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02/06/2009

Alex brings his own combination of music and conversation to early weekday mornings, making this The Best Time Of The Day Show.

Popular features include the Listeners' Library, where you choose the music, and a double-selection from Alex's own collection in Lester's Library.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 2 Jun 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • Tanita Tikaram

    Good Tradition

    • The Best Of Tanita Tikaram.
    • East West Records.
  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Lenka

    The Show

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • XTC

    Making Plans for Nigel

  • Del Amitri

    Nothing Ever Happens

    • Waking Hours.
    • Universal.
    • 010.
  • The Pretenders

    Love's A Mystery

    • Break Up The Concrete.
    • Shangri-La.
    • 1.
  • Cass Elliot

    It's Getting Better

    • The Singles+.
    • BR Music.
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Locomotion

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 9.
  • EG

    Broken

    • (CD Single).
  • Indigo Girls

    Fill It Up Again

    • Indigo Girls - All That We Let In.
    • Epic.
  • Lester's Library

    • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

      Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

      • Greatest Hits.
      • Columbia.
      • 8869 753 0912.
      • 2.
  • Duffy

    Mercy

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
  • Pixie Lott

    Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)

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

    Sussudio

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus

    Ready, Set, Don't Go

    • Back To Tennessee.
  • The Isley Brothers

    Harvest For The World

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

    Rosanna

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.
  • Empire of the Sun

    We Are The People

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Lady Gaga

    Just Dance (feat. Colby O’Donis)

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 2.
  • Coldplay

    Violet Hill

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • Mica Paris

    Baby Come Back Now

    • (CD Single).
  • Lester's Library

    • Iggy Pop

      Les Feuilles Mortes

      • Preliminaires.
      • Virgin.
      • CDVUS 297.
      • 1.
  • Fairground Attraction

    Find My Love

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 004.
  • Ray Charles

    Georgia On My Mind

    • Ray Charles - The Collection.
    • Castle Communications.
  • Kleerup

    Longing For Lullabies (feat. Titiyo)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
    • 1.
  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations

    I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Shannon Noll

    Now I Run

    • (CD Single).
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.
  • Van Halen

    Jump

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Taylor Swift

    Teardrops On My Guitar

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 2.
  • Queen

    A Kind Of Magic

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.
  • Sheryl Crow

    All I Wanna Do

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Mamas Gun

    Let's Find A Way

    • (CD Single).
  • Listener's Library - Suggested by Richard The Fenman

    • Tim Hardin

      How Can We Hang On To A Dream

      • Reason To Believe (Greatest Hits).
      • Polydor.
      • 835 7072.
      • 2.
  • Derek and the Dominos

    Layla

    • American Dreams II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.
  • Keane

    Perfect Symmetry

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

    Too Many Walls

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

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  • Tue 2 Jun 2009 03:00

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