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- Summary: The earliest live recording of The Doors features seven tracks (plus two tracks of the band tuning its instruments) from its performance at the Los Angeles nightclub London Fog in May 1966.
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- Record Label: Rhino
- Genre(s): Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Psychedelic/Garage, Proto-Punk, AM Pop
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Positive: 3 out of 8
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Mixed: 5 out of 8
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Jan 6, 2017It’s neither time capsule nor curio, but rather a valid projection into the collector-archival ether that should hold up for future generations.
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Dec 20, 2016The various covers range from smouldering, sensual blues (BB King’s Rock Me) to raw, roughhouse rockers (Big Joe Williams’ Baby Please Don’t Go).
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UncutDec 20, 2016All round, it's more than the sum of its parts, if not quite the event that is clearly hope for. [Feb 2017, p.40]
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Dec 20, 2016As it is, these seven surviving tracks capture a group in transition from R&B covers outfit to something more significant.
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Dec 20, 2016London 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.
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Jan 9, 2017London 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.
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MojoJan 6, 2017Patchy seven-song set. [Feb 2017, p.105]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jul 12, 2017
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