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26/01/2010

It's The Best Time of the Day Show with the unusual surreal central threads of I Reside In The House Of The Famous, Sanctimonious Food and DIY Telly Shows. The O'Jays are given their due in listener led feature Listener's Library, as do Patty Griffin and The Courteeners in Lester's Library.

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Music Played

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Move

    Flowers In The Rain

  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    Even as It All Goes By

    • (CD Single).
    • BNC Records.
    • 1.

  • Otis Redding

    I Can't Turn You Loose

    • The Definitive Otis Redding Vol.2.
    • Rhino.

  • Fergie

    Big Girls Don't Cry

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Europe

    New Love In Town

    • (CD Single).

  • The Jam

    That's Entertainment

    • The Jam: The Singles 1980-1982.
    • Polydor.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK From the album 'A CURIOUS THING" (Vertigo) Released Monday 8th March

    • Amy Macdonald

      Don't Tell Me That It's Over

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

  • Booker Newberry III

    Love Town

    • 100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Working on a Dream

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY as featured on the CD, "DOWNTOWN CHURCH" (CREDENTIAL)

    • Patty Griffin

      The Strange Man

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Proud Mary

    • What You See Is What You Get.
    • Start.

  • Owl City

    Fireflies

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

  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Steve Holy

    Brand New Girlfriend

  • Fleetwood Mac

    The Chain

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 010.

  • Fyfe Dangerfield

    She Needs Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Girls Talk

    • NOW - Yearbook 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • OneRepublic

    All The Right Moves

    • (CD Single).
    • Mosley Music/Interscope Records.
    • 1.

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Sweet About Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • William DeVaughn

    Be Thankful For What You've Got

    • Heart & Soul - 40 Smooth Soul Grooves.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Eurythmics

    Love Is A Stranger

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY as featured on the CD, "CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO FLY" (A&M)

    • Courteeners

      You Overdid It Doll

  • Noisettes

    Wild Young Hearts

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

  • Jon Allen & Amy Smith

    When The Morning Comes

    • (CD Single).
    • Monologue Records.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    In My Place

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Patrice Rushen

    Forget Me Nots

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • The Beautiful South

    Don't Marry Her

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.

  • Emily Maguire

    I'd Rather Be

    • (CD Single).
    • Shaktu Records.
    • 1.

  • Billy Joel

    Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

    • The Stranger.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Vanessa Paradis

    Be My Baby

    • Vanessa Paradis - Vanessa Paradis.
    • Remark.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

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

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK Taken from the CD, "THE SEA" (EMI) Released Monday 1st February

    • Corinne Bailey Rae

      The Blackest Lily

      • The Sea.

  • Prefab Sprout

    When Love Breaks Down

    • Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good.
    • Epic.

  • Steve Miller Band

    Rock 'n Me

    • Ultimate Hits (Deluxe Edition).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY as suggested by Angus McCormack of North-East Scotland

    • The O’Jays

      Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)

      • The Essential O'Jays.

  • Pixie Lott

    Cry Me Out

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

  • Robbie Williams

    Won't Do That

    • Reality Killed The Video Star.

  • The Cranberries

    Linger

    • Emerald Rock (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

Broadcast

  • Tue 26 Jan 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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