A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits – books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. Rob Young’s Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music is a seminal book on British music and cultural heritage, that spans the visionary classical and folk tradition from the nineteenth-century to the present day.

‘A thoroughly enjoyable read and likely to remain the best-written overview for a long time.’ GUARDIAN ‘A perfectly timed, perfectly pitched alternative history of English folk music…wide-ranging, insightful, authoritative, thoroughly entertaining.’ NEW STATESMAN ‘A stunning achievement.’ SIMON REYNOLDS ‘A masterpiece.’ CAUGHT BY THE RIVER ‘Excellent…blissfully quotable.’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘An authoritative account.’ THE TIMES ‘Consistently absorbing.’ INDEPENDENT