FORGOTTEN KEYS: Obscure New Wave & Synthpop Vol. 1 1979-1987
The inaugural compilation I'm presenting today is a culmination of tons of different killer '80s tunes (for this edition, one from the '70s as well) that seem to have been lost to time. To clarify, maybe just lost to time in the States. Some of these tracks have over a million views on their respective YouTube videos, but for all the US-released compilations from this decade, I've seen next to none of these. We start off with 'Love Will Find A Way' from The Reels, a 1979 post-Devo/Cars jam from down under. A curious act in that after this phase they went full sophisti-pop, the genre that first inspired my idea to create this mixtape. The following three tunes only appear on 7" singles, and those singles appear to be the only releases by the bands. I slipped a couple power pop tracks in this set, although I could easily (and likely will) make an entire separate mix just for that subgenre. 'Walking On The Roof' by Sgt. Arms is such a banger an