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15/09/2010

Tim Smith is sitting in for Alex Lester all week, keeping you happy through the night with fantastic music and chat. Record and Album of the Week included, plus Pause for Thought.

While Alex Lester is away, Tim Smith will be entertaining you through the wee small hours with entertaining chat and fantastic music. This morning there are tracks by Teardrop Explodes and Randy Newman from the Smith Family Archive, a Queen album track from Listener's Library, a forgotten gem by Crash Test Dummies for today's Celebrity Birthday, the New Seekers are the TV Ad Music choice, Record of the Week comes from Michael Buble, plus there is another track from Album of the Week, Robert Plant's Band of Joy. More Pause for Thought at 3.20am and another round of What Do They All Have in Common?

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Wed 15 Sep 2010 02:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Madonna

    Borderline

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 14.

  • Yes

    Wonderous Stories

    • Classic Yes.
    • Atlantic.

  • Maroon 5

    Misery

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Buddy Holly

    Raining In My Heart

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Love Love

    • A Curious Thing.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "CRAZY LOVE: THE HOLLYWOOD EDITION" (Reprise)

    • Michael Bubl茅

      Hollywood

      • (CD Single).
      • Reprise.
      • 1.

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Status Quo and Corps Of Army Music Choir

    In The Army Now (2010)

    • (CD Single).

  • Grace Jones

    Slave To The Rhythm

    • (CD Single).
    • ZTT.

  • Crash Test Dummies

    Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

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

  • Brandon Flowers

    Crossfire

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

  • MUSIC FROM THE SMITH FAMILY ARCHIVE from the CD, "WILDER" (Mercury)

    • The Teardrop Explodes

      Colours Fly Away

  • The Elgins

    Heaven Must Have Sent You

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.5 (Various).
    • Motown.
    • 6.

  • Janet Jackson

    Whoops Now

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • 补鈥恏补

    Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)

    • (CD Single).
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • Fontella Bass

    Rescue Me

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

  • Duran Duran

    Ordinary World

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

  • Nell Bryden - Goodbye

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "INNUENDO" (Parlophone) suggested by Jon Waring from Nottingham

    • Queen

      Ride the Wild Wind

  • Aztec Camera

    How Men Are

    • Acoustic Rock (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • The New Seekers

    I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 2.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Avalanches

    Since I Left You

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.

  • Janet Kay

    Silly Games

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Come Back and Finish What You Started

    • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Singles Al.
    • Pro-Tv.

  • U2

    Mysterious Ways

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Heartbeat (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 2.

  • MUSIC FROM THE SMITH FAMILY ARCHIVE from the CD, "LAND OF DREAMS" (Warner)

    • Randy Newman

      Falling in Love

      • Land of Dreams.

  • Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

    • Timespace: The Best Of Stevie Nicks.
    • EMI.

  • Marc Almond

    The Days Of Pearly Spencer

    • Now 22 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "BAND OF JOY" (Decca)

    • Robert Plant

      I'm Falling In Love Again

      • Band of Joy.

  • Eurythmics

    You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow

    Shame

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • The Walker Brothers

    No Regrets

    • Best Of Scott Walker & The Walker Bro.
    • Fontana.

  • Paper Aeroplanes

    Not As Old As You Think

    • (CD Single).
    • My First Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Sep 2010 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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