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14/04/2011

The Best Time of the Day show with Alex, more laughs and top tunes than you can poke a stick at. Including Record and Album of the Week, Listener's and Lester's Library tracks.

Tune in for another serving of the show that will simply refuse to let you sleep. On the Best Time of the Day Show this morning, there will be another track from Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, more tracks selected by Alex from Lester's Library, plus one of your choices from the Listener's Library, Pause for Thought at 3.20am, more inductees into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen and a whole lot more great tunes and unpredictable chat to take you through the night.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 14 Apr 2011 02:00

Music Played

  • Wizzard

    See My Baby Jive

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur.
  • Wet Wet Wet

    Wishing I Was Lucky

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Alice Gold

    Runaway Love

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

    Golden Brown

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • City Boy

    5-7-0-5

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
  • Ron Sexsmith

    Get In Line

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 1.
  • Change

    A Lover's Holiday

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
  • Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "LIGHT AFTER DARK" (Polydor)

    • Clare Maguire

      The Shield And The Sword

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

    Hush

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "THA FUNK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" (Mascot) out on April 25th

    • Bootsy Collins

      Don't Take My Funk

  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    Even as It All Goes By

    • (CD Single).
    • BNC Records.
    • 1.
  • Delta Maid

    Of My Own

    • (CD Single).
  • Ernie K鈥怐oe

    Here Come The Girls

    • Here Come The Girls (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.
  • Heart

    These Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • Brooke Fraser

    Something In The Water

    • Flags.
    • Wood & Done.
    • 1.
  • Jon & Vangelis

    I'll Find My Way Home

    • The Best Of Jon & Vangelis.
    • Polydor.
  • Status Quo

    Whatever You Want

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Elbow

    Open Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.
  • Commodores

    Machine Gun

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Norah Jones

    Chasing Pirates

    • (CD Single).
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.
  • Barry Manilow

    Bring On Tomorrow

    • 15 Minutes.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "NEO WAVE" (Polydor) suggested by KC from Norfolk

    • Silver Sun

      I'll See You Around

      • Neo Wave.
  • Led Zeppelin

    Houses Of The Holy

    • Led Zeppelin - Latter Days.
    • Atlantic.
  • Marlena Shaw

    California Soul

    • Sampled 3 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Fun Boy Three

    Our Lips Are Sealed

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Carpenters

    Top Of The World

    • The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.
  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

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

    She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)

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

    Many Rivers To Cross

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Snow Patrol

    Chasing Cars

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
  • Taylor Swift

    The Story Of Us

    • Speak Now.
    • Mercury.
  • Raphael Saadiq

    The Answer

    • Stone Rollin'.
  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • Ones On 1 (Radio 1 21st Birthday Albu.
    • 大象传媒.
  • Chicago

    25 Or 6 To 4

    • (Single).
    • CBS.
  • Kate Bush

    Deeper Understanding

    • Director's Cut.
    • Fish People.
    • 4.
  • Aretha Franklin

    You're All I Need To Get By

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE BEST OF FAMILY & FRIENDS" (Angel Air)

    • Family

      Burlesque

  • Prefab Sprout

    Cars And Girls

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Apr 2011 02:00

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