Vinyl Tap is a Canadian radio show hosted by Randy Bachman, musician alumnus of the famous Canadian rock bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Each episode of the show first airs on CBC Radio One Saturday nights from 7 to 9 p.m., and is then repeated on CBC Radio 2 Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and again on Radio One Fridays from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
In the two hour program, Randy Bachman plays predominantly classic rock, pop and older jazz music and tells various stories behind the selections, including numerous personal anecdotes.[1] The program's format somewhat resembles Finkleman's 45s, the program it replaced on the CBC Radio schedule, although Bachman presents a very different range of musical selections than Danny Finkleman did. Some of Bachman's musical stories from the program will be published in book form in fall 2011.[1]
Bachman's wife Denise McCann Bachman also participates in the show, reading listener mail (typically 40 minutes into the first hour), doing fact research and commenting.
In 2010, Bachman hosted an episode of the show live from the Glenn Gould Studio at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto. Titled "Guitarology 101", the episode featured Bachman, McCann, Mick Dalla-Vee and Brent Knudsen talking about various aspects of guitars, including live performances of a number of classic rock and rhythm and blues songs.[2]
CBC Vancouver senior radio producer Tod Elvidge engineers, edits and compiles each show for broadcast.