Larry Lurex
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Larry Lurex was the artist name used for a musical project by Trident Studios’ house engineer Robin Geoffrey Cable, in 1972.
The name is a pun on the moniker of glam rock star Gary Glitter.
Cable was experimenting with re-creating the "Wall of Sound" style favoured by Phil Spector. He recorded cover versions of the following two songs:
- "I Can Hear Music" (written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, which had been a hit for The Ronettes and The Beach Boys)
- "Going Back" (written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, which had been a hit for Dusty Springfield).
Cable enlisted singer Freddie Mercury from the band Queen to perform lead vocals on these tracks. (Queen were recording their debut album in Trident Studios at the time.) Mercury in turn suggested bringing his band-mates Roger Meddows-Taylor and Brian May to add percussion, guitar and backing vocals to the recordings.
The tracks were released as a 7" vinyl single on EMI in 1973, but did not enter the charts. This pre-dated the release of the first Queen album.
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