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 1 million 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 92 public radion stations 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


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Today on the show we have stories about things lost and things found. We have a story about a man who lost his way, and then his car. About a woman...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:22
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Today on the show we have stories about connection and family. Stuart has a story about the family dinners when he was a child and we have a story ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:29
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Today on the show we celebrate Valentine's Day with a poem by Stuart, a letter from someone who thought she'd found love but lost it and a story ab...

Bought by KWMR-FM, WBEZ, WPTC, North Country Public Radio, KBBI and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:27
  • Purchases: 10
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Today’s show comes to you from Upper Canada Playhouse in Morrisburg, Ontario.

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM, North Country Public Radio, KUOW, WFYI, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:33
  • Purchases: 13
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Dave inherits some money and decides to buy himself a 1948 GMC panel truck—the same car his father and grandfather drove when Dave was a boy.

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


  • Added: Jan 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:22
  • Purchases: 14
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Today on the show we have two stories about Dave and his neighbour and arch-nemesis, Mary Turlington.

Bought by KWMR-FM, WFYI, KSQM 91.5 FM, Jefferson Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:30
  • Purchases: 16
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Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guest Hannah Georgas from Smiths Falls, Ontario.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and Nevada Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:22
  • Purchases: 2
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Join host Stuart McLean and award winning East Coast musicians Madison Violet & David Myles from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, and Nevada Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:28
  • Purchases: 3
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Today on the show it’s Vinyl Cafe Bloopers. Stuart McLean is joined in studio by Vinyl Cafe producer Jess Milton, who has collected the best outta...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, Northwest Public Radio, KWMR-FM, WCPN and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:25
  • Purchases: 13
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Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guests Jenny Whiteley & Joey Wright from Smiths Falls, Ontario.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio, KWMR-FM, North Country Public Radio, KUOW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:28
  • Purchases: 14
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Join host Stuart McLean and special musical guests Madison Violet from Mabou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Stuart talks about the morning he spent fly...

Bought by WFYI, KWMR-FM, Jefferson Public Radio, Northwest Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:32
  • Purchases: 15
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Three segments, each with a Vinyl Cafe story, to help you with your spring fund drive.

Bought by WFYI, KUOW, WCPN, WTIP, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:32:24
  • Purchases: 5
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Stuart shares two Dave and Morley stories and asks listeners to contribute.

Bought by WCPN, WTIP, Prairie Public, KWMR-FM, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 00:39:57
  • Purchases: 8
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Morley has to go shopping for a jock strap for her seven-year-old son.

Bought by WPTC and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:09:16
  • Purchases: 2
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Dave is sure he has swallowed a fly and goes to extreme measures to flush the disease-ridden pest from his lungs.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KUOW, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:18:49
  • Purchases: 3
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When a rare bird, a Summer Tanager, arrives in Dave’s back yard, his family’s home becomes a Mecca for bird enthusiasts for miles around.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:17:46
  • Purchases: 2
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Dave and his neighbour and arch-nemesis, Mary Turlington, are both caught in embarrassing and compromising positions when Dave gets locked out of h...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KUOW, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:16:23
  • Purchases: 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 KUOW and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:17:13
  • Purchases: 2
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Morley’s chance comment about a new outlet for the toaster sends Dave and his male neighbours on a misguided frenzy of renovations.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KUOW, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:18:19
  • Purchases: 3
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Sam develops an interest in gourmet cooking and orders truffles from a local fine foods shop, mistakenly thinking that he will be getting chocolate...

Bought by KUOW and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 00:22:07
  • Purchases: 2