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27/10/2010

Let Alex guide you through the small hours with his blend of unique humour and fantastic music. Record & Album of the Week included, plus Lester's & Listener's Library tracks too.

Spend the night with the Dark Lord, who will be keeping you laughing with his witty conversation interspersed with a great mix of music. Today, there are more tales of nodding off in the nightclub and taking those forbidden forty winks at the funeral in "I Fell Asleep While..." More suggestions on how to make sports a much shorter experience in "Shorten zie Sporten", and we are swapping body parts with animals in "The Creature Swap Shop". More Pause for Thought at 3.20am and the 4.15 One-Off Canteen opens its doors to more unique newcomers.

From Lester's Library there is a vintage Judas Priest track and a new one from John Illsley, while the Listener's Library selection is a classic Kate Bush record. There is another track from Album of the Week by Rumer, and Record of the Week by Tone Damli. Buffoons are go!

3 hours

Last on

Wed 27 Oct 2010 02:00

Music Played

  • Kool & the Gang

    Get Down On It

    • Eighties Legends (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 2.
  • Eric Clapton

    Bad Love

    • The BRIT Awards 1993 (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 5.
  • Rumer

    Aretha

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
    • Epic.
  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • Westlife - Safe

  • The Zombies

    Time Of The Season

    • The Zombies - Odyssey & Oracle.
    • Rock Machine.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "I KNOW" (Mercury) out 8th November

    • Tone Damli Aaberge

      Butterflies

      • (CD Single).
      • Mercury.
      • 1.
  • Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

    Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.
  • Garth Brooks

    Standing Outside the Fire

    • Garth Brooks - The Hits.
    • Liberty.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "STAINED CLASS" (Columbia)

    • Judas Priest

      Better By You, Better Than Me

  • James Blunt

    Stay The Night

    • Some Kind Of Trouble.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Stevie Nicks

    Edge Of Seventeen

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
    • 4.
  • Ricky Nelson

    Travelin' Man

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

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • P.P. Arnold

    The First Cut Is The Deepest

    • Sweet Talkin' Guy - Sound Of 60's Gal.
    • Old Gold.
  • Jamiroquai

    Blue Skies

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.
  • Gretchen Wilson

    Redneck Woman

    • Gretchen Wilson - Here For The Party.
    • Epic.
  • Lauren Pritchard

    Not The Drinking

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • The Clash

    London Calling

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
  • Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

    What I Am

    • Songwriter (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 3.
  • JLS

    Love You More

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE KICK INSIDE" (EMI) suggested by Maddy from Bournemouth

    • Kate Bush

      Wuthering Heights

      • Remastered Part I.
      • Fish People.
  • Tommy James & The Shondells

    Mony Mony

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
  • Fun Lovin’ Criminals

    Loco

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.
    • 3.
  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Accidents Will Happen

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.
    • 4.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.
  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Gimme Some Lovin'

    • Eight Gigs A Week - The Steve Winwood Years.
    • Island.
    • 3.
  • Michael Bublé

    Hollywood

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

    Behind The Groove

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Don McLean

    American Pie

    • 20 Number 2's Of The 70's (Various).
    • MFP.
  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Geno

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 5.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SEASONS OF THE SOUL" (Atlantic) out 1st November

    • Rumer

      Take Me As I Am

      • Seasons Of My Soul.
      • Atlantic.
      • 4.
  • Dion & The Belmonts

    Teenager In Love

    • Dion & The Belmonts - The EP Collecti.
    • Capitol.
  • Aerosmith

    Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • UMC.
  • Alannah Myles

    Black Velvet

    • Red Hot Metal (Various Artists).
    • Dover Records.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "STREETS OF HEAVEN" (Andychilds)

    • John Illsley

      Streets of Heaven

  • Lissie

    In Sleep

    • Catching A Tiger.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Elton John & Leon Russell

    If It Wasn't For Bad

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

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Oct 2010 02:00

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