Thought this might be an interesting "Best of" list to kick off this section of the message board:
[b]Your favorite New Wave albums that few people ever heard or never got the widespread recognition they deserved[/b].
In most cases, these albums are not available on CD.
Here's mine:
1) Fay Ray - Contact You (1982)
2) The Expression - self-titled (1983)
3) A Drop in the Gray - Certain Sculptures (1985)
4) Wire Train - Between Two Words (1985)
5) Trees - Sleep Convention (1982)
6) New Musik - Warp (1982)
7) The Sound - Heads and Hearts / Shock of Daylight EP (1984/85)
The Thought - self-titled 2nd album (1984)
9) Polyrock - Above the Fruited Plain EP (1982)
10) Pseudo Echo - selt-titled (aka Autumnal Park) (1983)
11) Blanket of Secrecy - Ears Have Walls (1982)
12) Rain Parade - Emergency Third Rail Power Trip / Explosions in the Glass Palace EP (1983/84)
13) The Reels - Quasimodo's Dream (1981)
14) The Spoons - Arias & Symphonies (1982)
15) Space Monkey - On the Beam (1985)
16) Athletico Spizz 80 - Do a Runner (1980)
I'm sure there's a few that I've overlooked from my collection, but it's a start.