Larry Lurex

Larry Lurex

Infobox musical artist
Name = Larry Lurex
Background = group_or_band
Origin = London, England
Genre =
Years_active = 1973
Label = EMI

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 stage name of glam rock star Gary Glitter and the metallic yarn Lurex.

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)

* "Goin' Back" (written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, which had been a hit for Dusty Springfield and The Byrds )

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 (catalogue number EMI 2030), but it did not enter the charts. This pre-dated the release of the first "Queen" album. They have subsequently been included on the compilation albums "The Solo Collection" and "Lover of Life, Singer of Songs".


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