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14/08/2009

With music, chat and features, including Lester's Library and the Listeners' Library.

The week's final instalment of random daftness and planned oddities from the Dark Lord.

Includes two hourly visits to the extensive music archive known as Lester's Library, and your musical contribution in the Listeners' Library. Submit your own choices by going to Alex's pages at bbc.co.uk/radio2.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 14 Aug 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.
  • Sniff ’n’ the Tears

    Driver's Seat

    • Various Artists - Top Gear 2.
    • Columbia.
  • Pixie Lott

    Boys & Girls

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • The Stranglers

    No More Heroes

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Part-Time Lover

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.
  • a-ha - Riding The Crest

  • Queen

    Flash

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
  • The Bees

    Listening Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Jocelyn Brown

    Somebody Else's Guy

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.
  • Texas

    Inner Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (FROM THE CD SINGLE 'ALL MY TRUST I PLACE IN YOU' ON COOKING VINYL)

    • McInToshRoss

      All My Trust I Place In You

  • Donald Fagen

    The Nightfly

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Crosstown Traffic

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.
  • Blur

    Parklife

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Sheryl Crow

    Here Comes The Sun (Live - Great British Songbook)

  • Athlete

    Superhuman Touch

    • (CD Single).
  • The Pioneers

    Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Strange Magic

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
  • Ben’s Brother

    Questions & Answers

    • (CD Single).
  • Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

    Circle

    • Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars.
    • Geffen.
  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Get Down Tonight

    • Billboard Top Hits 1975.
    • Rhino.
  • The Duckworth Lewis Method

    Meeting Mr Miandad

    • (CD Single).
  • Sade

    Your Love Is King

    • The Greatest Love Vol.2 (Various).
    • Telstar.
    • 1.
  • The Electric Flag

    Killing Floor

    • A Long Time Coming.
  • Judy Clay & William Bell

    Private Number

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.
  • Elviin

    In Colour

    • (CD Single).
  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.
  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
    • Rhino.
    • 13.
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    American Girl

    • Greatest Hits.
    • MCA.
  • Frankmusik

    Confusion Girl (Shame Shame Shame)

    • (CD Single).
  • Travis

    Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

    • (CD Single).
    • Independiente.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.
  • Ruby Turner

    This Train

    • (CD Single).
    • RTR Productions.
    • 1.
  • The Bar-Kays

    Soul Finger

    • Where It's At (Various Artists).
    • Kent.
  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
  • Daniel Merriweather

    Impossible

    • Love And War.
  • The Kinks

    Lola

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.
  • Aswad

    Give A Little Love

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Coming Up Easy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

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