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19/06/2009

The week's final instalment of random daftness and planned oddities from the Dark Lord.

Includes 2 hourly visits to the extensive music archive known as Lester's Library, and your musical contribution in the Listeners' Library. Submit your own choices by going to Alex's pages at bbc.co.uk/radio2.

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Fri 19 Jun 2009 03:00
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Music Played

  • James Brown

    Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Part 1 & 2

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • Billy Idol

    White Wedding

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Pretenders

    Love's A Mystery

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

  • Paul Simon

    Late in the Evening

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.

  • Nelly Furtado

    Turn Off The Light

    • (CD Single).
    • Dreamworks.

  • Daniel Merriweather

    Red

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

  • The Lemon Pipers

    Green Tambourine

    • Million Sellers Vol.11 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Keane

    Perfect Symmetry

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

  • VV Brown

    Shark In The Water

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

  • Manfred Mann

    Ha! Ha! Said the Clown

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • MaxΓ―mo Park - Questing, Not Coasting

  • P!nk

    Please Don't Leave Me

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

  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Precious - Various Artists.
    • Dino.

  • Cher

    Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

  • Philip Bailey & Phil Collins

    Easy Lover

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • David Bowie

    Sound And Vision

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Lionel Richie

    Forever

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

  • Suzanne Vega

    Marlene On The Wall

    • The Best Of Suzanne Vega.
    • A&M.

  • X‐Press 2

    Lazy (feat. David Byrne)

    • (CD Single).
    • Skint.

  • The Yeah You's

    15 Minutes

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

  • T. Rex

    Hot Love

    • Electric Warrior (Deluxe Edition).
    • A&M.
    • 13.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • 10cc

    The Things We Do for Love

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

  • LISTENERS' LIBRARY

    • Melanie Fiona

      Bang Bang

  • Paolo Nutini

    Candy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Aswad

    Shine

    • Now 1994 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • The Paramounts

    Poison Ivy

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • Oasis

    Live Forever

    • Definitely Maybe.
    • Big Brother Records.
    • 003.

  • Take That

    Said It All

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

  • Eurythmics

    Here Comes The Rain Again

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Kings of Leon

    Use Somebody

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Lenka

    The Show

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

  • Culture Club

    It's A Miracle

    • Culture Club - Greatest Moments.
    • Virgin.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    My Lucky Day

    • Working On A Dream.
    • Columbia Records.
    • 1.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • The Pogues

      Dirty Old Town

      • Alternative Eighties (Various Artists).
      • Sony TV.
      • 119.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Foot of the Mountain

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 3.

  • The Kane Gang

    Closest Thing To Heaven

    • Bad And Lowdown World Of The Kane Gan.
    • Kitchenware.

  • Ray Charles

    What'd I Say

    • The Very Best Of Jazz Moods (Various).
    • Telstar.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Jun 2009 03:00
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