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27%OFFRob Young - Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain´s Visionary Music - 9780571237531 - V9780571237531
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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain´s Visionary Music

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Description for Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain´s Visionary Music Paperback. Investigates how the idea of folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations - song collectors, composers, Marxist revivalists, folk-rockers, psychedelic voyagers, free festival-goers, experimental pop stars and electronic innovators. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 45. Weight in Grams: 524.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571237531
SKU
V9780571237531
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99

About Rob Young
Rob Young graduated in 1989 and was the editor of The Wire for 4 years up to 2004. He has recently been series editor of Black Dog's stylish monographs of influential record labels - including books on Warp Records and Rough Trade. He is currently in the middle of a novel based on the life of 17th century Jesuit polymath, ... Read more

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