Double CD of cover versions...some solid-gone classics...I guarantee you will never listen to Sex Bomb in the same way again.

Gong's debut shows them at their hippy trippy best...flying teapots and pot head pixies...bonkers.

Fractured and disjointed German strangeness...cut up tapes and music concrete from the early seventies.

All his best, barking burlesque R&B tunes...the man was larger than life and a real showman...some of these tunes will make you laugh out loud...but it's hard to justify the price of this collection.

The Sixties would have been a less colourful place without the wonderfully eccentric Bonzos.

The Leaf label should be cherished for it's truly eclectic policy. Some lovely atmospheric and gently dislocated tunes here.

Pixies first, best, hardest and most disturbing...but also most fun.

Electronic drumless dubby stuff from Germany. Dark and mysterious 3am listening.

Breezy latin tunes from the fifties, but Sumac barks, twangs, whistles and growls over an unfeasible number of octaves. Crowned queen of fruit cakes.

The Ceramic Hobs: officially the maddest band in the world. Post-punk angry pottiness from Blackpool. Sadly no longer on Amazon, but still available direct from the band's site.

Sampling art-terrorists who were famously and expensively sued for using a huge chunk of a tune by rock supergroup U2 in the name of liberty. These mind stretching excursions are strangely involving.

Wonderfully odd childlike album of electronica...what you would expect to find on Super Mario's iPod. Uplifting and sunny, like a cartoon in primary colours, but withstands many repeat listens.