Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others..

Maybe more in the "and others" category and not quite the eighties. Ok, I missed the mark, but "Remote Control" by the Tubes popped into my head and, so, there it is. Produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1979, this was the Great Tubes Album. Most songs could only be classified as rock, but synth was heavy throughout. Although I considered it a lost gem, I just found that the Tube's official website title is "Remote Control".

The Tubes, Completion Backwards Principal

Great album.

I thought I was the only one who knew about the Woodentops! A real influence on much of what came out of the next decade. Dolby's LPs were fantastic.

Let's not forget these other 80s synth-pop kings:

Wang Chung
Naked Eyes
Re-Flex
The Cars / Ric Ocasek
ABC
Lene Lovich
Howard Jones
Peter Godwin

and plenty I can't think of right now!

Macdadtexas,

I have 5 copies of the Producers self titled album...the cover with the directors chairs...a fantastic pop record beginning to end!
The CD has 2 albums on one CD and is way out of print (I can't find another copy anywhere).

Pepe

Cajun Pepe-Mon Frere, I have a terrible copy of that album on vinyl, only at this point. Can't find my CD copy, bought in the 90's, to rip to digital.

I do however to my great delight, have a PRISTINE vinyl copy of You Make the Heat, that gets played regularly.

Why did that band never get bigger? I hear they still play gigs in Atlanta.