{"id":509557,"date":"2026-01-11T23:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/509557\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T23:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:33:11","slug":"a-previously-unheard-recording-of-led-zeppelin-rehearsing-in-1980-emerged-on-a-bootleg-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/509557\/","title":{"rendered":"A previously unheard recording of Led Zeppelin rehearsing in 1980 emerged on a bootleg release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.argenteumastrum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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<p>The site was again updated to extend the duration of the tape further, listing it as 85 minutes long starting in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/G9kiA3qbcAAzYde-1024x834.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9317\"  \/>The Tarantura Hawks bootleg release Soundboard Scraps (X\/yuminori0616)<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/ledzepnews.com\/2026\/01\/08\/a-new-soundboard-track-from-1971-emerged-on-a-bootleg-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording of Led Zeppelin performing \u201cTangerine\u201d in Tokyo, Japan on September 24, 1971<\/a> that Tarantura released in December.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Soundboard Scraps also included the <a href=\"https:\/\/ledzepnews.com\/2025\/12\/09\/empress-valley-released-the-sample-of-the-jacksonville-1973-soundboard-tape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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<p>It\u2019s possible that further parts of the expanded 1980 European tour rehearsal tape will emerge in the future through bootleg releases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s the tracklist for the 85-minute rehearsal recording, according to the Led Zeppelin Underground website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Train Kept A-Rollin\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Out On The Tiles Introduction \/ Black Dog<\/li>\n<li>(Cut)<\/li>\n<li>In The Evening<\/li>\n<li>The Rain Song (Cut)<\/li>\n<li>(Cut)<\/li>\n<li>Hot Dog<\/li>\n<li>All My Love<\/li>\n<li>Trampled Underfoot (Cut)<\/li>\n<li>(Cut)<\/li>\n<li>Since I\u2019ve Been Loving You<\/li>\n<li>(Cut)<\/li>\n<li>White Summer<\/li>\n<li>White Summer \/ Black Mountain Side \/ Kashmir<\/li>\n<li>(Cut)<\/li>\n<li>Achilles Last Stand (Take 1) [Cut]<\/li>\n<li>(Cut)<\/li>\n<li>Achilles Last Stand (Take 2) [Cut]<\/li>\n<li>(Cut)<\/li>\n<li>Stairway To Heaven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Follow Led Zeppelin News on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LedZepNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ledzepnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> to stay up to date on news as it happens. 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