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- Summary: Before Motörhead recorded its self-titled album, they recorded some of the tracks in August 1976 at Manticore Studio.
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- Record Label: BMG
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
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MojoJul 22, 2025The Manticore Tapes constitute an alternative history showing just how potent early Motörhead really were. [Aug 2025, p.92]
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The WireJul 30, 2025The resulting blast of raw energy successfully sucks the air out of the room to leave a hard rock sound that has been stripped to the bone – in a studio performance that deserves to be lauded as the UK equivalent of The Stooges’ Metallic KO aftershock. [Jul 2025, p.61]
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Jul 22, 2025Outtakes or no outtakes, this reissue manages to pull off the considerable trick of feeling like a complete whole – the first iteration of the classic line-up after Motörhead’s formation in 1975. [Summer 2025, p.85]
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Record CollectorJul 22, 2025The Manticore Tapes is a fascinating insight into the early days of the band. [Aug 2025, p.96]
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UncutJul 22, 2025The recordings capture the band at a satisfyingly burly midpoint between Lemmy's punchiest moments on Hawkwind's Warrior on The Edge Of Time and Motörhead's eponymous debut the following year. [Sep 2025, p.46]