{"id":12526,"date":"2025-05-08T10:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12526"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:14:52","slug":"motorhead-proudly-announce-the-manticore-tapes-a-lost-album-from-1976-to-be-released-for-the-first-time-ever-on-27th-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=12526","title":{"rendered":"MOT\u00d6RHEAD PROUDLY ANNOUNCE: \u2018THE MANTICORE TAPES\u2019 A \u2018LOST\u2019 ALBUM FROM 1976 TO BE RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON 27TH JUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PREORDERS HERE –<\/strong>https:\/\/motorhead.lnk.to\/TheManticoreTapesPR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1976 the seminal line-up of\u00a0Mot\u00f6rhead\u00a0was solidified a year after the band\u2019s initial inception.Known as the \u2018Three Amigos\u2019 era of Mot\u00f6rhead,\u00a0Lemmy\u00a0(bass\/vocals),\u00a0Fast Eddie Clarke\u00a0(guitar)and\u00a0Phil \u2018Philthy Animal\u2019 Taylor\u00a0(drums) joined forces and began their extraordinary journey to the top of the hard rock elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In August 1976 the band set up at Emerson, Lake & Palmer\u2019s legendary Manticore Studio in Fulham to rehearse and showcase the new lineup. While they were there they recorded together for the very first time and now, forty nine years later, this long lost tape has surfaced,been dusted off and resto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

red in all its raw glory, to celebrate the seminal hard rock bands 50th anniversary.
It\u2019s quite surreal, even unbelievable that a whole half century has elapsed since that vital time in 1976. Just as remarkable, especially for those who remember Lemmy hammering the fruit machines of London\u2019s pubs or as the era\u2019s most extraordinarily approachable rock star, hasbeen this always humble man\u2019s ascension to Mount Rushmore-like immortality as rock \u2018n\u2019 roll\u2019s ultimate icon, this despite his having sadly passed away nearly ten years ago. Lemmy himself certainly would have cackled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The dogged struggles\u00a0Mot\u00f6rhead\u00a0faced in the first four of their 50 years are well documented and the almost accidental manifestation of this album \u2013 and the circumstances under which it was recorded \u2013 present a previously barely known new element in the band\u2019s history from that time when it\u2019s very future looked bleak had events not taken a different course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Part of that early story involved a little-mentioned man called Frank Kennington, who roadiedfor The Who before moving into management and briefly taking on the struggling\u00a0Mot\u00f6rhead.One of Kennington\u2019s moves was booking the trio into the converted ABC cinema on Fulham Palace Road that served as prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer\u2019s HQ \u2013 which was known as Manticore. Named after the mythical beast in Persian folklore that adorned their album sleeves, Manticore was one-stop shopping for bands, with the projection room housing offices while the seatless main auditorium provided a useful soundstage for bands to rehearse in.\u00a0Mot\u00f6rhead\u00a0were ensconced at Manticore recording their set on Ronnie Lane\u2019s mobile studio, which was operated by Ronnie\u2019s trusted mate Ron Faucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Faucus did a fine job capturing\u00a0Mot\u00f6rhead\u2019s blossoming raw power and high velocity onslaughts on songs that would remain in their live set until 1979. These aging tapes were brought to life with restoration duties dutifully handled by longtime\u00a0Mot\u00f6rhead\u00a0collaborator Cameron Webb at Maple Studios in California and mastered by Andrew Alekel at BolskineHouse in Los Angeles. The result is a truly historical moment in the evolution of hard rock\u2019s finest heavy icons, restoring and bringing to the public eye for the first time ever a vital part ofMot\u00f6rhead\u2019s evolution and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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