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13/09/2012

The Best Time of the Day show with Alex, jam-packed with an eclectic mix of music and hilarious chat, plus Record and Album of the Week, Lester's Library and Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Sep 2012 02:00

Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • The Supremes

      You Keep Me Hangin' On

      • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
      • Polygram Tv.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

    • Single Mixes.
    • RCA.
  • Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

    Good Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Guns N鈥 Roses

    November Rain

    • Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I.
    • Geffen.
  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

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

    Runaways

    • Battle Born.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Kirsty MacColl

    They Don't Know

    • Galore - The Best Of Kirsty MacColl.
    • Virgin.
  • Dire Straits

    So Far Away

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "HIGHER" (Warner) Out 1st October

    • The Overtones

      Loving The Sound

      • (CD Single).
      • Island Records.
      • 1.
  • Jack Johnson

    Upside Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Brushfire Records.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "HOOKS & LINES" (Big Bear Records)

    • The Will Johns Band

      Wake Up

  • The Ronettes

    Baby, I Love You

    • The Best Of The Ronettes.
    • Phil Spector Int.
  • Michael Kiwanuka

    Bones

  • HOUR 2

    • Candi Staton

      Young Hearts Run Free

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

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.
  • Kristina Train

    Dream Of Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • The Band Perry

    Fat Bottomed Girls - Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park

  • Prince & The New Power Generation

    Diamonds And Pearls

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • The Beach Boys

    Isn't It Time

    • That's Why God Made The Radio.
    • Capitol.
  • The Clash

    London Calling

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
  • Beth Hart

    Baddest Blues

    • (CD Single).
    • Provogue.
  • Cheap Trick

    I Want You To Want Me

    • At Budokan: The Complete Concert.
    • Epic Legacy.
    • 3.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DUETS - O.S.T." (Hollywood) suggested by John Leyton in Rhyll

    • Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis

      Cruisin'

      • Greatest Hits.
      • Capitol.
  • Dan Hartman

    I Can Dream About You

    • I Can Dream About You.
    • MCA.
  • Lisa Stansfield

    Someday (I'm Coming Back)

    • The Love Album (CD 2) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • HOUR 3

    • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn & Electric Light Orchestra

      Xanadu

      • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
      • Epic.
  • Maroon 5

    She Will Be Loved

    • (CD Single).
    • J.
  • Nell Bryden

    Sirens

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.
    • 1.
  • Rainbow

    All Night Long

    • Rainbow - The Very Best Of Rainbow.
    • Parlophone.
  • Dr. Hook

    When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

    • Making Love & Music.
    • MFP.
  • Katie Melua

    The Walls Of The World

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
  • The Detroit Spinners

    I'll Be Around

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 3.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "ELYSIUM" (Parlophone) out now

    • Pet Shop Boys

      Winner

      • (CD Single).
      • Parlophone.
      • 1.
  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
    • EMI.
  • The Stranglers

    Strange Little Girl

    • More Than A Feeling (Various Artists).
    • Teledisc.
  • Chaka Demus & Pliers

    Tease Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Mango.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "BATTLES" (ALM)

    • Al Lewis

      Treading Water

  • Jimmy Jones

    Good Timin'

    • 60's Number Ones Vol 1.
    • Old Gold.
  • Ronan Keating

    Fires

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Sep 2012 02:00

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