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12/03/2012

Entertaining you through the night with his inspired daftness and eclectic music choices, it's Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show, including a new Record and Album of the Week.

Fight off those Monday blues by tuning in to Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night-owl comedy and fantastic music. There is a new Record and Album of the Week, Pause for Thought, two more unexpected tracks from Lester's Library and one from you from the Listener's Library. Beware, the Drums of Pun or the Mallet of Stupidity could go off at any time. You have been warned!

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Mon 12 Mar 2012 02:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • 10cc

      The Things We Do for Love

      • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
      • Premier.

  • Grace Jones

    Slave To The Rhythm

    • (CD Single).
    • ZTT.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Dream On

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash.
    • 1.

  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Land Of 1000 Dances

    • Where It's At (Various Artists).
    • Kent.

  • Madonna

    Masterpiece

    • W.E. O.S.T..
    • Polydor.
    • 12.

  • M枚tley Cr眉e

    Girls Girls Girls

    • Monsters Of Rock (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Help Me

    • Dreamland.
    • SNOWSTORM.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "CALIFORNIA 37" (Columbia) out on April 16th

    • Train

      Drive By

      • (CD Single).
      • Columbia.
      • 12.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "CROWN AND TREATY" (Samadhisound)

    • Sweet Billy Pilgrim

      Joyful Reunion

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Geno

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 5.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    Many Rivers To Cross

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

  • Katie Melua

    Better Than A Dream

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Pretenders

      Don't Get Me Wrong

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

  • Jamiroquai

    Love Foolosophy

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Paul Carrack

    Good Feelin' About It

    • (CD Single).
    • Carrack UK.
    • 1.

  • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

    You're All I Need To Get By

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Jamie Hartman

    Girlwise

    • III.
    • Flat Cap Records.
    • 1.

  • UB40

    Homely Girl

    • The Very Best Of UB40 1980-2000.
    • Virgin.

  • Rickie Lee Jones

    Chuck E's In Love

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Queen

    Fat Bottomed Girls

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THIS MOTHER'S DAUGHER/ I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME" (Capitol)

    • Nancy Wilson

      Love Has Smiled On Us

  • Elvis Presley

    Don't Be Cruel

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Tom Jones & Mousse T.

    Sex Bomb

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • HOUR 3

    • McFadden & Whitehead

      Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

      • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
      • Disky.

  • The Bluebells

    Young At Heart

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

  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

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

  • Patti Smith Group

    Because the Night

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

  • Robbie Nevil

    C'est La Vie

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.

  • Blue October

    The Worry List

    • (CD Single).
    • Ear Music.
    • 1.

  • Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

    A Rockin鈥� Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)

    • The Two Of Us.
    • Verve.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD "MARCUS COLLINS" (Syco) out now

    • Marcus Collins

      Break These Chains

      • Marcus Collins.
      • Syco/RCA.
      • 11.

  • Yes

    Wonderous Stories

    • Classic Yes.
    • Atlantic.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Heartbreaker

    • Friends & Lovers (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "FIELDS OF FIRE: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION" (Spectrum) suggested by Barry Needle in Wales

    • Big Country

      Wonderland

      • Fields Of Fire: The Ultimate Collection.
      • Spectrum.
      • 2.

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Coldplay

    Charlie Brown

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Mar 2012 02:00
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