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29/09/2009

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 29 Sep 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Accidents Will Happen

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.
    • 4.
  • Martha and the Muffins

    Echo Beach

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • Chris Rea

    Come So Far, Yet Still So Far To Go

    • The Best Of.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • Radiohead

    High And Dry

    • Crush (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Cheryl

    Fight For This Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Elton John

    Are You Ready for Love

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • The Move

    Flowers In The Rain

    • Move.
    • Esoteric Recordings.
    • 010.
  • Janet Jackson

    Come Back To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
  • John Fogerty

    Garden Party (feat. Don Henley & Timothy B. Schmit)

    • The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again.
    • Universal.
    • 1.
  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Heaven

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY - TAKEN FROM 'MY MAUDLIN CAREER' ON 4AD

    • Camera Obscura

      The Sweetest Thing

  • The Drifters

    Saturday Night At The Movies

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.
  • The Stranglers

    No More Heroes

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Cerys Matthews

    Arlington Way

    • Don't Look Down.
    • Rainbow City Records.
    • 1.
  • Eurythmics

    Here Comes The Rain Again

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • The Coasters

    Poison Ivy

    • Dreamboats And Petticoats Four (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
    • 25.
  • Colbie Caillat

    Fallin' For You

    • (CD Single).
  • Imagination

    Just An Illusion

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

    When The Heartache Is Over

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
  • Barbra Streisand

    In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

    • Love Is The Answer.
  • Empire of the Sun

    We Are The People

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • CeCe Peniston

    Finally

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Nell Bryden

    Second Time Around

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.
    • 1.
  • LISTENERS' LIBRARY - SUGGESTED BY JASON SPARKS (TAKEN FROM 'BELLYBUTTON' ON CHARISMA)

    • Jellyfish

      Bedspring Kiss

      • Bellybutton.
  • Sam Cooke

    Chain Gang

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.
  • Paul Simon

    Graceland

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.
  • Whitesnake

    Is This Love

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.
  • Newton Faulkner

    If This Is It

    • (CD Single).
  • Timbaland

    Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)

    • (CD Single).
    • Blackground Records.
  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Island.
    • 12.
  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.
  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 1.
  • Michael Bolton

    Just One Love

    • (CD Single).
    • UMTV.
    • 1.
  • Eagles

    Lyin' Eyes

    • (Single).
    • Asylum.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY - TAKEN FROM 'IGNORE THE IGNORANT' ON WICHITA

    • The Cribs

      We Share The Same Skies

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station

    The Lucky One

    • (CD Single).
    • Rounder Records.
  • Oasis

    The Masterplan

    • Stop The Clocks E.P..
    • Creation.

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