Best 80s New Wave

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Big Catherine Wheel fan.   Saw a Fontana triple billing at First Ave in Minneapolis with Ocean Color Scene, Catherine Wheel and House of Love.  HoL one of my favorites as well.  What I’m finding, sadly, with the Catherine Wheel is they just weren’t recorded well.  Correct me if you think I’m wrong, and I get the “wall of sound” comment, but I never feel like I’m getting the full effect of the “wall”.  I don’t have that problem with similar bands like Ride or My Bloody Valentine.  

Not sure if you are a Porsche fan, but if you are, I assume you know Dickinson from CW started “Singer” porsches.   Completely rebuilds old 911’s and sells them for $250-$500k. 

@audio2design You're correct about DM's Violator---it was released in 1990. My bad. :)

I had tickets to see Pet Shop Boys/New Order on the Unity Tour in September in DC but of course it was rescheduled until 2021. I had a chance to see NO back around '87-88 on one of the first Lollapalooza tours. Siouxsie and the Banshees and Psychedelic Furs were also on the ticket I believe. But I got sick and never made it to the concert. So NO comes back to the states after 30+ years and they reschedule. I've never been able to see them on some of the smaller US tours. If I don't get to see them next year with PSB, I figure it wasn't meant to be. 

Call me an 80's geek, but a group of my friends and I were seriously considering one of those 80's boat cruises :-)  I never saw Pet Shop Boys, I expect they will be good. Hopefully it happens.

@gunner01I don't find the Catherine Wheel recording quality to be too bad, but I agree that it is not as good as the recent Ride releases. Wishful thinking, but I would love to see CW remaster their catalogue and release a box set with some live recordings and B sides. I also wish I had $500k sitting around so I could buy a rebuilt Dickinson 911! Tis the season for wishful thinking I suppose.