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06/12/2010

Start the week with The Best Time of the Day Show with the Dark Lord. Expect some brilliant music and witty chat to keep you entertained through the small hours.

Laugh away those Monday blues by tuning into the Best Time of the Day Show for offbeat conversation and fantastic music. There will be 2 tracks handpicked from Alex's personal CD collection for Lester's Library, one of your tunes from the Listener's Library, a track from the new Album of the Week, a new Record of the Week and Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 6 Dec 2010 02:00

Music Played

  • The B鈥52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.
  • Carpenters

    Only Yesterday

    • The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.
  • Caro Emerald

    Riviera Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.
  • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

    Get Away

    • 20 Beat Classics.
    • Polydor.
  • Asia

    Heat Of The Moment

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.
  • Ellie Goulding

    Your Song

    • Bright Lights.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • George Benson

    Never Give Up On A Good Thing

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 3.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • Hurts

      All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day

      • (CD Single).
      • RCA.
      • 1.
  • Kansas

    Dust In The Wind

    • The Best Of Kansas.
    • Epic.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY. FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM 'THE SOUNDTRACK' ON ARMOURY

    • The Gentlemen

      We Win

  • Phoebe Snow

    Every Night

    • Uncovered (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • The Zombies

    She's Not There

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Dennis Brown

    Money In My Pocket

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.
  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • The Beat

    Can't Get Used To Losing You

    • The Best Of.
    • Go-Feet.
  • Plain White T鈥檚

    Rhythm Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 1.
  • Ella Fitzgerald

    It's All Right With Me

    • Essential Ella.
    • Verve.
  • Elvis Costello

    Veronica

    • Elvis Costello - Extreme Honey.
    • Warner Bros.
  • The Beautiful South

    Song For Whoever

    • Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Cha.
    • Go! Discs.
  • KT Tunstall

    Fade Like A Shadow

    • Tiger Suit.
    • Relentless.
    • 1.
  • Eric Carmen

    Hungry Eyes

    • Dirty Dancing - Original S/Track.
    • RCA.
  • Thelma Houston

    Don't Leave Me This Way

    • Any Way You Like It (Expanded Edition).
    • SoulMusic Records.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY, SUGGESTED BY RUSSELL BENNETT. TAKEN FROM 'MAN OF COLOURS' ON CHRYSALIS

    • Icehouse

      Electric Blue

      • Man Of Colours.
      • Chrysalis.
  • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

    Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)

    • (CD Single).
    • Rounder.
  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.
  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love

    • Music Of The Year: 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Universal-Island Records.
  • Katie Melua

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.
  • Michael Jackson & Akon

    Hold My Hand

    • Michael.
    • Sony.
    • 4.
  • Sugarland

    All I Want To Do

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

    I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

    • Donald Fagen - The Nightfly.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Sophia George

    Girlie Girlie

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Annie Lennox

      In The Bleak Midwinter

      • A Christmas Cornucopia.
      • Island.
      • 8.
  • Them

    Gloria

  • Big Country

    Fields of Fire (400 Miles)

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.
  • Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY, TAKEN FROM 'SING GREAT ROCK AND POP CLASSICS' ON YELLOW

    • Ike & Tina Turner

      Stormy Weather

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Purple Haze

  • Clout

    Substitute

    • Hard 2 Get Hits - Various Artists.
    • Disky.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Better Than Today

    • Aphrodite.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

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  • Mon 6 Dec 2010 02:00

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