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02/08/2010

Start the week with The Best Time of the Day Show with the Dark Lord. Expect some brilliant music and witty chat to keep you entertained through the small hours.

Laugh away those Monday blues by tuning into the Best Time of the Day Show for offbeat conversation and fantastic music. This morning, Alex is compiling The Best Odd Album in the World...Ever; "Eminem Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber" could be this year's biggest seller! The show is turned into a TV show in the thread, "Buffoons on the Box", and National Boredom Week starts here. More Pause for Thought at 3.20am and there is a new batch of inductees into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.
From Lester's Library there are tracks from Eric Gales and The Zac Brown Band, plus some vintage rock by Dio from Listener's Library. Hear a track from the new Album of the Week by Earth, Wind and Fire and a new Record of the Week by Phil Collins. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Music Played

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Jet

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 2.

  • Alphabeat

    Fascination

    • (CD Single).
    • Copenhagen.

  • I Am Arrows

    Green Grass

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

  • Buddy Holly

    Brown Eyed Handsome Man

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

  • The Sundays

    Summertime

    • The Sundays - Static & Silence.
    • Parlophone.

  • The Gaslight Anthem

    The Diamond Church Street Choir

    • American Slang.
    • Side One Dummy.
    • 1.

  • The Human League

    Human

    • The Ultmate 80's Ballads (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "GOING BACK" (Warners) released on September 9th

    • Phil Collins

      (Love is Like a) Heatwave

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

  • The Police

    Walking On The Moon

    • The Very Best Of The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Amy Macdonald

    This Pretty Face

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

  • Coldplay

    Speed Of Sound

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "RELENTLESS" (Provogue)

    • Eric Gales

      A Little More Time

  • The Supremes

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Simply Red

    Stars

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • The Jacksons

    Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

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

  • Eurythmics

    Thorn In My Side

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Crossfire

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

  • Ronan Keating

    Life Is A Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Eagles

    Life In The Fast Lane

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • The Hoosiers

    Choices

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Nelly Furtado

    Turn Off The Light

    • (CD Single).
    • Dreamworks.

  • The Divine Comedy

    I Like

    • (CD Single).

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "HOLY DIVER" (Mercury) suggested by John Sheldon from South Yorkshire

    • Dio

      Rainbow in the Dark

  • The Velvelettes

    Really Saying Something

    • Leaders Of The Pack (Various Artists.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 5.

  • Roachford

    Only To Be With You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 7.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Grace Jones

    Slave To The Rhythm

    • (CD Single).
    • ZTT.

  • Osibisa

    Sunshine Day

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1976.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Summer Day

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Patti Smith Group

    Because the Night

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

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "GREATEST HITS" (Sony) out now

    • Earth, Wind & Fire

      Saturday Nite

      • Earth Wind & Fire:Ultimate Collection.
      • Columbia.
      • 7.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Hey Joe

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

    • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
    • Hits Album.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE FOUNDATION" (Atlantic)

    • Zac Brown Band

      Toes

  • Amy Winehouse

    You Know I'm No Good

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • KISS

    Crazy Crazy Nights

    • Now 10, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Famous

    • Everybody Wants To Be On TV.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

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  • Mon 2 Aug 2010 02:00
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