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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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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[]

YACHTS_-_JOHN_PEEL_SESSION_24TH_OCTOBER_1978

YACHTS - JOHN PEEL SESSION 24TH OCTOBER 1978

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[]

Suffice_To_Say

Suffice To Say

Yachts
Chuddy Nuddies

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