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18/02/2010

Tips on running your own haunted house and more absurd subject matters with Alex, including the 2nd Half-Time Hooter and more unexpected music choices from Lester's Library.

Hear more tales of the "Shake Rattle and Wrong" variety; those onstage events that certainly weren't part of rehearsals. The "Oh Grow Up You Big Baby" thread lives another day, with more admissions of things we just can't part with from when we were nippers. Marmite and Ketchup sarnie, anyone? And would you like to turn your house into a haunted one? Well, we have some suggestions that involve gooseberry jam, gravestones and Jennie Bond. Sadly, we have to say goodbye to one of the show's most entertaining characters as producer Dr. Strange-love's big red spot on his hooter is on its last legs. It is highly unlikely it will make another day, so we have been paying tribute and looking at suggestions for a memorial.

From Lester's Library this morning is a remastered Nick Cave track, a new one from Pope and a classic John Martyn song from the Listener's Library. There is another track from Album of the Week from Johnny Cash and Record of the Week from Rox, also.

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Music Played

  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Midnight Oil

    Beds Are Burning

    • (Single).
    • Sprint Records.

  • Leona Lewis

    I Got You

    • (CD Single).

  • The Chiffons

    One Fine Day

    • Radio Gold (Various Artists).
    • Ace.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming album, "MEMOIRS" (Rough Trade)

    • Rox

      My Baby Left Me

      • (CD Single).
      • Rough Trade.
      • 1.

  • Deep Purple

    Hush

    • The Very Best Of.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Owl City

    Fireflies

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

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Boyzone

    Gave It All Away

    • (CD Single).

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the re-mastered edition CD, "TENDER PREY" (Mute)

    • The Bad Seeds

      Deanna

  • Lisa Stansfield

    The Real Thing

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Mary Mary

    Shackles (Praise You)

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Elton John & Kiki Dee

    Don't Go Breaking My Heart

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Mr. Rock & Roll

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Alicia Keys

    Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

    • The Element Of Freedom.
    • Sony Music.
    • 14.

  • Blur

    To The End

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • America

    Ventura Highway

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Beverley Knight

    Soul Survivor (feat. Chaka Khan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Hurricane.
    • 1.

  • Buddy Holly

    It Doesn't Matter Anymore

    • Very Best Of Buddy Holly & The Cricke.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

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

  • Little Big Town

    Fine Line

    • A Place To Land.
    • Humphead Records.
    • 1.

  • LESTER's LIBRARY from the CD, "TALL TALES AND CHEAP THRILLS" (Aspop Records)

    • Pope

      Getting into London Town

  • Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • Razorlight

    I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Little Eva

    The Loco-Motion

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1962.
    • Premier.

  • Howard Jones

    New Song

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

  • The B‐52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Cry Me A River

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Big Country

    In a Big Country

    • Without The Aid Of A Safety Net.
    • EMI.

  • Annie Lennox

    Walking On Broken Glass

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • Tom Jones

    It's Not Unusual

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK Taken from the CD, "AMERICAN VI: AIN'T NO GRAVE" (Lost Highway/ Mercury)

    • Johnny Cash

      Redemption Day

      • American VI: Ain't No Grave.

  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

    • The Soul Years 1975 (Disc 1).
    • Knight Records.

  • AC/DC

    Rock 'n' Roll Train

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

  • Paul McCartney

    (I Want To) Come ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • (CD Single).

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ONE WORLD" (Island), suggested by Jim Halloran

    • John Martyn

      Couldn't Love You More

      • One World.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    It Keeps You Runnin'

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Bitty McLean

    It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)

    • (CD Single).
    • Brilliant.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Feb 2010 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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