Editing Manticore Records (section)

{{Short description|UK record label}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Manticore Records
| image       = Manticore logo.jpg
| image_size  = 150px
| parent      =
| founded     = {{start date|1973}}
| founder     = [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]
| fate        = <!-- explain the reason of the closing-->
| defunct     = 
| status      = Active
| distributor = [[Atlantic Records]] (1973–1975) <br /> [[Motown Records]] (1975–1977)
| genre       = Various
| country     = UK
| location    = London
| url         = {{URL|manticorerecords.com}}
}}
'''Manticore Records''' is a [[record label]] launched by the Manticore production company in 1973. These companies were owned by the members of the [[progressive rock]] group [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] (commonly known as ELP) and their manager, Stewart Young.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Palmer|first=Philip|date=16 June 1973|title=International News: From The Music Capitals of the World: London|magazine=Billboard|pages=76}}</ref> The [[manticore]] was first featured in the artwork for the second ELP album ''[[Tarkus]]'', as one of the eponymous creature's adversaries (the only one able to inflict damage on the Tarkus creature, according to the sleeve illustrations). Manticore was initially the name given to ELP's music publishers, credits first appearing in the credits on [[Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album)|''Trilogy'']],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Unattributed|date=2 October 2021|title=Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Trilogy|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6137201-Emerson-Lake-Palmer-Trilogy|publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> released on Island in 1972.