1971's Fuchsia: A 40-Year Hidden Progressive Folk Masterpiece

EPYSODE 08: Fuchsia by Fuchsia.

Guest: Fuchsia bandleader Tony Durant.

Additional commentary by Uncle Herff.

*This epysode was released in season 1, when the show was titled "Psychedelic Relics".

Exeter University, 1971. Hearing classical music played in lunchtime concerts sparks a creative idea for a young student who decides "I can do that!". Corralling 5 classmates, they help develop his uniquely written songs melding rock with classical instrumentation. Together they record a brilliant album that goes completely unnoticed. Without an opportunity to record a follow up, the band split and the album is forgotten...until 40 years later when it makes a suprise comeback re-igniting the career of their songwriter and bandleader, kickstarting an unlikely "Act II" of the Fuchsia story.

A fantastic interview with Tony Durant who helps tell the story of this amazing album. 

Thanks for tuning in, turning on & dropping by Vinyl Relics. I hope you dig "Fuchsia" as much as I do.

- Farmer John

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===LINKS===

I used a portion of an interview with drummer Chris Cutler, interviewed by Progdocs.com. You can hear the full interview here:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLCKNg9XbBU&t=59s⁠

I used a portion of the Gormenghast series, by Marvin Peake, narrated by Padded Cell Studios. Specifially book 1 "Titus Groan", chapter 6: Fuchsia. Here is a link to this chapter, and from there you can seek out the entire series:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdCa9FGnZdE&t=7s

===AIR OARS END O'MISHUNS===

Tony wanted to ensure that songwriting credit for the song "Me And My Kite" was properly given to Bob Chudley. This was not mentioned in the epysode.

===THE MUSIC===

Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured in this epysode:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2JpQBeWIUxWWSjM769xlIx?si=91887391abe9472a

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