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15/03/2012

Keeping you laughing through the night and playing the best selection of tunes, it's Alex. With the Album and Record of the Week plus Lester's and Listener's Libraries.

Alex is here to keep you entertained with his unique brand of witty chat accompanied by a great selection of tunes.

There is more from Album of the Week, another play of the Record of the Week, two tracks you may not have heard before from Lester's Library, one of your choices from the Listener's Library, Pause for Thought at 3.20am, and the second Half-Time Hooter of the Week. Let the buffoonery begin!

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Thu 15 Mar 2012 02:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Chic

      I Want Your Love

      • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
      • Global Television.

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Avalanche City

    Love, Love, Love

    • Our New Life Above The Ground.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • R.E.M.

    Near Wild Heaven

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Searchers

    Needles and Pins

    • (Single).
    • Pye.

  • Nickelback

    Lullaby

    • Here & Now.
    • Roadrunner.
    • 1.

  • Sade

    Smooth Operator

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

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

    • Train

      Drive By

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

  • The Manhattan Transfer

    Tuxedo Junction

    • (Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "ONE DAY I'M GOING TO SOAR" (BMG) out on 4th June

    • Dexys

      Nowhere Is Home

  • Harry Nilsson

    Everybody's Talkin'

    • Million Sellers Vol.10 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Lionel Richie & Shania Twain

    Endless Love

    • Tuskegee.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Prefab Sprout

      The King of Rock 'N' Roll

      • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
      • Hits Album.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Don't Tell Me That It's Over

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

  • Bruce Springsteen

    We Take Care Of Our Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 25.

  • Bobbie Gentry

    I'll Never Fall in Love Again

    • The Hits Of 1969 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    All Over The World

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

  • The Band Perry

    If I Die Young

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

  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Mott the Hoople

    Roll Away The Stone

    • Mott The Hoople - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.

  • The Pierces

    Glorious

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE VERY BEST OF: IDOLIZE YOURSELF" (EMI) suggested by Douglas Borland in Glasgow

    • Billy Idol

      Dancing with Myself

      • Very Best Of: Idolize Yourself.
      • EMI.
      • 1.

  • Minnie Riperton

    Lovin' You

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Take Me With U

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • HOUR 3

    • John Lennon

      Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

      • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
      • Calderstone.

  • Whitney Houston

    My Love Is Your Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Will Young

    Losing Myself

    • Echoes.
    • Sony.

  • U2

    Beautiful Day

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Move

    Flowers In The Rain

    • Move.
    • Esoteric Recordings.
    • 010.

  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

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

    • Marcus Collins

      Don't Surrender

      • Marcus Collins.
      • Syco/RCA.
      • 4.

  • Amii Stewart

    Friends

    • Love Bites & School Nites (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • Manfred Mann

    Pretty Flamingo

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Belouis Some

    Imagination

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "SOUL IS HEAVY" (Decon) out Monday

    • Nneka

      My Home

  • Gallagher & Lyle

    Heart On My Sleeve

    • Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway.
    • River Records.

  • Olly Murs

    Oh My Goodness

    • In Case You Didn't Know.
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Fiction Factory

    (Feels Like) Heaven

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Mar 2012 02:00
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