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11/05/2009

Alex starts the week with his interactive combination of music and conversation, making this The Best Time Of The Day Show. Popular features include the Listeners' Library, where you choose the music, a double-selection from Alex's own collection in Lester's Library, and Pause For Thought.

3 hours

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Mon 11 May 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • Joan Armatrading

    Drop The Pilot

    • The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading.
    • A&M.
  • The Automatic

    Monster

    • BRITs Hits - The Album Of The Year (Various Artists).
    • Island.
  • EG

    Broken

    • (CD Single).
  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.
  • Harry J. Allstars

    Liquidator

    • Rhythm & Blues Beat Volume 2.
    • Island.
  • Madness

    Dust Devil

    • (CD Single).
  • Moloko

    The Time Is Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Echo.
  • Manfred Mann

    Pretty Flamingo

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • Santana

      BLUES FOR SALVADOR

  • Snow Patrol

    The Planets Bend Between Us

    • (CD Single).
  • The Byrds

    All I Really Want to Do

    • Ready Steady Go! (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.
  • Otis Redding

    (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Who's Zoomin' Who?

    • Nightlife II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.
  • Small Faces

    Sha-La-La-La-Lee

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1966.
    • Premier.
  • Simple Minds

    Rockets

    • Graffiti Soul.
    • Sanctuary.
    • 1.
  • Beth Rowley

    So Sublime

    • (CD Single).
  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • P!nk

    Please Don't Leave Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Split Enz

    I Got You

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.
  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.
  • The Killers

    The World We Live In

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 1.
  • Billy Paul

    Let 'Em In

    • The Greatest Hits Of Philadelphia.
    • Music Club.
  • LISTENERS' LIBRARY

    • Mick Ronson

      Billy Porter

      • Play Don't Worry.
  • Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus

    Ready, Set, Don't Go

    • Back To Tennessee.
  • Nik Kershaw

    I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 4.
  • Eddie & the Hot Rods

    Do Anything You Wanna Do

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.
  • Ronan Keating

    This Is Your Song

    • (CD Single).
  • Chris Rea

    Let's Dance

    • Auberge EP.
    • East West Records.
  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis‐Bextor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
  • Madonna

    Jump

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.
  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Going To A Go-Go

    • Supafunky II (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Candy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • Howard Eliott Payne

      I JUST WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU

  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • The Vapors

    Turning Japanese

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.
  • The House of Love

    Shine On

    • Weekender - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 May 2009 03:00

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