“English rock band Motörhead released 23 studio albums, 10 live recordings…” No. Scratch that. Because what we have here is a Motörhead prequel, a ‘new’ studio album, true dirty gold from the vaults. The Manticore Tapes is a lovingly restored recording of the first full-length session the legendary Three Amigos ’Head line-up – Lemmy, ‘Fast’ Eddie Clarke, Phil ‘Philthy Animal’ Taylor – made, recorded at Emerson Lake & Palmer’s Manticore Studios in a converted ABC cinema on London’s Fulham Palace Road in August 1976.
Following the departure of Pink Fairies guitarist Larry Wallis, it was more a ‘Fuck you we’re going to document this’ gesture than a serious attempt at fame. Voted “the best worst band in the world” in NME, no one rated Motörhead’s chances for success very highly.
