Manticore Records

Manticore Records
Parent company	Atlantic Records
Founded	1973
Founder	Greg Lake
Status	Defunct as of 1977
Distributor(s)	Atlantic Records (1973-1975) Motown Records (1975-1977)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom

Manticore Records was the record label launched by Emerson, Lake & Palmer's production company Manticore in 1973. The manticore is featured in the artwork for the album Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, (or ELP). Initially the label was jointly owned with Island Records, but that partnership was dissolved and the label was distributed by Atlantic Records from 1973 until 1975. Afterwards, Motown Records handled distribution from 1975 until the label shut down in 1977. Although Manticore has been defunct since 1977 most of its recordings have been re-issued by other labels.

Artists

• Emerson, Lake & Palmer also known as "ELP"
• Peter Sinfield
• Hanson (British rock band - not the pop trio)
• Premiata Forneria Marconi also known as "PFM"
• Banco del Mutuo Soccorso also known as "Banco"
• Stray Dog
• Keith Christmas
• Little Richard

See also

• List of record labels
• Atlantic Records
• Greg Lake
• Motown Records
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Peter Sinfield
• Hanson
• Premiata Forneria Marconi
• Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
• Stray Dog
• Keith Christmas

External links

• http://www.bsnpubs.com/atlantic/manticore.html Manticore Album Discography
• http://www.collectable-records.ru/groups/collect_labels/manticore/index.htm Manticore Album Info and Record Scans