The Once Vinyl Cafe

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The once vinyl cafe.

First read on air in 1994 many of the stories were eventually compiled in book form followed by audio recording compilations from the program. From 1994 to 2016 the vinyl cafe took listeners along for the ride across canada and the u s with writer and host stuart mclean. The vinyl cafe was an hour long radio variety show hosted by stuart mclean that was broadcast on cbc radio and was syndicated to approximately 80 u s. That choice of music reflected taste growth and personality.

The program is also available as a podcast although the podcasts are usually just mclean s stories for studio episodes because of copyright restrictions on recorded music. The following is a list of stories written by stuart mclean featuring his popular fictional characters dave and morley from the radio program the vinyl cafe. It aired on sunday at noon est and tuesday at 11 00 pm est on cbc radio one and saturday at 9 am est on cbc radio 2. Numerous other stories have been written and read out loud on the radio show but are not current.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Note that this list features only the stories that have been published in book form and on audio. The vinyl cafe was a radio show written and hosted by stuart mclean. Mclean s hilarious stories are.

During a series of concerts mclean collected stories about real people in the real places they lived mostly focused around mclean s fictional character dave owner of a second hand record store called the vinyl cafe. Featuring canada s favourite storyteller the late stuart mclean the vinyl cafe is a blend of stories essays and music recorded at live concerts across canada. The vinyl cafe stories are about dave owner of.