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31/03/2010

The Best Time Of The Day Show, with the Album and Record of the Week, Lester's Library and the Listeners' Library features.

Alex brings his own combination of music and conversation to early weekday mornings, making this The Best Time Of The Day Show. This morning, Alex is dreaming up ridiculous freebies to give away with limited edition CDs; Rod Stewart could possibly give away a leggy blonde ex-girlfriend with deluxe editions of his next album. There are more tales of sat-nav silliness, and our News Hank subject today is the wallflower-esque, Peaches Geldof. Headlines include, "Peaches wears demure 3-piece suit and upsets paparazzi".
From Lester's Day this morning, Alex selects new tracks from Slash and new band, The Simmertones. From the Listener's Library there is a track from Eddi Reader. More Album of the Week by Harper Simon, Record of the Week by The Avett Brothers and Pause for Thought from Michael McMahon.

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Music Played

  • Shania Twain

    That Don't Impress Me Much

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Jacksons

    Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

    • Rhythm Divine 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Skinny Genes

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

  • The Divine Comedy

    Everybody Knows (Except You)

    • Secret History.
    • Setanta.

  • John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band & Yoko Ono

    Instant Karma!

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Lady A

    Need You Now

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Mink DeVille

    Spanish Stroll

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Mary Wells

    My Guy

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

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming album, "I AND LOVE AND YOU" (Columbia) released April 26th

    • The Avett Brothers

      I And Love And You

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

  • Queen

    Flash

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "SLASH" (Roadrunner) out on May 10th

    • Slash

      By the Sword

  • Irene Cara

    Flashdance... What a Feeling

    • Flashdance.
    • Casablanca.

  • Elvis Presley

    Teddy Bear

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Rod Stewart

    Young Turks

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Dion

    Runaround Sue

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sequel Records.

  • Goldfrapp

    Rocket

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • Status Quo

    Whatever You Want

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Suzanne Vega

    Marlene On The Wall

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

  • Paul Rodgers and Company

    Feel Like Makin' Love (Live)

  • Erma Franklin

    (Take A Little) Piece Of My Heart

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    Paris Nights/New York Mornings

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

  • Cream

    I Feel Free

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1966.
    • Premier.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY as suggested by Judi from Northern Ireland

    • Eddi Reader - Medicine

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • OneRepublic

    Secrets

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

  • Buddy Holly

    Heartbeat

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.

  • T. Rex

    20th Century Boy

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 009.

  • Sting - Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)

  • Mica Paris

    Born Again

    • (CD Single).
    • Rhythm Riders.
    • 1.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Pump It Up

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.

  • Tracy Chapman

    Talkin' Bout A Revolution

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.

  • The Hollies

    On A Carousel

    • The Hollies.
    • EMI.
    • 19.

  • Aswad

    Don't Turn Around

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "HARPER SIMON" (Pias) Out on April 6th

    • Harper Simon

      Wishes And Stars

      • (CD Single).
      • Tulsi Records.
      • 2.

  • Lisa Stansfield

    The Real Thing

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

  • Garth Brooks

    Standing Outside the Fire

    • Garth Brooks - The Hits.
    • Liberty.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "PRESENTING THE SIMMERTONES VOLUME 1"

    • The Simmertones

      Over the River

  • The Rolling Stones

    Under My Thumb

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Lene Lovich

    Lucky Number

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Scouting for Girls

    This Ain't A Love Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 31 Mar 2010 02:00
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