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===Revival and Reprise today (1985–present)=== 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 the Reprise logo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/728841|title=The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town|access-date=October 7, 2021|website=45cat.com}}</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|website=45cat.com|access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repriserec.com/reprise.html|title=Reprise Recs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715174324/http://www.repriserec.com/reprise.html|archive-date=July 15, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</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. 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 (band)|Disturbed]], [[Idina Menzel]], [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], [[Gerard Way]] and [[Never Shout Never]]. It was formerly home to [[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 [[Charles Manson]] was turned down by Reprise.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} 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 | Billboard.biz |access-date=September 10, 2011 |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925084241/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/updated-layoffs-at-warner-bros-reprise-1005343982.story |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, Reprise released Enya's albums on vinyl. Some of them were pressed on this format for the first time.
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