• Record Label: Rhino
  • Release Date: Dec 16, 2016
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63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Jan 6, 2017
    100
    It’s neither time capsule nor curio, but rather a valid projection into the collector-archival ether that should hold up for future generations.
  2. Dec 20, 2016
    80
    The various covers range from smouldering, sensual blues (BB King’s Rock Me) to raw, roughhouse rockers (Big Joe Williams’ Baby Please Don’t Go).
  3. Uncut
    Dec 20, 2016
    70
    All round, it's more than the sum of its parts, if not quite the event that is clearly hope for. [Feb 2017, p.40]
  4. Jan 6, 2017
    60
    What’s also not documented here are The Doors’ performances of Light My Fire and The End, from a second set. Sadly, Peña’s second reel remains buried in a box somewhere, robbing us of fascinating early glimpses of two songs which would grow to gargantuan proportions in the years to come. It’s doubtless as much a frustration for the band as it will be for fans.
  5. Dec 20, 2016
    60
    London Fog showcases a band who doesn't know its own attributes, and that's why it's worthwhile: it's the sound of a band discovering its own strengths.
  6. 60
    As it is, these seven surviving tracks capture a group in transition from R&B covers outfit to something more significant.
  7. Jan 9, 2017
    50
    London Fog 1966 is a warts-and-all look at an iconic band searching for that elusive element that would make them so. For die-hards only, all others can skip ahead to the group’s more polished efforts.
  8. Mojo
    Jan 6, 2017
    40
    Patchy seven-song set. [Feb 2017, p.105]
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  1. Jul 12, 2017
    10
    The London Fog recordings capture the Doors at a mysterious point in their career. The band's future seemed bleak and very few people otherThe London Fog recordings capture the Doors at a mysterious point in their career. The band's future seemed bleak and very few people other than the Doors themselves truly believed in their music. This release allows fans to hear exactly what it was that kept them going. Full Review »