Administrators sam_webmaster Posted June 6, 2013 Administrators Share Posted June 6, 2013 Led Zeppelin Live Debut Plaque - by photographer Jorgen Angel Almost 45 years ago, September 7 1968, the world's greatest rock band played their very first concert. This took place at Gladsaxe Teen Club in the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. My name is Jorgen Angel. I was the photographer who took the pictures of this very first performance by Led Zeppelin as well as many more shots of the band in the following years. For a long time I have had the idea that this historic event deserves a commemorative plaque on the wall of the school in Gladsaxe where the concert took place. An evening also the members of the band remember. Below is the front page of Jimmy Page’s web site on September 7 2012. A committee was formed to make this happen. Click ABOUT to see who is in the committee. The unveiling of the plaque is of course planned to take place on September 7 this year - 45 years after the debut. Help commemorating the debut of Led Zeppelin We need your help funding this project. We could seek sponsorship from some big companies, but we feel that this commemorative plaque should have two "owners": The people of Gladsaxe and you, the Led Zeppelin fans around the world. When we have reached the target the Donate buttons will be made inactive. We don't want to collect more money than needed. In return for your donation we can offer you: Your name and country on the DONATORS page, T-shirts and photographs. Is your donation lost if we don't reach the target? No. If needed the members of the committee will pay the rest out of their own pockets. But we feel confident that Zep fans will support this project. Please prove us right. On behalf of the committee I thank you, Jorgen Angel www.ledzeppelin1968.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years/588002421232906?fref=ts --------- EDIT TO ADD: AUGUST 13, 2013: Led Zeppelin will be honored in Denmark September 7, 2013, marks the 45 year anniversary since Led Zeppelin played their very first concert. Now the British rock stars are getting a special plaque right where it all began; in a primary school in Gladsaxe. In Denmark, Led Zeppelin made themselves into rock history September 7,1968. There was, as we know, many interesting things around the world that year. That there was an English rockband that played on a Saturday night in Gladsaxe Teen Club in the neighborhood of Copenhagen, was nothing special. After all, youth clubs pulled in, every Saturday night, somewhere between 1,200 and 1,600 young people when there was a ball at Egegaard School. And, many British groups came.Gladsaxe the rock world map There were usually three bands in one night. The main name that evening was The Yardbirds. They had been there before and they were good ol, seemed both club's board and many fans. But it did not go quite as expected. The British band that was booked long before the summer, ran afoul with each other over in the home city of London and was dissolved the summer. Group guitarist Jimmy Page, however, had a new plan up his sleeve, namely to find new playmates to play with. He found them, and it was this new group that appeared in Gladsaxe Teen Club Saturday 7th September 1968 under the name "The New Yardbirds." The three new members of the group were singer Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. They had only practiced a few times together in London, then in the afternoon of September 7th, they knocked on the door at the school in Gladsaxe and asked if they just had to practice a little before the evening's concert. And so, a nice school in Gladsaxe - incidentally, then departed Erhard Jakobsen, who was the mayor of the municipality - both "rehearsing room" and "concert venue" for the world premiere of one of the world's greatest rock bands, Led Zeppelin, will be there. World premiere plaque 45 years after being given Led Zeppelin a place of honor at the school where it all began, there will be a plaque for the rock historic event . The plaque will be put up at Gladsaxe School, which Egegaard School was called. It will of course be celebrated, and it happens Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Gladsaxe School, where the plaque will be unveiled. The project is called "Initiative Group for the selection of Led Zeppelin's world premiere in Gladsaxe" which among others, several of the people who had significant shares of Led Zeppelin's world premiere and documentation of the event, namely Kim Utke, co-founder of Gladsaxe Teen Club and a member of the board, will help to decide which groups play at the club. Jerry Ritz, music and theater producer, was on the road with foreign groups such as The Who, The Animals and Small Faces, was the tour manager for Led Zeppelin in Scandinavia in 1968 and 1969, and Jorgen Angel, rock photographer, who took a series of recent very famous images of Led Zeppelin's first concert which is world renowned for its unique photographs of rock's big names from the 60s and 70s. His pictures can be seen at a major exhibition in The Old Town in Aarhus. See more: www.ledzeppelin1968.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years/588002421232906?fref=ts http://www.teenclubs.dk/Led_Zeppelins_first_gig.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie0024 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Great idea, have just shared it on Twitter and will donate now. Surprised that there wasn't already a plaque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Photographer Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Well, there should have been. But it takes some crazy people to spend a lot of time to go through all that red tape to get permission and then getting funding. Someone had to take the initiative, so I did. I guess it was natural it was me as I shot them several times since that very first performance. Thank you very much for your donation. Hope others will follow. To others that read this: Please help spreading the mesage! Thank you, Jorgen Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Well, there should have been. But it takes some crazy people to spend a lot of time to go through all that red tape to get permission and then getting funding. Someone had to take the initiative, so I did. I guess it was natural it was me as I shot them several times since that very first performance. Thank you very much for your donation. Hope others will follow. To others that read this: Please help spreading the mesage! Thank you, Jorgen Angel Thank you so much for doing this from me, too. I am also surprised there isn't a plaque already. I plan to donate soon and welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I also showed the facebook link to Dave Lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie0024 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I also showed the facebook link to Dave Lewis. I think that's three of us who have shared it with Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I think that's three of us who have shared it with Dave He will be sure to see it, I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Patience and perseverence pays off.... A Texas Historical Marker was applied for and finally approved to commemorate the Texas International Pop Festival that took place from August 30th - Sept. 1st, 1969, on the grounds of the Dallas International Motor Speedway, in Lewisville, Tx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcórë Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I'll be sure to donate as soon as I get paid tomorrow! Patience and perseverence pays off.... A Texas Historical Marker was applied for and finally approved to commemorate the Texas International Pop Festival that took place from August 30th - Sept. 1st, 1969, on the grounds of the Dallas International Motor Speedway, in Lewisville, Tx. Awesome plaque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Well deserved!! Donation made. Rover , thanks for the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Patience and perseverence pays off.... A Texas Historical Marker was applied for and finally approved to commemorate the Texas International Pop Festival that took place from August 30th - Sept. 1st, 1969, on the grounds of the Dallas International Motor Speedway, in Lewisville, Tx. Glad to see they spelled Led Zeppelin correctly. United Kingdom band? Kind of awkward...why not just say English band? Good luck Jorgen Angel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcórë Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Glad to see they spelled Led Zeppelin correctly. United Kingdom band? Kind of awkward...why not just say English band? Good luck Jorgen Angel! Maybe whoever wrote it wasn't aware they were all English? Wouldn't want to call a Scotsman English, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetPage Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 ...Great Effort Thank you so much for doing this from me, too. I am also surprised there isn't a plaque already. I plan to donate soon and welcome! ...Same here AEN, in the next day... it is great effort and wonderful opportunity for the fans, culturally.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Photographer Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Thank you, Deborah. Most generous of you. Our website is just updated with the names of the kind donators. Do not hesitate to follow Deborah's example ;-)http://www.ledzeppelin1968.com Jorgen Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aen27 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Glad to see they spelled Led Zeppelin correctly. United Kingdom band? Kind of awkward...why not just say English band? Good luck Jorgen Angel! I thought that was interesting too. Just donated!! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Photographer Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Photographer Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 A story about how the name change from The Yardbirds to The New Yardbirds took Denmark by surprise. As well as the change of the line-up. See the story on our Facebook Page. Click Like if you don't want to miss the updates.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years/588002421232906?fref=ts Donations for the project are still most welcome.http://www.ledzeppelin1968.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetPage Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 A story about how the name change from The Yardbirds to The New Yardbirds took Denmark by surprise. As well as the change of the line-up. See the story on our Facebook Page. Click Like if you don't want to miss the updates.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years/588002421232906?fref=ts Donations for the project are still most welcome.http://www.ledzeppelin1968.com ..Thank you, now it is wonderful to be part of such passionate fans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyPhantom Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 will gladly donate soon as I have the funds. Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletMacaw Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 You can donate $5 or $10, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Photographer Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Did you see this story about a local Danish band playing with Bonham on drums?http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years/588002421232906?fref=ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators sam_webmaster Posted August 13, 2013 Author Administrators Share Posted August 13, 2013 Led Zeppelin will be honored in Denmark September 7, 2013, marks the 45 year anniversary since Led Zeppelin played their very first concert. Now the British rock stars are getting a special plaque right where it all began; in a primary school in Gladsaxe. In Denmark, Led Zeppelin made themselves into rock history September 7,1968. There was, as we know, many interesting things around the world that year. That there was an English rockband that played on a Saturday night in Gladsaxe Teen Club in the neighborhood of Copenhagen, was nothing special. After all, youth clubs pulled in, every Saturday night, somewhere between 1,200 and 1,600 young people when there was a ball at Egegaard School. And, many British groups came.Gladsaxe the rock world map There were usually three bands in one night. The main name that evening was The Yardbirds. They had been there before and they were good ol, seemed both club's board and many fans. But it did not go quite as expected. The British band that was booked long before the summer, ran afoul with each other over in the home city of London and was dissolved the summer. Group guitarist Jimmy Page, however, had a new plan up his sleeve, namely to find new playmates to play with. He found them, and it was this new group that appeared in Gladsaxe Teen Club Saturday 7th September 1968 under the name "The New Yardbirds." The three new members of the group were singer Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. They had only practiced a few times together in London, then in the afternoon of September 7th, they knocked on the door at the school in Gladsaxe and asked if they just had to practice a little before the evening's concert. And so, a nice school in Gladsaxe - incidentally, then departed Erhard Jakobsen, who was the mayor of the municipality - both "rehearsing room" and "concert venue" for the world premiere of one of the world's greatest rock bands, Led Zeppelin, will be there. World premiere plaque 45 years after being given Led Zeppelin a place of honor at the school where it all began, there will be a plaque for the rock historic event . The plaque will be put up at Gladsaxe School, which Egegaard School was called. It will of course be celebrated, and it happens Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Gladsaxe School, where the plaque will be unveiled. The project is called "Initiative Group for the selection of Led Zeppelin's world premiere in Gladsaxe" which among others, several of the people who had significant shares of Led Zeppelin's world premiere and documentation of the event, namely Kim Utke, co-founder of Gladsaxe Teen Club and a member of the board, will help to decide which groups play at the club. Jerry Ritz, music and theater producer, was on the road with foreign groups such as The Who, The Animals and Small Faces, was the tour manager for Led Zeppelin in Scandinavia in 1968 and 1969, and Jorgen Angel, rock photographer, who took a series of recent very famous images of Led Zeppelin's first concert which is world renowned for its unique photographs of rock's big names from the 60s and 70s. His pictures can be seen at a major exhibition in The Old Town in Aarhus. The image may only be used for direct mention of Led Zeppelin plaque (with photo credit). Any other use must be agreed with Jorgen Angel who own the rights to this photo. Photo: Jorgen Angel See more: www.ledzeppelin1968.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ledzeppelin45years/588002421232906?fref=ts http://www.teenclubs.dk/Led_Zeppelins_first_gig.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah J Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Hello Forum Friends! Just received the photos and wanted to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 How cool is this Super-Debs. So glad you got these wonderful photos. I am sure you will frame them for prominent display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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