{"id":141,"date":"2025-02-11T12:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originalartist.co.uk\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2025-03-17T17:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:24:22","slug":"elementor-141","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/originalartist.co.uk\/?page_id=141","title":{"rendered":"music-directory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Both<br \/>\nOptimismo and No Track Mind are<br \/>\nboth Yan Hannaghan and Geoff Clout<\/h2>\n<p>Yan played all the technology and guitar, Geoff did words, sang and\u00a0rhythmed. Most tunes arrived by symbiosis.<br \/>\nMost of Obviously was produced during lockdown and reflects an almost manic need not to be downhearted.<br \/>\nWe decided that Optimismo was too optimistic a name. Hey ho!<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=241120457\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimismo.bandcamp.com\/album\/obviously-the-album\">Obviously, the album by optimismo<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1524196391\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/optimismo.bandcamp.com\/album\/ive-oiled-my-feet-again\">I&#8217;ve Oiled My Feet Again by optimismo<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 621px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2012567373\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polkaville.bandcamp.com\/album\/why-should-i\">Why Should I by no track mind<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>H.O.A.\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); max-width: 100%; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/polkaville-recordings\/sets\/h-o-a\">History of Armley<\/a><br \/>\nis a loose name for music made by Geoff Clout with a variety of people, not all of them from Armley<\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1434026176&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=800&amp;auto_play=false&amp;buying=true&amp;liking=true&amp;download=true&amp;sharing=true&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_playcount=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;color\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Friday Night Stereo<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly every friday night for more than 15 years Mike had (and still would have) an improvise\/jam session in his music room in Hyde Park, Leeds.<br \/>\nPeople are friends, there&#8217;s never been any competency, or sobriety, test. These sessions were recorded by Geoff and we made these Cd releases. They don&#8217;t even begin to scrape the archive. Unhappily several participants are either too ill or have actually evaporated so at present sessions are only every couple of months.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3410408221\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fridaynightstereo.bandcamp.com\/album\/pleasure-featuring-gareth-spydaz-sheehan\">Pleasure &#8211; featuring Gareth Spydaz Sheehan by Friday Night Stereo<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1315859626\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fridaynightstereo.bandcamp.com\/album\/salted\">Salted by Friday Night Stereo<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 786px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2400656024\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fridaynightstereo.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-tip-of-the-cucumber\">The Tip Of The Cucumber by Friday Night Stereo<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>I.H.F. the Indiscriminate Hoax Fund<\/h2>\n<p>Were Sarah Morrell, Julian Walker, Geoff Clout, and usually Harry Hamer<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1434034648&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=800&amp;auto_play=false&amp;buying=true&amp;liking=true&amp;download=true&amp;sharing=true&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_playcount=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;color\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ringos High <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>were a group from Armley<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Howard Storey at its core.<br \/>\nGeoff Clout, Harry Hamer, Lee Merrill, Paul Greco, Jed, and many more were also involved.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F1434037591&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=800&amp;auto_play=false&amp;buying=true&amp;liking=true&amp;download=true&amp;sharing=true&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_playcount=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;color\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both Optimismo and No Track Mind are both Yan Hannaghan and Geoff Clout Yan played all the technology and guitar, Geoff did words, sang and\u00a0rhythmed. 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