{"id":405889,"date":"2026-01-13T04:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/405889\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:46:16","slug":"a-previously-unheard-recording-of-led-zeppelin-rehearsing-in-1980-emerged-on-a-bootleg-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/405889\/","title":{"rendered":"A previously unheard recording of Led Zeppelin rehearsing in 1980 emerged on a bootleg release"},"content":{"rendered":"

A previously unheard soundboard recording of Led Zeppelin performing \u201cSince I\u2019ve Been Loving You\u201d while rehearsing in London ahead of the band\u2019s 1980 European tour has been released on a bootleg CD.<\/p>\n

A new bootleg release titled Soundboard Scaps from the bootleg label Tarantura Hawks contains a track that lasts almost nine minutes featuring Led Zeppelin performing \u201cSince I\u2019ve Been Loving You\u201d, likely while rehearsing at the Victoria Theatre in London on June 2, 1980.<\/p>\n

The bootleg release is the first public emergence of part of a longer 1980 tour rehearsal soundboard tape that has privately circulated since around 2019, LedZepNews has learned.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A 39-minute recording of the European tour rehearsals has been widely bootlegged for years, but it seems that a longer 85-minute tape has now emerged.<\/p>\n

The Led Zeppelin Underground website<\/a> was updated in November 2020 to expand its entry for the 1980 European tour rehearsals to include references to an extended 78-minute soundboard tape for the first time, archived versions of the website show.<\/p>\n

The site was again updated to extend the duration of the tape further, listing it as 85 minutes long starting in 2024.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Tarantura Hawks bootleg release Soundboard Scraps (X\/yuminori0616)<\/p>\n

Tatantura Hawks appears to be a new bootleg label that isn\u2019t related to the better-known Tarantura label. The Soundboard Scraps release also included the recording of Led Zeppelin performing \u201cTangerine\u201d in Tokyo, Japan on September 24, 1971<\/a> that Tarantura released in December.<\/p>\n

The Soundboard Scraps bootleg release was printed with the code \u201cTH-001\u201d, suggesting this is the first release by the new Tarantura Hawks label.<\/p>\n

Soundboard Scraps also included the sample of the soundboard recording of Led Zeppelin performing in Jacksonville, Florida on May 7, 1973<\/a> that Empress Valley released last year following LedZepNews\u2019 publication of the sample online.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible that further parts of the expanded 1980 European tour rehearsal tape will emerge in the future through bootleg releases.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the tracklist for the 85-minute rehearsal recording, according to the Led Zeppelin Underground website:<\/p>\n

Train Kept A-Rollin\u2019<\/p>\n

Out On The Tiles Introduction \/ Black Dog<\/p>\n

(Cut)<\/p>\n

In The Evening<\/p>\n

The Rain Song (Cut)<\/p>\n

(Cut)<\/p>\n

Hot Dog<\/p>\n

All My Love<\/p>\n

Trampled Underfoot (Cut)<\/p>\n

(Cut)<\/p>\n

Since I\u2019ve Been Loving You<\/p>\n

(Cut)<\/p>\n

White Summer<\/p>\n

White Summer \/ Black Mountain Side \/ Kashmir<\/p>\n

(Cut)<\/p>\n

Achilles Last Stand (Take 1) [Cut]<\/p>\n

(Cut)<\/p>\n

Achilles Last Stand (Take 2) [Cut]<\/p>\n

(Cut)<\/p>\n

Stairway To Heaven<\/p>\n

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