milian Lil Chuckee Lil Twist T Streets Short Dawg Cory Gunz Shanell aka SnL Porcelain Black Cash Money Records active Helium-3 Muse 2006 Muse Warner Bros. active (2007) Born & Bred Records Dropkick Murphys 2007 Dropkick Murphys Warner Bros. active (2007) Ragged Flag The Prodigy 2007 The Prodigy Cooking Vinyl inactive Sergeant Records Douglas Vale 2007 Douglas Vale Tyler Hilton Kejsi Tola Sunrise Avenue Macklemore Pharoahe Monch Warner Music Group active (since 2008) Tennman Records Justin Timberlake 2007 Esmée Denters Interscope Records active (since 2007) RBMG Usher 2008 Justin Bieber Island Def Jam Music Group active (2013) 1017 Brick Squad Gucci Mane 2008 Waka Flocka Flame OJ Da Juiceman Frenchie Wooh Da Kid Slim Dunkin Warner Bros. active (2009) Average Joes Entertainment Colt Ford 2008 Colt Ford Montgomery Gentry Bubba Sparxxx Average Joe's Entertainment Group, LLC active Take Me to
448-581: The Heartbreakers , Gerard Way and Never Shout Never . It was formerly home to Jimi Hendrix and the Barenaked Ladies ' catalogs in the 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 Charles Manson
480-1306: The Hospital The Prodigy 2008 The Prodigy Cooking Vinyl active Tass Radio Records T-Beats and Unkgeta 2008 T-Beats Unkgeta AmphetamineThaEmcee Universal Music Group under Interscope Records active N.E.E.T. Recordings M.I.A. 2008 Nguzunguzu Sleigh Bells Rye Rye XL Recordings , Interscope Records inactive, founding artist now signed to Interscope Search & Destroy Fightstar 2009 Fightstar Gut Records active (2009) Roc Nation Jay-Z 2009 Jay-Z J. Cole Wale Grimes Meek Mill Jay Electronica Rita Ora Normani Rihanna Shakira The-Dream Jaden Sony Music Entertainment / Atlantic Recording Corporation active (since 2009); partnership with Sony/Atlantic ended in 2013, currently in partnership with Universal Music and owned by Live Nation . Hell, etc. Marilyn Manson 2010 Marilyn Manson Cooking Vinyl — Juonbu Records Babymetal 2010 Babymetal Toy's Factory inactive; replaced by BMD Fox Records in 2013 when Babymetal graduated from Sakura Gakuin and
512-451: The Meters , John Cale , Gordon Lightfoot , Michael Franks , Richard Pryor , Al Jarreau , Fleetwood Mac , Fanny , and the Beach Boys . 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. Although older catalog albums continued to be manufactured with the Reprise logo, and albums by
544-414: The Reprise logo. 1986 saw releases bearing Reprise labels from the Dream Academy as well as Dwight Yoakam . In summer 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. In
576-1338: The US) Frank Sinatra George Benson A&;M Records Warner Bros. Records active (2007) Duck Records Eric Clapton 1983 Eric Clapton Reprise Records ( WEA ) (now Warner Music Group ) active Es Paranza Records Robert Plant 1983 Robert Plant Atlantic Records (WEA) (now Warner Music Group ) — Respond Records Paul Weller 1983 Tracie Young The Questions A Craze Vaughn Toulouse Polydor Records closed (1986) Paisley Park Records Prince 1986 Prince Sheila E. George Clinton Warner Bros. Records (WEA) (now Warner Music Group ) closed (1994) UZI Suicide Guns N' Roses 1987 Guns N' Roses Hanoi Rocks Geffen inactive; owned by Geffen Death Row Records Dr. Dre Suge Knight 1992 Dr. Dre Snoop Dogg 2Pac Tha Dogg Pound Nate Dogg The Lady of Rage Crooked I Danny Boy Interscope Records Priority Records original defunct in 2008; revived by Snoop Dogg since 2022 Maverick Records Madonna 1992 Madonna Alanis Morissette Deftones The Prodigy (in
608-682: The US) Michelle Branch Mest Story of the Year The Rentals Tantric Meshell Ndegeocello Candlebox Erasure Warner Bros. Records inactive (managed by Warner Bros. Records since 2006) Nothing Records Trent Reznor 1992 Nine Inch Nails Marilyn Manson Meat Beat Manifesto 12 Rounds Pop Will Eat Itself The The Universal Music Group under Interscope Records defunct as of 2004. Reznor has now formed
640-631: The early Joni Mitchell recordings, Neil Young , the Electric Prunes , Donna Loren , Arlo Guthrie , Norman Greenbaum , Tom Lehrer , Kenny Rogers and The First Edition , Tiny Tim , Ry Cooder , Captain Beefheart , John Sebastian , Family , the early 1970s recordings by Frank Zappa and the Mothers , Gram Parsons , Emmylou Harris , Nico 's Desertshore , the Fugs , Jethro Tull , Pentangle , T. Rex ,
672-460: 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 , Duke Ellington , Nancy Sinatra , Esquivel and stand-up comedian Redd Foxx . The original Reprise LP label had four different logos, depending on the genre: a riverboat for Pop records (pictured), a cherub for Jazz records, an owl for Spoken Word/Comedy records, and
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#1732877183559704-792: The label's roster happy and as a venue to bring fellow artists to the public's attention. Prominent vanity labels [ edit ] Vanity Label Founding Artist Founded Notable Artists Released Parent Label (at founding) Status Reprise Records Frank Sinatra 1960 List of Reprise Records artists Independent Purchased by Warner Bros. Records in 1963; shuttered in 1976, but relaunched in 1987 and active since then. Brother Records The Beach Boys 1966 The Beach Boys Brian Wilson & Mike Love The Flames Stephen Kalinich Capitol Records active Bizarre Records Frank Zappa 1967 The Mothers of Invention Alice Cooper Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , under
736-746: The original on 14 August 2018 . Retrieved 7 September 2022 . ^ "Slash's Label Leads the List of Silly Vanity Imprint Names" . Archived from the original on 2013-12-03 . Retrieved 2012-06-04 . ^ "Katy Perry launches record label, Metamorphosis Music" . TheGuardian.com . 18 June 2014. "Vanity labels: good business or an ego boost?" New York Times , 5/10/92 "Vanity Labels" "SoundShots", 29/12/2020 Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanity_label&oldid=1257637896 " Category : Vanity record labels Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
768-442: The original on 2011-03-07 . Retrieved 2011-04-04 . ^ "Terrorvision Discography" . Discogs . Retrieved 30 April 2016 . ^ "Garth Splits with Capitol" . Billboard . 3 June 2005. ^ "Garth Brooks parts with RCA, looks for promo team" . The Tennessean . ^ Burchard, Jeremy. "Garth Brooks Leaves Label, Announces Independent Albums" . Wide Open Country . Archived from
800-416: The production and distribution and funding of the vanity label, but the album is usually released with the vanity brand name prominent. Usually, the artist/head of the vanity label is signed to the parent label, and this artist's own recordings will be released under the vanity brand name. Creating a vanity label can be an attractive idea for the parent label, primarily as a "perk" to keep a successful artist on
832-457: The roster. As well, Sinatra's own daughter Nancy (who began recording for the label in 1961) was retained by Ostin, becoming a major pop star from late 1965. The label moved almost exclusively to rock-oriented music in the late 1960s, although Frank Sinatra continued 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 , Jill Jackson , Jimi Hendrix ,
864-437: 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 and Kinetic ) have had their records released in conjunction with Reprise. As of 2017, it is home to such artists as Enya , Michael Bublé , Eric Clapton , Green Day , Stevie Nicks , Neil Young , Deftones , Josh Groban , Disturbed , Idina Menzel , Tom Petty and
896-511: Was estimated at 300,000 copies. Due to mounting debts, Grand Royal closed down on August 31, 2001, and formally declared bankruptcy in July 2002. Its assets were sold off via auction on Bid4Assets ; these assets did not include any rights to Beastie Boys music. The assets and back catalog were purchased by a group of fans who in turn started GR2 Records. In 2016, GR2 sold the rights and master recordings of Grand Royal's second release My Crazy Life to
928-457: Was formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. Soon thereafter, he garnered the nickname "The Chairman of the Board". Because of dissatisfaction with Capitol Records , and after trying to buy Norman Granz 's Verve Records , the first album Sinatra released on Reprise was Ring-a-Ding-Ding! As CEO of Reprise, Sinatra recruited several artists for
960-901: Was launched as a standalone unit. Ticker Tape Radiohead 2011 Radiohead XL Recordings active Blackened Recordings Metallica 2012 Metallica Rhino Entertainment (North America), Universal Music (worldwide) active K-BAHN Backstreet Boys 2013 Backstreet Boys BMG Rights Management , RED Music active BMD Fox Records Babymetal 2013 Babymetal Toy's Factory active; preceded by 重音部 Records. Unsub Records Katy Perry 2014 Ferras Cyn Capitol Records active Nash Icon Music Scott Borchetta 2014 Reba McEntire Ronnie Dunn Martina McBride Big Machine Records inactive References [ edit ] ^ "Rock Star Vanity Labels - Blog - Mojo" . Archived from
992-552: 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 soon added teen-oriented pop acts like Dino, Desi & Billy to
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1024-495: Was turned down by Reprise. In 2010, Reprise opened a country music division, operating as part of Warner Music Group Nashville , featuring Blake Shelton , the JaneDear Girls , Michelle Branch and Frankie Ballard as part of its roster. In September 2011, several layoffs took place at Reprise Records and other Warner labels. In 2017, Reprise released Enya's albums on vinyl. Some of them were pressed on this format for
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