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18/04/2011

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. This morning, Alex has declared it the start of National Chair Week; hear stories of romance, shame and complete humiliation concerning the chair. Plus, we are doing away with money and taking suggestions for an alternative; the carrot economy gets the thumbs up. Pause for Thought comes in at 3.20am with Andrew Graystone.

From Lester's Library there are tracks from TD Lind and Dennis Coffey, one of your tunes from the Listener's Library by Inspiral Carpets, a track from the new Album of the Week by Brooke Fraser, and a new Record of the Week by Sade.

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Mon 18 Apr 2011 02:00

Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.
  • Patrice Rushen

    Forget Me Nots

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.
  • Taio Cruz

    Telling The World

    • (CD Single).
  • Barrett Strong

    Money (That's What I Want)

    • Pre-Fab! (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
  • Thompson Twins

    Hold Me Now

    • 80s Mania (Various Artists).
    • BMG.
    • 3.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION" (RCA) out on May 9th

    • Sade

      Still In Love With You

      • The Ultimate Collection.
      • RCA.
      • 1.
  • The Tremeloes

    Here Comes My Baby

    • Heartbeat - Forever Yours.
    • Sony.
  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

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

    Bring On Tomorrow

    • 15 Minutes.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "THE OUTSKIRTS OF PROSPER" (Dramatico) out on May 2nd

    • TD Lind

      Pushover Boy Blues

  • Pluto Shervington

    Dat

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • The Drifters

    There Goes My Baby

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.
  • The Rembrandts

    I'll Be There For You

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.
  • Blondie

    Sunday Girl

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.
    • 9.
  • Tim McGraw

    Me And Tennessee (feat. Gwyneth Paltrow)

    • Country Strong O.S.T..
    • Curb.
    • 1.
  • The Proclaimers

    Letter From America

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Snowy White

    Bird Of Paradise

    • Golden Love Songs Top 100 - Volume 2 (Various).
    • Arcade.
  • Sara Bareilles

    Uncharted

    • Kaleidoscope Heart.
  • George Benson

    Love Ballad

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 6.
  • Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs

    Sugar Shack

    • The Golden Age Of American Rock'n'rol.
    • Ace.
  • CeeLo Green

    Bright Lights Bigger City (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "GREATEST HITS" (Mute) suggested by Chris Dillon in Lincolnshire

    • Inspiral Carpets

      This Is How It Feels

      • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
      • EMI.
  • The Easybeats

    Friday On My Mind

    • Good Morning Vietnam (Film S/Track).
    • Disky.
  • Amy Macdonald

    This Pretty Face

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

    Only Sixteen

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Evil Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
  • Michael Jackson

    P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

    • Thriller.
    • Epic.
    • 6.
  • Alice Gold

    Runaway Love

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

    Walk Out to Winter

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..
  • Redbone

    The Witch Queen Of New Orleans

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1971 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Take That

    Happy Now

    • Progress.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "FLAGS" (Wood and Bone Records) Out Now

    • Brooke Fraser

      Coachella

      • Flags.
      • Wood & Bone.
      • 6.
  • Al Jarreau

    We're In This Love Together

    • Breakin' Away.
    • BBR.
    • 003.
  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
    • Dino.
  • Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

    What I Am

    • Songwriter (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 3.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DENNIS COFFEY" (Strut) out on April 25th

    • Dennis Coffey

      All your Goodies Are Gone

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Slow Hand

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 006.
  • Train

    Marry Me

    • Save Me, San Francisco.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

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  • Mon 18 Apr 2011 02:00

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