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02/03/2010

Alex will entertain you through the night with his offbeat conversation topics and an eclectic playlist featuring 2 songs from Lester's Library and one from the Listener's Library.

More of Alex's unique brand of entertainment on The Best Time of the Day Show. The Lexicon of Lester continues to grow, find out which new words are posing no threat whatsoever to the English language, but are causing a good old laugh in Buffoon Town. The topic of Inappropriate Laughing has moved onto Inappropriate Anything But Laughing: sneezing, stomach growling and knocking yourself out on the door-frame. Courtesy of Fred Slippage yesterday, we are also talking Offspring in the Office; it always seems like a nice idea to bring the kids into work....

From Lester's Library there are tracks from rockers Airbourne and classic gospel from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and from the Listener's Library there is a forgotten gem from The Seekers. Hear another track from our Album of the Week by Amy MacDonald, our Record of the Week from Paul's son, Harper Simon, and Pause for Thought with Becky Lively. Nobody else, nowhere else.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 2 Mar 2010 02:00

Music Played

  • Status Quo

    Whatever You Want

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Alison Moyet

    Weak In The Presence Of Beauty

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • Paloma Faith

    Upside Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Gary 鈥淯.S.鈥 Bonds

    New Orleans

    • Million Sellers Vol.9 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.
  • Mamas Gun

    Wishing

    • (CD Single).
  • Macy Gray

    I Try

    • The 2000 Brit Awards (Various Artist.
    • Columbia.
  • The Detroit Spinners

    It's A Shame

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 4.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming album, "HARPER SIMON" (Tulsi)

    • Harper Simon

      Shooting Star

      • (CD Single).
      • Tulsi Records.
      • 1.
  • Del Amitri

    Roll To Me

    • Twisted.
    • A&M.
    • 007.
  • Mary J. Blige

    I Am

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "NO GUTS, NO GLORY" (Roadrunner)

    • Airbourne

      No Way But the Hard Way

  • Andreas Johnson

    Glorious

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Dusty Springfield

    I Only Want To Be With You

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.
  • The Coral

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.
  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.
  • Rihanna

    Umbrella (feat. JAY-Z)

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
  • Thin Lizzy

    Jailbreak

    • Best Air Guitar Album In The World II.
    • Virgin.
  • Robbie Williams

    Morning Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 5.
  • Andy Williams

    Home Lovin' Man

    • The Best Of Andy Williams.
    • Dino.
  • Foreigner

    When It Comes To Love

    • (CD Single).
  • Candi Staton

    Nights On Broadway

    • Bee Gees Songbook (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.
  • ABC

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Davy Knowles and Jonatha Brooke

    Taste Of Danger

    • (CD Single).
  • The Seekers

    Walk With Me

    • The Ultimate Collection.
  • Nickelback

    Rockstar

    • (CD Single).
    • Roadrunner.
    • 5.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the album, "THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION" (EMI Gold), suggested by Gareth from Essex

    • The Seekers

      Walk With Me

  • Grace Jones

    Slave To The Rhythm

    • (CD Single).
    • ZTT.
  • Van Halen

    Jump

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Boz Scaggs

    What Can I Say

    • Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees.
    • CBS.
  • Boyzone

    Gave It All Away

    • (CD Single).
  • Fontella Bass

    Rescue Me

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • George Michael

    Heal The Pain

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
  • Raul Malo

    Moonlight Kiss

    • (CD Single).
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "A CURIOUS THING" (Mercury) out on Monday 8th March

    • Amy Macdonald

      Next Big Thing

      • A Curious Thing.
  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.
  • Kings of Leon

    Use Somebody

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • Gabrielle

    Out Of Reach

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Big Mountain

    Baby, I Love Your Way

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Natasha Bedingfield

    Unwritten

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THIS TRAIN" (Proper)

    • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

      I Heard My Mother Call My Name

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  • Tue 2 Mar 2010 02:00

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