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20/04/2010

Expect the unexpected with Alex on The Best Time Of The Day Show, with Pause For Thought, Lester's Library and the Listeners' Library features.

Alex brings his own combination of music and conversation to early weekday mornings, making this The Best Time Of The Day Show. This morning, the thread Annie Get Your Nun starts, in which nuns are taking on crime. Alex is still searching for his drag queen name and plans for the Woman-Friendly pub are well underway.

From Lester's Library there is rock from Foghat and some classic jazz from Coleman Hawkins. The Lester's Library choice is a track from Ducks Deluxe. There is another track from Album of the Week from The Avett Brothers, Record of the Week from Renee Fleming, and Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 20 Apr 2010 02:00

Music Played

  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • Jackie Wilson

    I Get the Sweetest Feeling

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.
  • Lady A

    Need You Now

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.
  • Gabrielle

    Dreams

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • The Who

    My Generation

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 004.
  • Joshua Radin

    I'd Rather Be With You

    • (CD Single).
    • 14th Floor Records.
    • 1.
  • Heatwave

    Always & Forever

    • Nite Flite 3 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming album, "DARK HOPE" (Mercury)

    • Ren茅e Fleming

      Endlessly

      • (CD Single).
  • Big Country

    In a Big Country

    • Without The Aid Of A Safety Net.
    • EMI.
  • The Marvelettes

    When You're Young And In Love

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.2 (Various).
    • Hitsville.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the album, "NOT LIVE AT THE 大象传媒" (Angel Air)

    • Foghat

      Fool for the City

  • Ben鈥檚 Brother

    What If I?

    • (CD Single).
    • Flat Cap Records.
    • 1.
  • Edwin Starr

    Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.
  • U2

    Beautiful Day

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Fairground Attraction

    Find My Love

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 004.
  • Fyfe Dangerfield

    Faster Than The Setting Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • The Walker Brothers

    Walking In The Rain

    • Best Of Scott Walker & The Walker Bro.
    • Fontana.
  • Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams

    Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

    • Black Butterfly.
    • BBR.
    • 006.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Growing Up Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • The Christians

    Harvest For The World

    • The Best Of The Christians.
    • Island.
  • VV Brown

    Shark In The Water

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Patrick Swayze

    She's Like The Wind (feat. Wendy Fraser)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Little Richard

    Lucille

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY suggested by Paul from South Yorkshire

    • Ducks Deluxe

      Coast to Coast

      • Ducks Deluxe/Taxi To The Terminal Zone.
  • Soul Asylum

    Runaway Train

    • Drivin' With Johnnie Walker (Various).
    • Eastwest Records.
  • Dinah Washington

    Mad About The Boy

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Canned Heat

    Let's Work Together

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

    • The Soul Years 1975 (Disc 1).
    • Knight Records.
  • Ella Chi

    Cuz He Needed Me

    • (CD Single).
  • Mr. Big

    To Be With You

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • The Miracles

    Love Machine

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Sharon Jones and the Dap鈥怟ings

    I Learned The Hard Way

    • I Learned The Hard Way.
    • Daptone Records.
    • 1.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "I AND LOVE AND YOU" (Columbia)

    • The Avett Brothers

      Tin Man

      • I and Love and You.
  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..
  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "SMOOTH JAZZ" (EMI)

    • Coleman Hawkins - Someone To Watch Over Me

  • MIKA

    We Are Young

    • (CD Single).
  • Suzi Quatro

    If You Can't Give Me Love

    • Top Ten Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Music For Pleasure.
  • Bad Company

    Can't Get Enough

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Apr 2010 02:00

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