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11/10/2012

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 11 Oct 2012 02:00

Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Wham!

      Freedom

      • Make It Big.
      • Columbia.
  • Bobby Womack

    Across 110th Street

    • Screen Cuts (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Honey Ryder

    Worlds Away

    • Marley's Chains.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Aretha Franklin

    (Sweet, Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.
  • Supertramp

    Give A Little Bit

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Rebecca Ferguson

    Backtrack

    • Heaven.
    • Sony.
  • Kate Bush

    Babooshka

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.
  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "DARK BLACK" (Mercury) out 5th November

    • Kristina Train

      Dark Black

      • Dark Black.
      • Mercury.
  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "A JOYFUL NOISE" (Sony) out now

    • Gossip

      Perfect World

  • Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

    Shakin' All Over

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Evelyn 鈥淐hampagne鈥 King

    Shame

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Madness

    My Girl 2

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • HOUR 2

    • Talk Talk

      It's My Life

      • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
      • Disky.
  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Boogie Shoes

    • Very Best Of KC & The Sunshine Band.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Josh Osho

    Giants

    • Life.
    • Island.
  • Wet Wet Wet

    Wishing I Was Lucky

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

    Echo Beach

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • Sandie Shaw

    (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

    • Sandie Shaw - The Collection.
    • Castle.
  • Muse

    Madness

    • The 2nd Law.
    • Warner Bros.
  • The Beautiful South

    You Keep It All In

    • Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Cha.
    • Go! Discs.
  • Rick Springfield

    Jessie's Girl

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

    Making Me Fall

    • (CD Single).
    • Four To One Records.
    • 1.
  • The Shadows

    Foot Tapper

    • The Shadows - First 20 Years At The T.
    • EMI.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MOVE YOUR SKIN" (Island) suggested by Ian Kane in Cheltenham

    • And Why Not?

      The Face

      • Move Your Skin.
      • Island.
      • 2.
  • Scissor Sisters

    Laura

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Sam Brown

    Stop!

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.
  • HOUR 2

    • Oasis

      Don't Look Back In Anger

      • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
      • Global Television.
  • Chuck Berry

    Sweet Little Sixteen

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

    Skyfall

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
  • David Bowie

    China Girl

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • T. Rex

    Telegram Sam

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Paloma Faith

    Never Tear Us Apart

    • Fall To Grace: Bonus Tracks.
    • Sony.
  • Paul Simon

    Mother and Child Reunion

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE ORIGIN OF LOVE" (Island) out now

    • MIKA

      Underwater

      • The Origin Of Love.
      • Island.
      • 5.
  • Orange Juice

    Rip It Up

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "SONGS FOR THE COMING HOME" (Pipe Records) out 22nd October

    • Martyn Joseph

      Feels Like This

  • Erasure

    Blue Savannah

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.
  • Lemar

    The First Time

    • Invincible.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Oct 2012 02:00

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