One thing I will say about the Smithereens, and I have no scientific 
evidence to back it up.  But I think that given the timing of their best 
releases and the timing of the arrival and adoption of CD technology, they 
are a band about whom a vastly disproportionate number of fans/purchasers 
would say, "I have the records but never replaced them with CD copies." 
Which in a practical sense means they command a low "share of ear" even 
among their fans.  (Another band I'd say the same about: Stray Cats.)  All 
this talk reminded me of how much I (used to) like them, and how often I 
listened to them. Had a friend who had a fling with a girl who had a fling 
with DiNizio. so we're practically related.  Yet now my vinyl is in storage 
and all I have is a sort of unfulfilling anthology.  Oh, and Smithereens 11, 
which I ought to dig out.