THIS WEEKEND! The Best UK Hifi Show of the Year.

 Coming this weekend - the Wam Show!

At a new base near Barnsley, the show put on by enthusiasts for enthusiasts.

40 or so home systems brought together in an hotel for the weekend, you'll get to experience systems you'll never hear at commercial shows provided for you by people who are not trying to sell you anything. From budget to exotic, from vinyl to streaming, from vintage to brand new, from mass manufactured to DIY. Plus charity auction and raffle plus the bring and buy stall.

There's nothing else like it on the planet.

29th October 2023 from 9.30am

Holiday Inn, Barnsley Rd, Dodworth, Barnsley S75 3JT

Tickets available here:  https://show.hifiwigwam.com/

Hifi Wigwam Scalford Show. 19 March 2017. Room 237 Playlist

If you're lucky enough to be able to make the show this year, when you call in to Room 237, please feel free to listen to what's playing or choose something from the list of tracks we'll have available:

ARTIST	TRACK	GENRE
Agnes Obel	Fuel To Fire	Folk
Alberta Cross	City Walls	Blues/Rock
Ane Brun	Worship (Feat. Jose Gonzalez)	Folk/Rock
Black Sabbath	Planet Caravan	Rock
Blues Company	Dark Day	Blues
Brendan Perry	Death Will Be My Bride	Folk
Brendan Perry	Medusa	Folk
Calexico	Crumble	Folk/Rock
Calexico	Man Made Lake	Folk/Rock
Calexico	Woven Birds	Pop/Rock
Chris Jones	Darlin' Cory	Folk
Chris Jones	Fender Bender	Folk
Chris Jones	No Sanctuary Here	Folk/Rock
Chris Jones & Steve Baker	Damm Good Run	Blues
Chris Jones & Steve Baker	God Moves On The Water	Blues
Chris Jones & Steve Baker	Roadhouses & Automobiles	Blues
Chris Rea	Looking For A Rainbow	Rock
Chris Rea	Texas	Rock
Daft Punk	Giorgio by Moroder	Electronic
Damien Rice	Cannonball	Folk/Rock
Damien Rice	Cold Water	Folk/Rock
Damien Rice	Delicate	Folk/Rock
Damien Rice	Volcano	Folk/Rock
Daniel Lanois	I Love You	Rock
Daniel Lanois	Shine	Rock
Dead Can Dance	Agape	Folk
Dead Can Dance	All In Good Time	Folk
Dead Can Dance	American dreaming	Folk
Dead Can Dance	The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove (Remastered)	Folk
Deadmau5	Avaritia	Dance
Deadmau5	Gula	Electronic
Dean Fraser	Big Up/Armageddon Time	Jazz/Reggae
Death Cab For Cutie	Doors Unlocked And Open	Folk/Rock
Devon Allman	Strategy	Blues
Dire Straits	Fade to Black	Rock
Dire Straits	Planet Of New Orleans	Rock
Dire Straits	Six Blade Knife	Rock
Dirty Vegas	Days Go By (Acoustic Mix)	Pop
Doug MacLeod	Serious Doin' Woman	Blues
Doug MacLeod	You Got It Good (And That Ain't Bad)	Blues
Eagles	Hotel California (Live)	Rock
Eddi Reader	Dear John	Folk
Eddi Reader	Hello In There	Folk
Elbow	Asleep In The Back	Indie
Erykah Badu	Next Lifetime	R&B
Erykah Badu	Rimshot (Intro)	R&B
Eva Cassidy	Fields Of Gold	Folk/Rock
Felix LaBand	Black Shoes	Electronic
Ficci & Laura Hahn	Ficci - Breathe You In (feat. Laura Hahn)	Electronica
Fink	Perfect Darkness (Live from Union Chapel, London Oct 5 2011)	Folk/Rock
Fink	Warm Shadow (Live from Epicerie Moderne, Lyon â?? Oct 28 2011)	Folk/Rock
Flash And The Pan	Walking In The Rain	Pop
Fleetwood Mac	Go Your Own Way	Rock
Funkerman	Speed Up (ATFC Remix)	Dance
Furry Phreaks with Terra Deva	Soothe (Charles Webster 2008 Mix)	House
Ganga	Don't Wake Me Up	Electronic
Ganga	Down But Up	Electronic
Georges-Emmanuel Lazaridis	Grandes Etudes de Paganini Etude III	Classical
Gorillaz	Superfast Jellyfish	Pop
Gotye	Don't Worry We'll Be Watching You	Indie/Rock
Gotye	Puzzle With A Piece Missing	Rock/Indie
Holly Cole	Train Song	Folk/Rock
Hue & Cry	Makin' Whoopee	Jazz
Hugh Masekela	Stimela (The Coal Train)	World Blues
I Am Kloot	Hold Back the Night	Rock
I Am Kloot	Let Them All In	Rock
Ian Shaw	A Case of You	Jazz
It's Immaterial	Driving Away From Home (Jims Tune)	Pop
Jakatta	American Dream (Afterlife Mix)	Electronica
James Taylor	Gaia	Folk/Rock
Jenny Lewis	Bad Man's World	Country
Jenny Lewis	Pretty Bird	Country
Joan Armatrading	Love And Affection	R&B
Joe Bonamassa	Feelin' Good	Blues/Rock
John Lee Hooker	The Healer (with Carlos Santana & The Santana Band)	Blues
John Martyn	A Little Strange	Folk/Rock
John Martyn	Feel So Good	Folk/Rock
John Martyn	Sunshine's Better	Folk/Rock
José González	Crosses	Acoustic
k.d. Lang	Constant Craving	Folk
Keb’ Mo’	For What It's Worth	Jazz
Kiasmos	Looped	Electronic
Kiasmos	Thrown	Electronic
Kiki Dee	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Folk
La Roux	In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)	Electronic
London Grammar	Strong	Rock
London Grammar	Wicked Game	Pop
Lorde	Royals	Pop
Malia & Boris Blank	Magnetic Lies	Electronic/Jazz
Malia & Boris Blank	Tears Run Dry	Jazz
Marta Gomez	Lucia	Jazz/Classical
Mary Gauthier	Falling Out Of Love	Country
Massive Attack	Three	Electronic
Michael Jackson	Liberian Girl	Pop
Nick Drake	'Cello Song	Folk
Nick Harper	The Kilty Stone	Folk
Nils Lofgren	Black Books	Folk/Rock
Nils Lofgren	Wonderland	Rock
Nitin Sawhney	Broken Skin	Chill
Pete Alderton	(She Said That) Evil Was Her Name	Blues
Pete Alderton	Jesus In A Bottle	Blues
Peter Gabriel	Mercy Street	Folk/Rock
Ray LaMontagne	Be Here Now	Pop/Rock
Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs; Ray LaMontagne	This Love Is Over	Pop/Rock
Richard Thompson	Mingus Eyes	Folk
Robben Ford	Make Me Your Only One	Blues
Robben Ford	Peace Love And Understanding	Blues
Robben Ford & The Blue Line	Mystic Mile	Blues
Royksopp	Sparks	Drum & Bass
Sam Cooke	Cupid	Blues
Sarah McLachlan	Ice	Folk/Rock
Sarah McLachlan	Sweet Surrender (DJ Tiesto Mix)	Folk/Rock
Seal	Killer (Acoustic)	Soul
Seal	Kiss From A Rose	Soul
Seal	Love's Divine (Acoustic)	Soul
Seal	Prayer For The Dying (Acoustic)	Soul
Semisonic	Closing Time	Rock
Semisonic	Secret Smile	Rock
Sinead O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	Folk
Sofa Sweeper	Voice Of Core	Electronica
Son Little	Loser Blues	Blues
St Germain	Mary L.	Electronica
St Germain	Voilà	Electronica
Steely Dan	Cousin Dupree (24/96)	Jazz/Rock
Steely Dan	Cousin Dupree	Jazz/Rock
Stephen Fearing	Dublin Bay	Folk
Sun Kil Moon	Third And Seneca	Folk
Swing Out Sister	Breakout	Pop
Talking Heads	Road To Nowhere	Pop
Tchaikovsky	'Dance Of The Reeds' From The Nutcracker	Classical
Tears For Fears	Mad World	Pop
Ten Walls	Walking With Elephants	Pop
The Black Keys	Dead And Gone	Blues/Rock
The Blue Nile	Let's Go Out Tonight	Rock
The Blue Nile	The Downtown Lights	Rock
The Brand New Heavies	Boogie (Eric Kupper Mix)	Electronic
The Farm	All Together Now	Pop
The Jeff Healey Band	Blue Jean Blues	Blues/Rock
The Wailin' Jennys	All The Stars	Country
The Wailin' Jennys	Bird Song	Folk
The XX	Reunion	Balearic/Downtempo
The XX	Sunset	Balearic/Downtempo
Thea Gilmore	Bad Moon Rising	Folk
Thea Gilmore	Ever Fallen In Love	Folk
Thea Gilmore	The Old Laughing Lady	Folk
Thomas Newman	Still Dead	Soundtrack
Tom Baxter	Night Like This	Jazz
Tom Robinson	The End Of The Rainbow	Folk/Rock
Tunng	Jenny Again	Folk
U2	In A Little While (N.O.W Remix)	Rock
Underworld	Banstyle, Sappys Curry	Electronic
Underworld	Caliban's Dream (feat. Dockhead Choir, Dame Everlyn Glennie, Only Men Alound, Elizabeth Roberts, Esme Smith, Alex Trimble)	Electronic
Underworld	Sola Sistim	Electronica
Underworld	Twist	Electronic
Was (Not Was)	Papa Was A Rolling Stone	Pop
Willy Porter	Cool Water	Folk
Willy Porter	Jesus on the Grille	Folk
X-Press 2	Lazy (Original)	Dance
Yello	30'000 Days (24_48)	Electronic
Yello	Blue Biscuit (24_48)	Electronic
Yello	Dark Side (24_48)	Electronic
Yello	Friday Smile	Electronic
Yello	Kiss In Blue (Feat. Heidi Happy)	Electronic
Yello	Till Tomorrow (Feat. Till Brönner)	Electronic
Yello	X-Race	Electronic
Zero 7	Destiny	Electronica

Pay For Your Music And Be Punished

I'm a big advocate of paying for music.  I don't want to work for nothing, and neither should the music artists.  I buy my downloads and CDs and pay my subscription to Tidal because its supposed to offer decent sound quality (which it does, but it doesn't sound as good as a locally stored download or CD).

However, it looks like we're now being punished, if this article is true, then we are (alledgedly, of course), being provided with damaged music, WHEN WE HAVE PAID FOR IT.

The article is essentially claiming (alledgedly, of course) that Universal Music Group is deliberately altering (i.e. distorting) the music that we are buying in order to try and track down those who are not buying.  We who pay for music are receiving damaged music, provided by the label, in order for the label to make an attempt at catching those who don't pay for music.

I don't get it and I don't want it.  Why screw up music for those who are honest enough to buy their music?  Rubbish and not acceptable.

http://www.mattmontag.com/music/universals-audible-watermark

Linn Off-Spring?

Interesting article that claims a number of former Linn employees have jumped ship and created Simple Audio, focussing on the streaming market at "reasonable prices".  One of the directors, Martin Dalgleish took myself and some friends on a tour of Linn's factory back in the early 1990s.

Could be interesting.  Nothing at http://www.simpleaudio.co.uk/ other than an holding page at the moment.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/simple-audio-ready-to-launch-product-1.1082650

http://business.scotsman.com/business/300k-injection-is-music-to.6699235.jp

https://www.parequity.com/who-we-invest-in/companies-in-our-portfolio/simple-audio/

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/simple-audio

http://www.linkedin.com/company/1207432?trk=tyah