Hot Chocolate - The Studio Recordings 1970-1986

_The Studio Recordings 1970-1986_ is a 119 track / Nine-Disc box set celebrating the career of Hot Chocolate, a multi-racial, pioneering British Soul group who became one of the most popular and accomplished UK chart acts of the era, with 25 Top 40 singles and six Top 40 albums. It includes all eight of their studio albums released in this period, as well non-album tracks, B-Sides, extended mixes and an entire disc dedicated to their early singles. In extensive new sleeve notes written specially for this release, award-winning author, broadcaster and journalist Pete Paphides argues that the band's commercial achievements have overshadowed the critical acclaim that their body of work undoubtedly deserves - an oversight that we hope this collection will help to put right.