The Chocolate Watchband were one of the most important garage bands of the '60s, which makes the lack of an in-print anthology of their work all the more puzzling. Sundazed has released their three albums with copious bonus cuts and Rhino had a nice compilation in the early '80s, but is now out of print. 44 is a decent overview of their best cuts, including the rare singles released as the Hogs. The sound isn't as good as the Sundazed titles and there are no liner notes, but this may be the only way most fans can get any Watchband on CD as of 2002. ~ Brian Downing