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05/01/2010

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 5 Jan 2010 03:00

Music Played

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Paloma Faith

    Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Boz Scaggs

    Lido Shuffle

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Sandi Thom

    Saturday Night

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Bon Jovi

    Superman Tonight

    • The Circle.
  • Dionne Warwick

    I'll Never Love This Way Again

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Keith Urban

    Days Go By

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    Even as It All Goes By

    • (CD Single).
    • BNC Records.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY featured on the CD "APRIL RAIN" (Roadrunner)

    • Delain

      Stay Forever

  • Jason Mraz

    Make It Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Patty Smyth & Don Henley

    Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • CeCe Peniston

    Finally

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

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.
  • Rod Stewart

    It's The Same Old Song

    • Soulbook.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Coldplay

    Violet Hill

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • Yazz

    Fine Time

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 012.
  • Phil Collins

    Dance into the Light

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • Florence Rawlings

    Love Can Be A Battlefield

    • (CD Single).
  • Big Audio Dynamite

    贰=惭颁虏

    • Alternative Eighties (Various Artist.
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Tina Turner

    I Don't Wanna Lose You

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY featured on the CD "FOREVER CHANGES - COLLECTOR'S EDITION" (Rhino/Warner)

    • Love

      A House Is Not a Motel

  • The Script

    The Man Who Can't Be Moved

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Robbie Williams

    You Know Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.
  • Gary Puckett & Union Gap

    Young Girl

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
  • Take That

    Hold Up A Light

    • The Circus.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Yvonne Elliman

    Love Me

    • Amoreuse (Various Artists).
    • Pickwick.
  • Keane

    This Is The Last Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.
  • Codeine Velvet Club

    Hollywood

    • Codeine Velvet Club.
  • Led Zeppelin

    Stairway To Heaven

    • Led Zeppelin - Remasters.
  • Pat Benatar

    Love Is A Battlefield

    • The 80's Collection: 1984 (Various).
    • Chrysalis.
  • Timothy B. Schmit

    Parachute

    • Expando.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY as featured on the CD, "Dancing for Mental Health" (Island) suggested by Tristan Forward in London

    • Will Powers

      Kissing With Confidence

      • The Island Story (Various Artists).
      • Island.
  • Bachman鈥揟urner Overdrive

    You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
  • Average White Band

    Let's Go Round Again

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Jan 2010 03:00

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