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Stealing Bob Dylan from Woodstock: When the World Came to the Isle of Wight. Volume 1 Hardcover – July 4, 2015

by Ray Foulk (Author), Caroline Foulk (Author)
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For a time, the Isle of Wight Festivals transformed a sleepy English island into the rock‘n’roll capital of the world. What started in 1968 as a parochial one-nighter in a stubble field to raise funds for a local swimming pool, a year later ballooned into a massive outdoor gathering. Numbers skyrocketed as devotees flocked to the Island from mainland Britain, Europe, the Americas and as far away as Australia, to pay homage to rock’s poet laureate, Bob Dylan.

The reclusive star had been holed up in the artist-town of Woodstock for more than three years, following a serious motorcycle accident. He toyed with playing the Woodstock festival – brought to his own front door – but it was the Foulk brothers who succeeded where all others failed, luring Dylan 3,000 miles away from home to their Island, to create a Woodstock of his own.

Landing the music biz coup of the decade, the three Foulk brothers – a printer, an estate agent and an art student – became pioneers in pop promotion by signing for the world exclusive appearance of the reluctant ‘voice of his generation.’

For the organizers, short on experience, resources and time, the ensuing public response was almost overwhelming, and the challenge of delivering the most eagerly-awaited musical event of the era daunting. The world’s media covered the phenomena, gave the event global coverage and marked it as a suitable climax as the swinging sixties drew to a close.

The 1969 Isle of Wight Festival was Bob Dylan’s one and only full concert appearance in seven-and-a-half years and played its part in a highly transformative period of the artist’s life.

Stealing Dylan from Woodstock tells, from a unique perspective, of an extraordinary event which seismically altered the lives of the author, his family, all those involved with it and many of those who attended.
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  1. Print length
    312 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Medina Publishing
  4. Publication date
    July 4, 2015
  5. Dimensions
    6.2 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1909339504
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1909339507
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"The book includes a potted account of Dylan’s life and work, and some fantastic unseen photographs. . .But it’s the human stories that compel. As well as the colourful cavalcade of performers – including Joe Cocker, Richie Havens and The Band – there’s a stellar supporting cast of English eccentrics."
Graeme Thomson, Daily Mail

"Beyond merely being a book about a festival, Foulk does a masterful job in telling the true story of what it took to get Dylan on the bill and what it all meant for all involved. The text is accompanied by photographs of the various artists on stage and in attendance as well as many fascinating behind the scenes pictures."
The Rock and Roll Chemist

"One of the fantastic things about exploring Dylan’s pre-and post-festival reclusiveness in part one, Stealing Dylan from Woodstock, is that we see how this historic Isle of Wight event locates within the star’s own story, and maybe even how the festival affected his subsequent career."
The Big Issue

"The full story, which he is revealing only now, complete with never-before-seen photographs, sheds new light on a mysterious period in the life of rock’s greatest songwriter, and has a supporting cast of Beatles and other rock gods."
The Independent

About the Author

Ray Foulk is a renowned curator and author on French Art Deco masters and twentieth century decorative art, and has also written on the 1960s counterculture and rock festivals. He is also an award winning environmental architect, Ray lives and works in Oxford, near his four grown up children and grandchildren.

Caroline Foulk has worked with her father, Ray, for many years, researching, writing, and co-promoting the in-schools project, Blue Planet Day. Together they have recently completed a screenplay for the cinema about the invention of modern art.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Medina Publishing (July 4, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1909339504
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1909339507
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.2 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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R B W
5.0 out of 5 stars Revealing facts about the greatest days in musical history.
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2018
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At it's time and even now, this has to be the biggest coup ever in musical history. I was a 19 year old Dylan fan that was fortunate enough to go to see Bob Dylan at the Isle Of Wight in 1969. I was completely unaware of the significance of the event and I am really pleased to have recently, been able to read this book, that gives so much background and so many details of this great event. Thank you Ray Foulk and all others involved, for putting on such a grand spectacle as THE festival and for bringing back this fab memory. Incidentally, I have now read the second, or follow up, Ray Foulk book "The Last Great Event, The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970" I was there too and I relived that festival as well, in his other excellent book. In both books, Ray Foulk puts you back there, with details that were not known to any of us at the time.
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musicisitnatch
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars, even with the typos
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2015
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Wonderful story, wonderfully written, albeit with numerous typos. The book appeals because of the central figure of Dylan who had been improbably, lured across the pond to perform at the Isle of Wight Concert. This is the Dylan who had been in a virtual self-imposed exile, and had famously, turned down offers to appear at Woodstock. The book succeeds in writing about the preparations for the concert in a very engaging way and places one very much in that place and time. Along with his brothers, Foulk succeeded on two counts: Pulling off an historical coup in getting Dylan to appear at their concert, and (maybe just as tough) putting together a well-written narrative of it all. (If the author wishes to contact me I'll supply a list of the typos).
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Bonnie B Neely
5.0 out of 5 stars This book reads so easily as we follow the three men who had the ...
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2015
This book reads so easily as we follow the three men who had the impossible seeming vision to bring Bob Dylan out of his hideaway, where he had been for three year recovering from a bad accident, onto the stage again, but this time 3,000 miles away from his Woodstock fame to the Isle of Wight in England. I love true stories where people make their impossible dream become a reality, and this is certainly that! Dylan, who was a leader of the 60's music, peace, and young people's movement and the foremost respected and beloved figure, surely could not be lured onto the stage again and in England of all places. Yet he was by Ray Foulk and his brothers, Bill and Ronnie, and the world came to the concert on this tiny island. The story of the inception of the plan, the creating of the dream, and the success that followed is a delightful, celebratory read! And a happy reminder of the anti-war movement young people and their music of the 60's gave the world! Terrific book!
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craig skey
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read as well as being a historic document of ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2015
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Very interesting. The book goes into the detail of what must have been a very important part of Dylan"s carrealead to the Travelling Wilburiys. As written in the Daily Mail - how two public school boys asked Bob Dylan to come and play in their field on the Isle of Wight, rather than appear at the Woodstock Festival. 200,000 people went to the Isle of Wight Festival in what was the first of the big festivals in this country. Very good read as well as being a historic document of the time.
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jane grace
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2020
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Very interesting to me as I live on the Isle of Wight although sadly I could not attend this festival. The read is a bit of a plod, but the content is well worth it and I remember the excitement of Dylan coming here.
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Christopher John Owen
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book of the decade.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 25, 2015
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Being a Dylan fan I did not think anyone could provide more insight into the way he ticks, well i was wrong. Ray & Caroline have produced the best book I have read in many years, and have given a clear view of how they courted the most sort after musician on the planet, while taking huge risks and winning. Thanks for writing such an exciting book and givings us the 68, 69 and 70 festival. I cannot wait for the next book.
Thanks Chris Owen 25.10.15
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roger sewell
5.0 out of 5 stars JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ALL THERE WAS TO KNOW ABOUT DYLAN........
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2015
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An utterly riveting remembrance of the original Isle of Wight rock festivals as compiled their instigator, Ray Foulk, who beyond merely "remembering the Sixties" clearly has access to a vast and unique Festival archive. No rose-tinted lenses job, this. Essential reading for for Dylanologists - natch - but QUIN (or Quinn, if you will) -tessential reading for all counterculturists, rock fans and plain old I-woz-there's'. A blast.
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3.0 out of 5 stars One for Dylan enthusiasts
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2021
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As someone who attended the IoW 1969 event, I found this an interesting and enjoyable read. It was nice to be reminded of what happened and finally to discover the reason for the interminable wait before The Band and Dylan came on stage. However, I doubt whether the book would have much appeal to anyone who is not a Dylan fan. The book would have benefited from some careful copy-editing and proof-reading.
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