The Doors’ earliest live recordings known to exist have been revealed for the first time with the release of London Fog 1966 This collector’s edition boxed set features unearthed audio recorded on the Sunset Strip in May 1966 and finds the quartet mixing blues covers with early versions of Doors originals.
Presented in a lift-top package designed to look like a vintage storage box, the set features seven songs on both CD and a 10-inch record that’s made to resemble a test pressing. Noted Doors engineer Bruce Botnick recently mastered the audio for this collection. Along with the unreleased music, the set is packed with memorabilia and historic liner notes to provide a true time capsule of that fabled night at the London Fog, including the set list hand written by John Densmore, 8×10 photos and lots more special goodies.
Click below to watch John Densmore open his copy of LONDON FOG 1966 for the very first time:
John Densmore opens the “London Fog” time capsule for the first time ever. This is the first known live recording of The Doors, taken at the London Fog, a small club on the Sunset Strip in 1966. The box set includes a CD, 10″ vinyl recording of the first set of the evening, a photos taken that evening ready for framing, a handwritten set list by John, and more! Limited-edition – once these are gone, they’re gone!
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