Yachts

Yachts were a British power pop/new wave band, best remembered for their 1977 single "Suffice to Say" and the minor new wave classic "Love You, Love You". 
The Yachts was formed by art students in Liverpool in April 1977, evolving out of an earlier R&B band, known variously as Albert Dock or Albert and the Cod Warriors, who had developed a reputation locally for their energetic sets. Albert Dock had supported the Sex Pistols at one of their infamous early performances in 1976. The band originally consisted of: Bob Bellis (drums, vocals); John (J.J.) Campbell (vocals); Martin Dempsey (bass guitar, vocals, later replaced by first Ray "Chopper" Cooper, then Mick Shiner and finally Glyn Havard); Henry Priestman (vocals, keyboards); and Martin Watson (guitar, vocals). They played their first show as the Yachts at Eric's nightclub in Liverpool, supporting Elvis Costello.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel played the band's debut single, "Suffice to Say" in 1977 and would play further material from the group, including two sessions they recorded for his shows between 1978 and 1979. Dempsey left the group in 1980 and became a member of Pink Military. Campbell helped to found It's Immaterial. Yachts finally split up in 1981. Priestman, who for a time was a member of both Yachts and Bette Bright & the Illuminations, then went on to join It's Immaterial, Wah! and, most notably, the Christians. All these groups were played by Peel on his radio programmes in later years. After his death in 2004, it was later found out that Peel had a couple of their records in his Record Collection: Y.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1978-10-09. First Broadcast: 24 October 1978. Repeated: 15 November 1978
*Mantovani Hits / Yachting Type / Look Back In Love / Then And Now
2. Recorded: 1979-06-04. First Broadcast: 02 July 1979. Repeated: 31 July 1979
*Then And Now / In A Second / Love You Love You / March Of The Moderates
==Other Shows Played==
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*29 September 1977: Suffice To Say (7") Stiff
*26 September 1978: Look Back In Love (Not In Anger) (single) Radar
*19 October 1978: 'Look Back In Love (Not In Anger) (7")' (Radar)
*06 June 1979: Love You, Love You (7") Radar
*07 June 1979: Yachting Type (album - Yachts) Radar
*28 June 1979: Heads Will Turn (LP - Yachts) Radar
*04 July 1979: In A Second (album - Yachts) Radar
*20 August 1979: Box 202 (7") Radar
*06 December 1979: Now I'm Spoken For (7") Radar
*06 May 1980: 'There's A Ghost In My House (7 inch)' (Radar)
*16 June 1980: Trust You (LP – Without Radar) Radar
*18 June 1980: Now I’m Spoken For (LP – Without Radar) Radar
*04 March 1981: A Fool Like You (7") Demon
*10 March 1981: A Fool Like You (7") Demon
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*25 October 1977: Do The Chud (shared 7" with Big In Japan - Brutality, Religion And A Dance Beat) Eric's
== See Also ==
*Sounds
*Edge
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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