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11/03/2011

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

Let Alex kick-start your weekend with Feelgood Friday on the Best Time of the Day Show. More tales of sitting and standing in things most horrid in "Step, Toe and Dung", and reel in horror at stories of items that have been loaned out and never returned. Pause for Thought at 3.20am with Mike Ford and the final chance for the week to don those laddered tights in the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.
There is a final track from the Album of the Week by REM, another spin of Record of the Week by Taylor Swift, tracks by James Taylor Quartet and Patrick Wolf from Lester's Library and one from The Jam selected by you from the Listener's Library. Pause for Thought at 3.20am. Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise.
Buffoons are go!

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Fri 11 Mar 2011 02:00

Music Played

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.
  • Sheryl Crow

    If It Makes You Happy

    • Now 35 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Sick Puppies

    Maybe

    • (CD Single).
  • Bryan Adams

    Run To You

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.
  • The Supremes

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SPEAK NOW" (Mercury)

    • Taylor Swift

      The Story Of Us

      • Speak Now.
      • Mercury.
  • Ray Charles

    I Got A Woman

    • Best Of The 50's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
  • Bad Company

    Feel Like Makin' Love

    • (Single).
    • Island.
    • 3.
  • Ray LaMontagne

    New York City's Killing Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Musical Youth

    Pass The Dutchie

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TEMPLATE" (Chin Chin) out on April 4th

    • The James Taylor Quartet

      Woman

  • Scissor Sisters

    Fire With Fire

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

    She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)

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

    Grease

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 18.
  • Prince

    I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Brooke Fraser

    Something In The Water

    • Flags.
    • Wood & Done.
    • 1.
  • Toto

    Hold The Line

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

    Rock And Roll Waltz

    • Housewives Choice (Various Artists).
    • Music & Memories.
  • The Hoosiers

    Bumpy Ride

    • Bumpy Ride.
    • Phantom.
    • 1.
  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    After the Love Has Gone

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.
  • Wonderland

    Not A Love Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "LUPERCALIA" (Mercury) out on May 30th

    • Patrick Wolf

      The City

  • Nena

    99 Red Balloons

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • The O鈥橨ays

    Use Ta Be My Girl

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Jr. Walker & the All Stars

    What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)

    • Junior Walker - 20th Century Masters.
    • Motown.
    • 5.
  • Queen

    A Kind Of Magic

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.
  • Marmalade

    Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

    • Best Scottish Album In The World....
    • Virgin.
  • Julian Velard

    Love Again For The First Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Planteer Records.
    • 1.
  • Melba Moore

    This Is It

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur.
  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.
  • Asa

    Be My Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "COLLAPSE INTO NOW" (Warner) Out now

    • R.E.M.

      Oh My Heart

      • Collapse Into Now.
      • Warners.
      • 4.
  • Lloyd Price

    Stagger Lee

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • ZZ Top

    Gimme All Your Lovin'

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
  • Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ALL MOD CONS" (Polydor) suggested by Paul Gill from Leicester

    • The Jam

      Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

      • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
      • Global Television.
  • Suzi Quatro

    Can The Can

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur.
  • Chaka Demus & Pliers

    Tease Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Mango.
  • Frantique

    Strut Your Funky Stuff

    • The Greatest Hits Of Philadelphia.
    • Music Club.

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