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11/08/2009

Alex brings his own combination of music and conversation to early weekday mornings, making this The Best Time Of The Day Show. Popular features include the Listeners' Library, where you choose the music, and a double-selection from Alex's own collection in Lester's Library.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 11 Aug 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Modern Love

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Amy Macdonald

    Mr. Rock & Roll

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Coming Up Easy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Little Lies

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 007.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Suburbia

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Tommy Sparks

    Miracle

    • (CD Single).
  • Kirsty MacColl

    Days

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • The Lightning Seeds

    Pure

    • Lightning Seeds - Cloudcuckooland.
    • Ghetto.
  • VV Brown

    Shark In The Water

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (TAKEN FROM 'HOWL ON' ON LONELY STREET')

    • Bap Kennedy

      Cold War Country Blues

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.
  • The Adventures

    Broken Land

    • The Sea Of Love (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
  • Sharon Corr

    It's Not A Dream

    • (CD Single).
  • Robert Knight

    Love On A Mountain Top

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.
    • 7.
  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • Fairground Attraction

    Find My Love

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 004.
  • Pixie Lott

    Boys & Girls

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Morrissey

    You Have Killed Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Attack Records.
  • a-ha - What There Is

  • The Tams

    Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy

    • (Single).
    • Stateside.
  • The Hoosiers

    Goodbye Mr A

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
  • Robert Wyatt

    Shipbuilding

    • Storytellers (Various Artists).
    • Grapevine.
    • 16.
  • Alison Krauss

    Simple Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Rounder.
    • 1.
  • Sam & Dave

    Hold On, I'm Comin'

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..
  • LISTENERS' LIBRARY SUGGESTED BY JASON SUTCLIFFE (TAKEN FROM 'LAUGHING ON JUDGEMENT DAY' ON EMI)

    • Thunder

      A Better Man

      • Laughing on Judgement Day.
  • Sharleen Spiteri

    All The Times I Cried

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • The Duckworth Lewis Method

    Meeting Mr Miandad

    • (CD Single).
  • The Yardbirds

    Heart Full Of Soul

    • Million Sellers Vol.11 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.
  • The Killers

    Read My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
  • The Doobie Brothers

    China Grove

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Lily Allen

    22

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.
    • 1.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Brilliant Disguise

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.
  • Martina McBride

    Ride

    • Shine.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • k.d. lang

    Constant Craving

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Frankmusik

    Confusion Girl (Shame Shame Shame)

    • (CD Single).
  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.
    • 3.
  • Van Morrison

    Real Real Gone

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Paloma Faith

    Here Comes The Rain Again (Great British Songbook)

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (TAKEN FROM 'THE TROJAN REGGAE SISTERS' BOX SET ON TROJAN)

    • The Dreamletts

      Really Now

  • The Monkees

    (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Market.
    • 8.

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