ELP's Manticore records acquired, re-releases due
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Topic: ELP's Manticore records acquired, re-releases due
Posted By: esotericarts
Subject: ELP's Manticore records acquired, re-releases due
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 09:30
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REF--MANTICORE RECORDS Cherry Red Records and their imprint Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the exclusive licensing acquisition of the entire MANTICORE RECORDS catalogue. This legendary imprint was established by EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER and their management in 1973 to handle not only future albums by ELP, but also to actively sign and promote music by artists admired by the band. In the three years of the label’s active existence the Manticore imprint released four albums by Italian Progressive Rock maestros PFM, two albums by singer songwriter KEITH CHRISTMAS, two by heavy rockers STRAY DOG, US group THE IMAGE, and individual albums by King Crimson and ELP lyricist PETE SINFIELD, HANSON and the Italian band BANCO. The licensing arrangement sees all of Manticore’s non-ELP related material handled by Cherry Red’s imprint Esoteric Recordings. Esoteric label manager Mark Powell commented; “It is a very special thing to be given the opportunity to reissue and remaster these wonderful albums from the original master tapes and to resurrect the legendary Manticore imprint under the Cherry Red umbrella. For many fans of Progressive Rock, the Manticore catalogue is legendary. With access to the Manticore tape vaults we will also be looking at adding previously unreleased bonus material to our reissues”. The Manticore series of releases will begin in November 2009 with the release of a deluxe various artists compilation which details the history of the Manticore label and will include tracks by EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, GREG LAKE & KEITH EMERSON, along with selections from the catalogue by PFM, KEITH CHRISTMAS, STRAY DOG, THEE IMAGE, PETE SINFIELD, HANSON and BANCO. Also gaining a newly remastered release in November is the album “STILL” by PETE SINFIELD, which features contributions from GREG LAKE, JOHN WETTON, IAN WALLIS and MEL COLLINS. The remainder of the Manticore catalogue will appear throughout 2010. Further announcements will follow. |
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Posted By: esotericarts
Date Posted: July 01 2009 at 10:13
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just to mention as Ive had a couple of emails, it does not relate to ELP titles and the release above states this |
Posted By: pollux
Date Posted: July 06 2009 at 17:30
| Great news! Looking forward to a release line up and dates :) |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 06 2009 at 17:33
Hanson, eh? Can't wait for that! ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 07 2009 at 02:34
Interesting though that the compilation includes ELP tracks, so presumably the original albums are included in the deal, and will come along later.
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esotericarts wrote:Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: July 08 2009 at 11:06
| After all these years, it's about time a FULL version of Live at the Royal Albert Hall by ELP was released. I can't say I'm too bothered about Keith Christmas, Pete Sinfield solo, Hanson, Thee Image (who are Thee Image?) etc. |
Posted By: lildabaduye
Date Posted: July 08 2009 at 18:18
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Did they also get access to rerelease the films? I know I have seen a small portion of a recovered bit from the Pictures at an Exhibition/Rock and Roll Your Eyes film, that removed the really awful (even at that time!) HippyTrippy graphix. Or the sucky Japan concert video that has schmear all over the lens (that might be trickier than the Pictures graphics to clean up in remastering) We can only hope...
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