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04/03/2010

Thursday means time for the Second Half Time Hooter of the Week. The show will be packed with all kinds of nonsense, offbeat conversation and fantastic music from start to finish.

If anyone can entertain you through the night then it is Alex on The Best Time of the Day Show. The second Half-Time Hooter has sounded which means even more daftness. Alex is still hunting for the Last Bargain on Earth and compiling The Lexicon of Lester. Meanwhile, the zoo in Buffoon Town has closed and residents are being asked to employ the many animals that will be homeless. Who wouldn't want an octopus in the kitchen to wash the dishes, dry them and put them away all at the same time?
From Lester's Library, there are tracks from Goldheart Assembly and Robben Ford; your choice from the Listener's Library is a classic tune from Shirley Ellis. There is another track from our Album of the Week by Amy MacDonald, another spin of Record of the Week from Harper Simon and Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 4 Mar 2010 02:00

Music Played

  • Patrice Rushen

    Forget Me Nots

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.
  • The Proclaimers

    Letter From America

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Beverley Knight

    Soul Survivor (feat. Chaka Khan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Hurricane.
    • 1.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Tusk

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 012.
  • Raul Malo

    Moonlight Kiss

    • (CD Single).
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.
  • Sharleen Spiteri

    All The Times I Cried

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • City Boy

    5-7-0-5

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming album, "HARPER SIMON" (Tulsi)

    • Harper Simon

      Shooting Star

      • (CD Single).
      • Tulsi Records.
      • 1.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

    • Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits.
    • Atlantic.
  • The Bluetones

    Slight Return

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "KEEP ON RUNNING" (Concord)

    • Robben Ford

      Peace, Love and Understanding

  • David Bowie

    Heroes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Leona Lewis

    I Got You

  • Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

  • The Killers

    Read My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
  • Paloma Faith

    Upside Down

  • Duran Duran

    Ordinary World

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Eagle鈥怑ye Cherry

    Save Tonight

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artists.
    • Elektra.
  • Foreigner

    When It Comes To Love

  • James Brown

    Living in America

    • 40th Anniversary Collection.
    • Polydor.
    • 4.
  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

  • Mr. Big

    To Be With You

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "WOLVES & THIEVES" (Fierce Panda) out on Monday 15th March

    • Goldheart Assembly

      King Of Rome

  • Sade

    Your Love Is King

    • The Greatest Love Vol.2 (Various).
    • Telstar.
    • 1.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Get Off Of My Cloud

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • Joan Armatrading

    Drop the Pilot

  • Snow Patrol

    Spitting Games

  • Robbie Williams

    Morning Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 5.
  • Freda Payne

    Band Of Gold

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

    Gold

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.
  • Johnny Cash

    For The Good Times

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

    • Amy Macdonald

      My Only One

      • A Curious Thing.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

  • Mary J. Blige

    I Am

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY suggested by Marianne from Scarborough

    • Shirley Ellis

      The Clapping Song

      • The Complete Congress Recordings.
      • Connoisseur.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Coldplay

    Speed Of Sound

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Mar 2010 02:00

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