Japanese bootleg label Empress Valley is preparing to release a soundboard recording of Led Zeppelin’s January 18, 1975 performance in Minneapolis, according to multiple forum posts and an email from a bootleg distributor.

The label included a teaser leaflet in its latest “Maryland Moonshine Matrix” CD release that hinted at a Led Zeppelin announcement on May 21:

Led Zeppelin『MARYLAND MOOSHINE MATRIX』(3CD EVSD)に封入されていた謎のフライヤーです。 pic.twitter.com/moH7P0t0O0

— 70’s ROCK大好き親父 (@yuminori0616) May 14, 2021

Ahead of that unveiling, forum posts and an email from a bootleg distributor have claimed that the announcement will be that Empress Valley is releasing the soundboard recording of the January 18, 1975 show after snippets of the tape emerged last year.

Empress Valley will release the show in a bootleg titled “Jesus” which will also include the recently released audience recording of the same show that emerged online in April via the Dogs of Doom group.

Here’s where things get a bit confusing: Empress Valley released another box set titled “Jesus” in October which included the soundboard recording of Led Zeppelin’s March 24, 1975 Los Angeles show. The new box set with the same name is being styled as the “blue box” version of “Jesus.”

Several snippets from a soundboard tape of the January 18, 1975 show were released on a non-label bootleg CD last year that was titled “Wanton Song.” After that CD was released, a YouTube video emerged that included other snippets of the same tape.

Here’s a collection of the soundboard snippets from the same show that were released online last year:

And here’s the audience tape of the show that was released online in April:

According to the rumours, here’s the tracklist for the new “Jesus” release:

Soundboard recording:

CD 1

1. Intro
2. Rock and Roll
3. Sick Again
4. Over the Hills and Far Away
5. When the Levee Breaks
6. The Song Remains the Same
7. The Rain Song
8. Kashmir
9. The Wanton Song
   

CD 2

1. No Quarter
2. Trampled Underfoot
3. Moby Dick
4. In My Time of Dying
5. Stairway to Heaven
6. Whole Lotta Love
7. Black Dog

Audience recording:
CD 1

1. Rock and Roll
2. Sick Again
3. Over the Hills and Far Away
4. When the Levee Breaks
5. The Song Remains the Same
6. The Rain Song
7. Kashmir

CD 2

1. The Wanton Song
2. No Quarter
3. Trampled Underfoot
4. Moby Dick
5. Stairway to Heaven

Bonus discs: Audience recording of Led Zeppelin’s January 12, 1975 show in Brussels:

CD 1

1. Rock and Roll
2. Sick Again
3. Over the Hills and Far Away
4. When the Levee Breaks
5. The Song Remains the Same
6. The Rain Song
7. Kashmir
8. Wanton Song
9. No Quarter
10. Trampled Underfoot

CD 2

1. In My Time of Dying
2. Stairway to Heaven
3. Whole Lotta Love
4. Black Dog
5. Communication Breakdown

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