Various Artists - Corrupt Postman (1988)

 
Never before or since has twee amateur hour (and a half) been so brilliant. Here we have a criminally obscure compilation on a criminally obscure label of some criminally obscure musicians and the Field Mice. Charming, coy, catchy, congruous, cathartic, clarion, cataclysmic, and much more, I would strongly advise against passing this gem up.

It's clearly blurred

Various Artists - Peripheral Vision (1982)

Obscure and delicious no wave compilation released around the time the scene was coming to a close. Features some great acts like Mofungo and the highly underrated The Scene is Now. A few of the bands on this albums definitely have a more avant-proggy feel and offers a different, but still just as interesting view of what was going on in NYC in the 80s.

I looked out in the day and the days not there
I looked out in the night and the nights not there

Various Artists - Psychedelic Disaster Whirl (1986)

Really great comp of late 60's psych rock, really has a lot more grittiness than a lot of others. As the title suggests there's no flower power, no sunshine pop, no groovy jams, just raw psychedelic sounds of the sixties. Definitely worth a listen if you're interested in psychedelic rock.

Like a big ol' flashing sign now
I'm gonna infiltrate your pretty little mind now