Was browsing through the forums over at Pure Obscure and came across a link to a site called Blind Youth, which documents the early days of The Human League.
Surprise -- The League actually had several albums out before Dare, and there are a number of early demo tracks available for download. The tunes aren't as "pop-y" as what The League later went on to produce, but still have that distinct early synthpop sound. You kids who like Ladytron will enjoy them too.
Also found myself visiting another retro site called wavelenghts.com (sic). Wavelenghts (yep, that is how it's spelled) has been around for a while; I hadn't really followed it before, since it featured mostly obscure German synthpop that I wasn't familiar with. It seems to have re-focussed on tracks that are better known outside Germany -- for instance, this week's offering is an extended mix of "Big In Japan" by Alphaville.