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11/09/2009

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 11 Sep 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • The Zutons

    Valerie

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.
  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • Michael Bolton

    Just One Love

    • (CD Single).
    • UMTV.
    • 1.
  • Indigo Girls

    Fill It Up Again

    • Indigo Girls - All That We Let In.
    • Epic.
  • Rickie Lee Jones

    Chuck E's In Love

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Coldplay

    Strawberry Swing

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Someone to watch over me

    • A Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Stylus.
  • Squeeze

    Cool For Cats

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Beverley Knight

    Beautiful Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis Music.
    • 1.
  • Lester's Library: From the CD 'Surfing With The Alien' on Epic

    • Joe Satriani

      Always With Me, Always With You

  • Steely Dan

    Rikki Don't Lose That Number

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.
  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Imelda May

    Johnny Got A Boom Boom

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Classics & Jazz.
    • 1.
  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.
  • a-ha - Nothing Is Keeping You Here

  • Suzanne Vega

    Luka

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Soul City Walk

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.
  • Madonna

    Celebration

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • Van Morrison

    Days Like This

    • Van Morrison - Days Like This.
    • Exil.
  • Daniel Merriweather

    Change (feat. Wale)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Nell Bryden

    Second Time Around

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.
    • 1.
  • Rod Stewart

    You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)

    • Foot Loose & Fancy Free.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Listener's Library: Suggested by Reg Sorfleet in Bury. From The CD 'Swinging Hits of Cherry Poppin' Daddies' on Mojo Records

    • Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

      Zoot Suit Riot

  • Diana Ross

    Upside Down

    • And They Danced The Night Away Volume 2 CD2.
    • Debutante.
  • Jon Allen

    Down By The River

    • (CD Single).
    • Monologue Records.
    • 1.
  • Gwen Stefani & Akon

    The Sweet Escape

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
  • Robert Palmer

    Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You

    • Now 19 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Pixie Lott

    Boys & Girls

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

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Mary's Place

    • Bruce Springsteen - The Rising.
    • Columbia.
  • Elvis Presley vs Junkie XL

    A Little Less Conversation

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.
  • Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

    Lucky

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Pretty In Pink

    • Teenage Kicks (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Lester's Library: From the CD 'Pama Outernational' on Rockers Revolt Records

    • Pama International

      I Still Love You More

  • Moloko

    Sing It Back

    • Club MTV (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music On Demand.
  • Basement Jaxx and Sam Sparro

    Feelings Gone (Alternate Version)

    • (CD Single).
  • The Pretenders

    Love's A Mystery

    • Break Up The Concrete.
    • Shangri-La.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Sep 2009 03:00

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