I still haven't consulted reference texts in doing this - but I did
find a list I had started on this very topic fron a few years ago, but
which I did also compile just off the of my head at the time. (Pardon
the all caps, that's the way I had it in the list.)

As I say - I bet I could double this list, easy. There's tons more UK
pop stuff from this period (particularly things in the Cherry Red
orbit), and I also haven't even touched jazz here yet.

Also - don't take this as a blanket "I approve of all this stuff"
list. Some of it - a lot it, really - I do love. But there are also
plenty of things on here that I'm either lukewarm to, or not overly
fond of. But I think everything here can at least, in some way, be
considered a "notable" recording. And with the possible exception of
1967, I don't think you can find another single year that had both the
quality and quantity, not to mention variety, than this stuff.

The "old guard" (including prog types)
ABBA VISITORS, THE
COLLINS, PHIL FACE VALUE
ELO TIME
GEILS, J. BAND FREEZE FRAME
GENESIS ABACAB
GODLEY & CRÈME ISMISM/SNACK ATTACK
HALL & OATES PRIVATE EYES
HINE, RUPERT IMMUNITY
JOHN, ELTON FOX, THE
JON AND VANGELIS FRIENDS OF MR. CAIRO
KING CRIMSON DISCIPLINE
KINKS, THE GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT
LEWIE, JONA HEART SKIPS BEAT
MILLER, STEVE CIRCLE OF LOVE
NATIIONAL HEALTH D.S. AL CODA
NELSON, BILL QUIT DREAMING & GET ONÂ…
PETTY, TOM HARD PROMISES
POLICE, THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE
ROLLING STONES TATTOO YOU
SPARKS WHOMP THAT SUCKER
VEGA, ALAN COLLISION DRIVE
WHO, THE FACE DANCES
ZAPPA, FRANK TINSELTOWN REBELLION
ZAPPA, FRANK YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS
ZAPPA, FRANK SHUT UP & PLAYÂ…VOLS. 1-3

Germany
CZUKAY, HOLGER ON THE WAY TO THE PEAKÂ…
CLUSTER CURIOSUM
KRAFTWERK COMPUTER WORLD
MOEBIUS/PLANK MATERIAL
ROEDELIUS WENN DER SUDWIND WEHT
SCHMIDT, I./B SPOERRI TOY PLANET
SCHULZE, KLAUS TRANCEFER
TANGERINE DREAM EXIT
TANGERINE DREAM THIEF

Other instrumentakl stuff
BRYARS, GAVIN HOMMAGES
BUDD, HAROLD ABANDONED CITIES
BYRNE, DAVID CATHERINE WHEEL, THE
BYRNE/ENO MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OFÂ…
FRIPP, ROBERT LET THE POWER FALL
HASSELL, JON DREAM THEORY IN MALAYA
JARRE, JEAN-MICHEL MAGNETIC FIELDS
PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCH. S/T

The Synth-Pop Brigade
BUGGLES ADV. IN MOD. RECORDING
CHRIS & COSEY HEARTBEAT
D.A.F. ALLES IST GUT
D.A.F. GOLD UND LIEBE
DEPECHE MODE SPEAK AND SPELL
FAD GADGET INCONTINENT (+ SINGLES)
FOXX, JOHN GARDEN, THE
HEAVEN 17 PENTHOUSE & PAVEMENT
HUMAN LEAGUE, THE DARE
LEER, THOMAS FOUR MOVEMENTS
NUMAN, GARY DANCE
OMD ARCHIT ECTURE & MORALITY
SOFT CELL NON STOP EROTIC CABARET
TELEX SEX
ULTRAVOX RAGE IN EDEN
YELLO CLARO QUE SI

Japan
LOGIC SYSTEM LOGIC
LOGIC SYSTEM VENUS
SAKAMOTO, RYUICHI LEFT HANDED DREAM
TAKAHASHI, YUKIHIRO NEUROMANTIC
TAKAHASHI (BEATNIKS) EXITENTIALISM
YMO BGM
YMO TECHNODELIC

"New Wave"/"Industrial"/etc type stuff
ADAM & THE ANTS PRINCE CHARMING
CABARET VOLTAIRE RED MECCA (+ MANY SINGLES)
CARS, THE SHAKE IT UP
CLASH, THE SANDINISTA
COSTELLO, ELVIS ALMOST BLUE
COSTELLO, ELVIS TRUST
CURE, THE FAITH
DEVO NEW TRADITIONALISTS
DURAN DURAN S/T
DURUTTI COLUMN LC
DURY, IAN LORD UPMINSTER
EURYTHMICS IN THE GARDEN
JAPAN TIN DRUM
JOHNSON, MATT BURNING BLUE SOUL
KILLING JOKE WHAT'S THIS FORÂ…
MAGAZINE MAGIC, MURDER, & THE WEATHER
MARINE GIRLS BEACH PARTY
MASS S/T
NEW MUSIK FROM A TO B
NEW ORDER MOVEMENT
PRETENDERS, THE II
PSYCHDELIC FURS TALK TALK TALK
PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED FLOWERS OF ROMANCE
SHELLEY, PETE HOMOSPAIEN
SIMPLE MINDS SONS & FASCINATION/SISTERÂ…
SQUEEZE EAST SIDE STORY
THROBBING GRISTLE MISSION OF DEAD SOULS
WAS (NOT WAS) S/T
WATT, BEN SUMMER INTO WINTER
WHITEHOUSE BUCHENWALD
WHITEHOUSE DEDICATED TO PETER KUERTEN
WHITEHOUSE ERECTOR