Motörhead released the single and music video for “Motörhead” as the first sample of the upcoming release of The Manticore Tapes , a “lost” album from 1976 that will be revealed to the public for the first time on June 27th. The compilation features eleven unreleased recordings from the classic lineup's first studio session.
In 1976, the initial Motörhead lineup was solidified, a year after the band's formation. Known as the "3 Amigos" era of Motörhead, Lemmy Kilmister (bass/vocals), Fast Eddie Clarke (guitar), and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (drums) joined forces and began their extraordinary journey to the top of the hard rock elite.
In August 1976, the band set up shop at Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Fulham to rehearse and showcase their new lineup. During this period, they recorded together for the first time, and now, forty-nine years later, this lost tape has surfaced and is part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the iconic hard rock band.
These aged tapes were given a new lease on life through careful restoration by Cameron Webb , a longtime Motörhead collaborator, at Maple Studios in California, with mastering by Andrew Alekel at Bolskine House in Los Angeles.
The result is a truly historic moment in the evolution of one of the greatest icons of hard rock, restoring and revealing to the public, for the first time, a vital part of Motörhead's trajectory and history.
The tough battles faced by Motörhead in the first four of their fifty years are well documented, and the almost accidental creation of this album reveals a little-known new chapter in the band's history, from a time when their future seemed uncertain.
The Manticore Tapes will be available in a deluxe edition containing a double LP and a 7″ single, an LP single, a CD, and a digital version. Order here.
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