LED ZEPPELIN to return to Staines after 55 years!

At the end of this month the award-winning Spelthorne Museum in Staines will present a unique rock ‘n’ roll exhibition.

Their special exhibition tells the tale of how LED ZEPPELIN performed a one-off event that the press labelled ‘The Last Great Jam of the Sixties‘ — held in the spring of 1969 at a former lino factory.

Taking place over two days in March 1969 in the disused factory (now the Two Rivers shopping complex), the privately financed production was designated the Staines Supershow.

‘THE greatest jam-session ever recorded…‘

Also taking part in the ‘greatest jam-session ever recorded‘ were blues guitarist Buddy Guy, the ‘Cream’ bassist Jack Bruce, the blues drumnmer Buddy Miles, the jazz-fusion saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith and Juicy Lucy saxophonist Chris Mercer, the much-lauded Surrey guitarist Eric Clapton, Jon Hiseman’s Colosseum, the jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk, and the Buffalo Springfield (by then CSNY) singer-songwriter Stephen Stills.

The session was directed by Brighton born John Crome (his first full-length feature film). Crome would go on to direct the popular 1980’s fast-action TV show The Professionals. The film of the Staines session was produced by the Indian born producer/director Tom Parkinson and delivered to audiences as a 70-minute documentary, played at various movie theatres around the world.

The special one-day exhibition will be held on Sunday 30th June 2024 at Spelthorne Museum TW18 4PG (entry via Elmsleigh Road) from 11am-4pm.

ENTRY FREE. The Museum says their event will retell the Staines Supershow history, with exhibits to include period mementos, souvenirs, and 1960’s memorabilia.

The exhibition will commemorate the historic year 1969—which also brought about the Apollo Moon Landing, the Ocean-liner QE2’s maiden commercial voyage (which helped North American rock bands cross the Atlantic in record time to attend the 2nd Isle of Wight Festival held within weeks of Woodstock) the first Concorde flights, the Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” test flights, the muddy Woodstock Festival, “flower power,” “bed-ins” and Abbey Road… in fact, a celebration of “all things 1969“.