chocolate soup for diabetics volumes 1-5: 82 u.k. psych classics  (numbered boxed 5 CD set, £43.95) due 27-09-2010

Finally gathered in one place, here are all five volumes of this groundbreaking series of British psych and freakbeat compilations. Boasting no fewer than 82 classic tracks, the set spans established classics by Tintern Abbey, Apple, The Tickle, The Smoke, Fleur De Lys and others, and gems by lesser-known artists such as Boo & The Boo-Boos, The Perishers, Graded Grains, The Australian Playboys and many more. Also included is a lavish full-colour booklet, offering discographies and histories of every act, as well as many rare photographs. This is one boxed set that no fan of classic British underground music can be without! Volume 1 THE VOICE / The Train To Disaster NUCHEZ'S / Open Up Your Mind TINTERN ABBEY / Vacuum Cleaner ONE IN A MILLION / Double Sight THE MISUNDERSTOOD / Children Of The Sun DANTALIAN'S CHARIOT / The Madman Running Through The Fields NUCHEZ'S / B.G.'s One Eye THE FLIES / I'm Not You Stepping Stone ONE IN A MILLION / Fredereek Hernando THE FIRE / Father's Name Is Dad TINTERN ABBEY / Beeside THE FRESH WINDOWS / Fashion Conscious APPLE / The Otherside THE UNEXPLAINED / A Walk Down Emily Lane Volume 2 MIKE STUART SPAN / Children Of Tomorrow WIMPLE WINCH / Rumble On Mersey Square South FLEUR DE LYS / Circles CRAIG / I Must Be Mad APPLE / Buffalo Billy Can THE SCORE / Please Please Me WINSTON'S FUMBS / Snow White HIM & THE OTHERS / She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies BIG BOY PETE / Cold Turkey THE HUSH / Grey THE TICKLE / Subway (Smokey Pokey World) THE SYN / 14 Hour Technicolour Dream STATE OF MICKEY & TOMMY / With Love From 1 to 5 PAPER BLITZ TISSUE / Boy Meets Girl Volume 3 THE FACTORY / Path Through The Forest FELIUS ANDROMEDA / Meditations WIMPLE WINCH / Save My Soul FLEUR DE LYS / Mud In Your Eye THE AUSTRALIAN PLAYBOYS / Sad GRADED GRAINS / Animal Magic THE ACCENT / Red Sky At Night CHAPTER FOUR / In My Life THE POETS / Wooden Spoon THE SMOKE / Have Some More Tea THE GAME / Help Me, Mummy's Gone GRADED GRAINS / Lucifer Sam Volume 4 CHORDS FIVE / Universal Vagrant THE ANTEEEKS / I Don't Want You THE PERISHERS / How Does It Feel? THE EXCEPTIONS / The Eagle Flies On Friday THE REBEL ROUSERS / As I Look ALAN AVON & THE TOY SHOP / Night To Remember THE DODOS / I Made Up My Mind ROGER YOUNG / It's Been Nice THE ANSWERS / Just A Fear FORCE FIVE / Don't Know Which Way To Turn THE DARWINS THEORY / Hosanna THE TRANSATLANTICS / Look Before You Leap THE LONGBOATMEN / Take Her Anytime LINDA VAN DYCK / Stengun GARY WALKER / You Don't Love Me CALEB / Woman Of Distinction THE TREND / Shot On Sight FAMILY / Scene Through The Eye Of A Lens STEVE ALDO / You're Absolutely Right THE PEASANTS / Let's Get Together THE ORIGINAL ROADRUNNERS / Waterloo Man Volume 5 THE QUOTATIONS / Cool It THE TRANSATLANTICS / Don't Fight It THE LONGBOATMEN / Only In Her Hometown THE WAYS AND MEANS / Breaking Up A Dream CHORDS FIVE / I Am Only Dreaming THE MOVING FINGER / Shake & Finger Pop THE AUTHENTICS / Climbing Through THE MICKEY FINN / Garden Of My Mind FORCE FIVE / Baby Let Your Hair Down ST. LOUIS UNION / English Tea THE MAGIC LANTERNS / I Stumbled THE BAD BOYS / She's A Breakaway THE SONS OF FRED / Baby What You Want Me To Do BOO & THE BOO-BOOS / Oriental Boo MIKE RABIN / Head Over Heals CALEB / Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad WAYNE GIBSON / Baby Baby Baby Pity Me THE PETARDS / Tartarex THE J&B / Wow! Wow! Wow! KING SIZE TAYLOR / Thinkin' THE FOUR SQUARES / Don't You Know I Love You