Comments on: But it’s pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove

by: javier

Sun, 10 May 2009 08:18:01 +0000

this song is marvellous!
and like the other readers, ‘television generation’ was my revelation on those Rhino DIY serie.
take care!

by: Cindy

Sat, 24 May 2008 23:21:59 +0000

I Love The Yatchts. I am looking for a reissue on CD. If anybody knows of it, please contact me. Maybe a site where i can download some of their music.

by: leopoldo

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:48:43 +0000

Yachts were a great live band. I must have seen them 25 times. They used to finish with an absurd over-the-top version of 24 Hours From Tulsa. They even sung it in French at one gig I saw.

Unfortunately the production on the first album was really poor - a very muddy sound that drowned Henry Priestman’s organ.

by: mark fantino

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:52:35 +0000

I wouldn’t like an internet without littlehits. Thank you for posting The Yachts, I only have their “Suffice To Say” from the Stiff Records Box set and have been keeping my eyes peeled for more of them. Should you ever feel the urge to upload more I’d be waiting with my finger on the right-click.

Keep up the great site!

by: PapayaSF

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:00:36 +0000

Their song “Love You Love You” is my fave.

by: JubilationTCornpone

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:22:27 +0000

It’s time for the Kursaal Flyers to get a little play!

by: Dean

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:40:14 +0000

The Tourists were my revelation on those Rhino DIY things. “Good To Be Back Home Again” is sooo poptacularly awesome.

And Little Hits is the finest music blog on earth and I’m glad you cats are back at it.

by: Anonymous

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:48:37 +0000

Yes — that music chapter in the Catalog of Cool was excellent… A few memories: it said the Byrds’ music “buzzed with beauty and wonder.” It dug The Barracudas’ classic ‘Drop Out.’ It said psychedelia “follows punk, like the seasons.”

by: jon

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:07:34 +0000

I think the vocal harmonies on that first Yachts album were a big influence on the Futureheads.

by: James

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:45:00 +0000

“Suffice To Say” and “Yachting Type” are teriffic, but I love “Look Back In Love (Not In Anger.)” Amazingly, that one (which sounds like classic new wave) was actually a cover, originally recorded by an obscure late-60’s lounge act. God knows how the Yachts discovered it.

The first Yachts LP was briefly reissued on CD in Japan. I snagged a copy for a not-low price. If their records were ever reissued on CD anywhere else, I missed it.

As far as the Rhino DIY series go, the first volume of power-pop (with Nick Lowe on the cover) was a real eye-opener for me. It was like a mega-dose of pop goodness, one terrific song after another, and I only really knew UK punk (of the Clash/Buzzcocks variety) from that era, at the time. I’ve been obsessed with the Kursaal Flyers’ “Television Generation” ever since.