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12/04/2012

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 12 Apr 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Pat Benatar

      Love Is A Battlefield

      • The 80's Collection: 1984 (Various).
      • Chrysalis.

  • Rick James

    Super Freak

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

  • Olly Murs

    Oh My Goodness

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

  • Iggy Pop

    Real Wild Child (Wild One)

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1987, Pt.2 (Var).
    • Telstar.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Good Girl

    • Blown Away.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    • Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
    • Polydor.

  • Bananarama

    Cruel Summer

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK (Conehead)

    • Engelbert Humperdinck

      Love Will Set You Free

      • (CD Single).
      • Conehead.
      • 1.

  • KT Tunstall

    Under the Weather

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Girls Talk

    • NOW - Yearbook 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BEWARE & BE GRATEFUL" (FatCat) out Monday 16th April

    • Maps & Atlases

      Fever

  • Tina Turner

    Private Dancer

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Jason Mraz

    I Won't Give Up

    • Love Is A Four Letter Word.
    • Atlantic.
    • 4.

  • HOUR 2

    • Westlife

      World of Our Own

      • (CD Single).
      • BMG/RCA.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Rock Steady

    • Atlantic Gold (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • Paul Weller

    That Dangerous Age

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

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Bailamos

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Status Quo

    Marguerita Time

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Soul II Soul

    Keep on Movin' (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Sandy Denny

    London

    • (CD Single).
    • Mighty Village.
    • 1.

  • Bryan Adams

    Can't Stop This Thing We Started

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

  • Suzi Quatro

    If You Can't Give Me Love

    • Top Ten Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Music For Pleasure.

  • Dave Stewart

    Lily Was Here (feat. Candy Dulfer)

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE LOST BOYS SOUNDTRACK" (Atlantic) suggested by Johnnie Hardie from Edinburgh

    • Gerard McMann

      Cry Little Sister

      • The Lost Boys Soundtrack.
      • Atlantic.
      • 6.

  • Traveling Wilburys

    End Of The Line

    • Traveling Wilburys Vol.1.
    • Wilbury.

  • Andy Williams

    Can't Get Used To Losing You

    • The Best Love Songs...Ever! (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • HOUR 3

    • Gloria Gaynor

      I Will Survive

      • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
      • Global Television.

  • Billy Joel

    It's Still Rock and Roll To Me

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Rebecca Ferguson

    Glitter & Gold

    • Heaven.
    • Sony.

  • Tears for Fears

    Change

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Right Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Marlon Roudette

    New Age

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "MARLEY: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK" (Island) out April 16th

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers

      Three Little Birds

      • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
      • Island.

  • Joss Stone

    Somehow

    • (CD Single).
    • Stoned Records.
    • 1.

  • The Rubettes

    Juke Box Jive

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1974.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 12.

  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "COME BACK AND SHAKE ME: THE KENNY YOUNG YEARS 1969 - 71" (RPM) out now

    • Clodagh Rodgers

      Come Back and Shake Me

  • Miami Sound Machine

    Dr. Beat

    • NOW 1984 (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Willie Nelson

    Seven Spanish Angels (feat. Ray Charles)

    • Willie Nelson - Collection.
    • Columbia.

  • Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

    Shakin' All Over

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Apr 2012 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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