Obscure bands

I love City Boy! I have all of their albums on vinyl. Never heard them even mentioned before on any forum. GREAT band!

Several other fantastic obscure bands from that era:

Trooper
Prism
China Crisis

One of my favorite all time albums is "Red Tape" from Atlanta Rhythm Section.  They weren't that obscure, but this albums ROCKS!!!

Arcam88...thanks for the reference to Crack The Sky.  I have never heard of them, but in doing some research, Rolling Stone compared them to Steely Dan, which is my favorite band of all time. So, I am going to have to check them out.

A few others:

Grin
Camel
Wishbone Ash
Uriah Heep
Spooky Tooth

Here’s the reference to Steely Dan that I found about Crack The Sky:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_the_Sky#cite_note-autogenerated1-1

I think it had more to do with their albums charting on the Billboard 200, than an actual comparison of the bands themselves.  Still, Tidal had a bunch of their albums, so I plan on listening to a few this evening.

I listened to "Safety In Numbers" and "White Noise" last night.  They seem to me, to be a cross between Duran Duran, Kansas and ELO.

I really enjoyed both albums.  Tidal has more and I plan to listen further.  Thanks again for the recommendation.

I have a massive record collection and decided to look through it for some more bands. The 70’s to 80’s era was the one that I focused on early on because I grew up in that time frame.


Ambrosia
April Wine
Blackfoot
Chilliwack
Deacon Blue
Dr. Hook
England Dan and John Ford Coley
Girlschool
Hoodoo Gurus
Level 42
Mark-Almond
Northern Pikes
Orion
Payolas
Red Rider
Savoy Brown
Sparks
Squeeze
Stonebolt
Streetheart
Utopia

Here's a few more, then I'll quit.  Could be here forever.

10CC
Ace
Angel
Argent
Asleep At The Wheel
Badfinger
Boomtown Rats
Canned Heat
Climax Blues Band
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Exile
FM
Grapes Of Wrath
Head East
Icicle Works
Joy Of Cooking
Klaatu
Men Without Hats
Midnight Oil
Orion
Pet Shop Boys
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Rare Earth
Starz
UB40

Charlie "Lines" is one of my favorite albums.  Can't believe I missed them when I was looking through my collection.  I have all of their albums on vinyl.  Good call!