Series: Vinyl Cafe

Produced by Vinyl Cafe

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Stories about Dave - the owner of the world's smallest record store where the motto is: "We May Not Be Big But We're Small".

Tune into The Vinyl Cafe to hear the misadventures of Dave, owner of the Vinyl Cafe – the world’s smallest record store where the motto is “We May Not Be Big, But We’re Small.” The show features Dave and his wife, Morley, their two children Sam and Stephanie and assorted friends and neighbours. The program is hosted by Stuart McLean, Canada’s answer to Garrison Keillor.

In addition to stories The Vinyl Cafe also features music - both live and recorded. We travel across the country searching for new, undiscovered musicians and visiting with old friends.

Host Stuart McLean is a best-selling author, award-winning journalist and humorist, in addition to being the host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Cafe. Since 1998 Stuart has taken the show on the road, performing in large and small towns across Canada from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Whitehorse in the Yukon. The Vinyl Cafe is one of CBC Radio's most popular radio programs. More than 750, 000 North Americans listen to The Vinyl Cafe every weekend. The show is currently heard across Canada on CBC Radio 1 & 2, on BBC 7 in the UK and on KUOW in Seattle. The first volume of stories from the Vinyl Cafe, Home from the Vinyl Cafe, is published by Simon & Schuster in the USA. Hide full description

Tune into The Vinyl Cafe to hear the misadventures of Dave, owner of the Vinyl Cafe – the world’s smallest record store where the motto is “We May Not Be Big, But We’re Small.” The show features Dave and his wife, Morley, their two children Sam and Stephanie and assorted friends and neighbours. The program is hosted by Stuart McLean, Canada’s answer to Garrison Keillor. In addition to stories The Vinyl Cafe also features music - both live and recorded. We travel across the country searching for new, undiscovered musicians and visiting with old friends. Host Stuart McLean is a best-selling author, award-winning journalist and humorist, in addition to being the host of CBC Radio's The Vinyl Cafe. Since 1998 Stuart has taken the show on the road, performing in large and small towns... Show full description


61 pieces

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The Vinyl Cafe Fundraising Show, Spring 2008

Bought by KWMR-FM, Maine Public Radio, Prairie Public, WUCX, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 00:39:08
  • Licenses: 6
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Stuart discusses some of his favorite children's books

Bought by KUCB, KTRL, KBBI, Northwest Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 00:57:01
  • Licenses: 11
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The Vinyl Cafe Christmas Special

Bought by KUOW, Maine Public Radio, WRVO, WBEZ, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 00:57:12
  • Licenses: 9

  • Added: Sep 29, 2007
  • Length: 00:40:03
  • Licenses: 6
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The Vinyl Cafe's Special Fundraising episode

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, KUOW, WUCX, Prairie Public, KUCB and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2006
  • Length: 00:41:20
  • Licenses: 9
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Dave becomes obsessed with his health and gets his arm stuck in a blood pressure cuff at the local drugstore.

Bought by KUOW, Prairie Public, Maine Public Radio, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:56
  • Licenses: 4
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Dave’s eccentric fifty-seven-year-old English cousin comes to visit. On a road trip to Ottawa, she ends up travelling down the highway in someone e...

Bought by WUCX, Prairie Public, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:55
  • Licenses: 3
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Worried that the family dog, Arthur, is being overindulged, Dave attempts to impose a new animal protocol on the household, which includes making A...

Bought by Prairie Public, WYBC, North Country Public Radio, and WJFF


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:49
  • Licenses: 4
Series: Vinyl Cafe
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Morley discovers that a local street person, Emil, has been stealing plants from her garden

Bought by KUOW and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:57
  • Licenses: 2
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When Morley must find a piano teacher for son Sam, her sister-in-law, Annie, a professional violinist tells Morley of her own musical past

Bought by Prairie Public and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:55
  • Licenses: 2
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Getting ready for the first day of school, Morley makes a nasty discovery when she unearths last year’s still-packed lunch bags.

Bought by KUOW, Prairie Public, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:48
  • Licenses: 3
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Stephanie has asked a boy to the school Valentine’s Day dance.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:52
  • Licenses: 1
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After embarking on a new health regimen, Dave takes the dog Arthur’s medication by mistake and discovers that he suddenly feels significantly better.

Bought by KUOW, Prairie Public, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:31
  • Licenses: 3
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Morley’s failed attempt to create a happy memory for Sam by scattering coins through the school yard, prompts Dave to fill the school playground wi...

Bought by Prairie Public and BBC7


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:56
  • Licenses: 2
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Dave and his family spend a rainy week at a dilapidated rented cottage.

Bought by KUOW, WUCX, Prairie Public, North Country Public Radio, and WJFF


  • Added: Jul 26, 2005
  • Length: 00:13:57
  • Licenses: 5
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Today, Stuart tells us the who, what, where, when and why of his summer so far.

Bought by KWMR-FM, WFYI, Jefferson Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:01
  • Licenses: 14
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Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guests "Islanders" Margie Carmichael and Catherine MacLellan from Georgetown, Prince Edward Island.

Bought by KUCB, Iowa Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, Northwest Public Radio, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:01
  • Licenses: 6
Caption: Stuart overlooking Lake Manitou
Join Stuart and special musical guest Jim Bryson from Manitoulin Island – the largest freshwater island in the world. Stuart has a brand new Dave a...

Bought by WUCX, Prairie Public, KUCB, Northwest Public Radio, KWMR-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 16
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Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guest Ron Sexsmith from the outdoor stage at the Hillside Music Festival in Guelph, Ontario.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, KWMR-FM, KUCB, WFYI, Jefferson Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Licenses: 15
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Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guest Hawksley Workman from the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec.

Bought by Northwest Public Radio, Maine Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:03
  • Licenses: 6