Stående Initiativgruppen til markering af Led Zeppelins verdenspremiere i Gladsaxe: fra venstre mod højre: fotograf Jørgen Angel, der med sine fotos fra verdenspremieren har sikret os alle en unik mulighed for selv at opleve stemningen fra Led Zeppelins første sceneoptræden den 7. september 1968 på Egegård Skole, journalist og forfatter Flemming Ytzen, Kim Utke - en af initiativtagerne bag Gladsaxe TeenClub, Jerry Ritz tour manager for Led Zeppelin på deres første turné i Skandinavien i september 1968, Jacob Westergaard Madsen, museumsinspektør på det kommende Danmarks Rockmuseeum. Siddende forrest 1. viceborgmester og formand for børne- og undervisningsudvalget i Gladsaxe Kommune, Trine Græse, der stod for den officielle afsløring af mindepladen og byrådsmedlem Lars Abel, der som formand for Gladsaxe TeenClub i august 1968 indgik kontrakten med hvad der skulle blive til Led Zeppelin, og som på aftenen den 7. september 1968 stod på scenen og introducerede gruppens optræden.
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Standing the Initiative Committee behind the plaque commemorating the world premiere of Led Zeppelin on September 7th 1968 in Gladsaxe TeenClub: from left to right: photographer Jørgen Angel - whose world renowned photos of the world premiere have given all of us who were not there an extraordinary possibility to take part in the event; journalist, editor and author (and big follower of Led Zeppelin) Flemming Ytzen, Kim Utke - one of the original founders of Gladsaxe TeenClub; Jerry Ritz, Scandinavian tour manager for Led Zeppelin on their first Scandinavian tour in September 1968; Jacob Westergaard Madsen, curator at the forthcoming Danish Museum of Rock Music (to open in 2015). Sitting in front: Trine Græse 1st Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Children and Education Committee of the Gladsaxe Municipality who officially unveiled the plaque and member of the Gladsaxe town council Lars Abel who was the chairman of Gladsaxe TeenClub in 1968 and who in August 1968 signed the contract with was what to become Led Zeppelin. On the evening of the world premiere on September 7th 1968 he was on the scene introducing the band.
Read more about Led Zeppelin's first ever gig here