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== Background ==
Queen, who played their first gig in the [[Hall for Cornwall|City Hall]] of [[Truro]] on 27 June 1970, had been playing the club and college circuit in and around London for almost two years when they were asked to test out the new recording facilities at [[De Lane Lea Studios]]. The band came away with a polished [[Demo (music)|demo tape]] of five songs: "[[Keep Yourself Alive]]", "The Night Comes Down", "Great King Rat", "Jesus", and "[[Liar (Queen song)|Liar]]". The group sent their demo to various record labels, but only received one offer: a low bid from [[
Producers [[John Anthony (record producer)|John Anthony]] and [[Roy Thomas Baker]] visited [[De Lane Lea]] while the band were recording and were impressed by what they saw.<ref name="Medium" /> They recommended [[Queen (band)|Queen]] to Barry and [[Norman Sheffield]], who owned [[Trident Studios]]. The Sheffield brothers arranged for Queen to record at Trident; however, because the studio was very popular, Queen mainly recorded during studio downtime but were given free use of everything after the paying artists had left, including the latest technologies and production team.<ref name="queenonline">{{cite web |url=https://www.queenonline.com/music |title=Queen – Queen |access-date=23 November 2006 |publisher=QueenOnline.com}}</ref> Trident also agreed to oversee the group's management, recording and publishing interests while they sought a record deal.<ref name="Medium" /> One day, while waiting to use the studio, [[Freddie Mercury]] was asked to record vocals by producer [[Robin Geoffrey Cable]], who was working on a version of "[[I Can Hear Music]]" and "[[Goin' Back]]". Mercury enlisted May and Taylor on the tracks, which were released on a single under the name Larry Lurex, a parody of [[Gary Glitter]].<ref name="Medium" />{{refn|group=nb|Queen would later enlist Cable to produce the "[[Wall of Sound]]" technique on "Funny How Love Is" for the band's next album, ''[[Queen II]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/behind-the-albums/queen-queen-2/ |title=Queen II: The Album That Elevated The Band To Rock Royalty |last=Bell |first=Max |publisher=Udiscovermusic.com |date=8 March 2021 |accessdate=14 June 2021 }}</ref> }}
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