Manticore Records

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Manticore Records
Founded	1973 (1973)
Founder	Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Atlantic Records (1973–1975) Motown Records (1975–1977)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	UK
Location	London
Official website	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.^[1] 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,^[2] released on Island in 1972.