Original vintage October 1979 concert handbill flyer for Liverpool power-pop / new wave favorites YACHTS at Bookie's Club 870 in Detroit! ⚡ "AHOY MATES! FRESH IN FROM LIVERPOOL! IT'S THE YACHTS" with special guests The Denizens. Features nautical comic collage art with pirate speech bubbles ("AVAST!", "AWK!"), a pirate in a crow's nest, and the Radar Records / Polydor label logos. 🎸


This flyer directly solves the mystery "TO BE ANNOUNCED" date for Friday, October 26 on the October 1979 Bookie's calendar!


Please see the pictures included for details.


**Details**

* Headliner: Yachts ("FRESH IN FROM LIVERPOOL! IT'S THE YACHTS" - Radar Records / Stiff Records / Polydor recording artists)

* Support Act: The Denizens ("SPECIAL EXTRA GUESTS: THE DENIZENS!")

* Venue: Bookies Club 870

* Venue Address / Phone: 870 W. McNichols, Detroit, MI (Phone: 862-0877)

* Date: Friday, October 26th (Definitive 1979 calendar match)

* Admission: $5 ("ADMISSION: $5 (REAL CHEAP!)")

* Record Labels / Logos: Radar Records and Polydor

* Design / Artwork: Nautical pop-art / comic paste-up illustration featuring band members disguised with eye-patches, pirate parrots, and an illustrated sailor in a ship's crow's nest

* Format: Original Single-Sided Promotional Concert Handbill Flyer

* Printing / Medium: Black offset / photocopy litho ink on white paper stock

* Dimensions: Approx. 8.5" x 11" (standard letter format on cutting mat)

* Country of Manufacture: USA (Detroit, MI)


**Condition Report**

* Authentic original 1979 paper concert ephemera in good vintage condition

* Preserved flat with full, complete margins; no pinholes, staple marks, or missing paper

* Shows authentic period horizontal handling fold across the middle

* Natural age-toning and light vintage moisture staining along the lower right corner and edge

* Typography, pirate collage graphics, and venue details remain sharp, dark, and fully legible

* Blank reverse shows gentle age patina and corresponding faint staining at the corner; zero glue residue, album mounts, or adhesive backing


**Returns and Shipping**

* 30-day return policy

* Ships flat and securely packaged in an archival acid-free poly sleeve between rigid corrugated cardboard pads inside a heavy stay-flat mailer