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16/04/2010

Winding up your week with the Dark Lord's latest musical instalments from Lester's Library, the final track from the Album of the Week, and another spin for our Record of the Week.

The week's final instalment of random daftness and planned oddities from the Dark Lord. After the failure of Alex reinventing himself as bad boy, Johnny Havoc, he is now attempting to reinvent himself as a super-intellect. Needless to say, the attempts are failing and the thread has lapsed into him reinventing himself as a drag queen. The List of Listlessness, that is the things on the "to do" list that never ever get done, is getting longer, and today's News Hank is the hard-working and earnest wallflower that is Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
Alex's choices from Lester's Library are a track from Bob's son, Jakob Dylan, and a classic Bonnie Raitt track. Your choice from the Listener's Library comes from Stan Ridgway. There is a final track from Album of the Week by Joshua Radin, Record of the Week from Eli "Paperboy" Reed and Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

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Music Played

  • Odyssey

    Use It Up & Wear It Out

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Rembrandts

    I'll Be There For You

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Train

    Hey, Soul Sister

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

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "COME AND GET IT" (EMI) Out on May 10th

    • Eli "Paperboy" Reed

      Come And Get It

      • (CD Single).
      • EMI.
      • 1.

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Carly Simon

    You're So Vain

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Skinny Genes

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

  • Go West

    King Of Wishful Thinking

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

  • The Velvelettes

    Needle In A Haystack

    • Leaders Of The Pack (Various Artists.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 6.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "WOMEN AND COUNTRY" (Columbia)

    • Jakob Dylan

      Truth for a Truth

  • Midnight Oil

    Beds Are Burning

    • (Single).
    • Sprint Records.

  • Goldfrapp

    Rocket

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

  • Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • The Seekers

    Georgy Girl

    • The Seekers.
    • EMI.

  • Scouting for Girls

    This Ain't A Love Song

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

  • Elvin Bishop

    Fooled Around and Fell in Love

    • Hits Of ... 75 & 76 (Vol 6).
    • Polydor.

  • Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson

    The Best Things In Life Are Free

    • (CD Single).
    • DEF JAM.

  • Fyfe Dangerfield

    Faster Than The Setting Sun

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

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

    Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    I Put My Ring Back On

    • (CD Single).

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY suggested by Mark from Leeds

    • Stan Ridgway

      Camouflage

      • IRS Records 1979-1994 (Various).
      • IRS.

  • Lee Ann Womack

    I Hope You Dance (feat. Sons of the Desert)

    • Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance.
    • MCA Nashville.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Dedicated To The One I Love

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • The Cardigans

    My Favourite Game

    • Q The Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Growing Up Beside You

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

  • The Weather Girls

    It's Raining Men

    • Success.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 13.

  • Neil Young

    Heart Of Gold

    • Neil Young - Decade.
    • Reprise.
    • 4.

  • Lily Allen

    Not Fair

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.
    • 1.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the album, "SIMPLE TIMES" (14h Floor) Out Now

    • Joshua Radin

      I'd Rather Be With You

      • (CD Single).
      • 14th Floor Records.
      • 1.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Queen Of Hearts

    • The Best Of Dave Edmunds.
    • Swansong.

  • Andy Gibb

    An Everlasting Love

    • The Love Collection Volume 1 (Various.
    • Trax Label.

  • Meat Loaf

    Los Angeloser

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "NICK OF TIME" (Capitol)

    • Bonnie Raitt

      Too Soon To Tell

  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Sly & Robbie

    Night Nurse (feat. Simply Red)

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

  • Dean Martin

    Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)

    • Best Of The Capitol Years - Dean Mart.
    • Capitol.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Apr 2010 02:00
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