The Manticore Tapes
The Manticore Tapes puts a 1976 Motörhead recording into the world for the first time, fifty years after the band began.
CD Details
| Artist | MOTÖRHEAD |
|---|---|
| Title | The Manticore Tapes |
| Release date | |
| Label | Universal Music Japan |
| Format | SHM-CD (Japanese edition, cardboard sleeve) |
| Catalog No. | UICB-15002 |
| Tracks | 13 |
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Track List
- Intro (Instrumental)
- Leavin' Here
- Vibrator
- Help Keep Us on the Road
- The Watcher
- Motörhead
- Witch Doctor (Instrumental)
- Iron Horse / Born to Lose (Instrumental)
- Leavin' Here (Alternate Take)
- Vibrator (Alternate Take)
- The Watcher (Alternate Take)
- Motörhead (Live at Barbarella's Birmingham '77) (Bonus Track)
- Keep Us on the Road (Live at Barbarella's Birmingham '77) (Bonus Track)
Music Video
Motörhead · Official Visualizer
Intro · Official Audio
The Watcher · Official Audio
Help Keep Us On The Road · Official Audio
Vibrator · Official Audio
LINER NOTES
The Manticore Tapes puts a 1976 Motörhead recording into the world for the first time, fifty years after the band began. That August the classic trio — Lemmy Kilmister, "Fast" Eddie Clarke and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, the three amigos — set up at Manticore Studio in Fulham, the London room known as Emerson, Lake and Palmer's, to rehearse and play a showcase. It was during that stay that the three of them first put anything on tape together, and the reels turned up forty-nine years later with every bit of their original roughness intact. Sanctuary and BMG released it on 27 June 2025; Universal Music Japan issued the Japanese edition the same day as UICB-15002, an SHM-CD in a cardboard sleeve with liner notes and translated lyrics. Eleven tracks include "Motörhead", "The Watcher" and "Vibrator"; Japan adds two live recordings from Barbarella's in Birmingham in 1977.