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10/08/2010

Entertaining you through the night with his inspired daftness and eclectic music choices, it is Alex on The Best Time of the Day Show, including a new Record and Album of the Week.

There's only one way to get through the night with a smile and that's with Alex, AKA The Dark Lord, on The Best Time of the Day Show. It is the second day of National Laundry week, more high-heat horror stories and tell-tale tide-mark tales. There are more amusing revelations in "The Similar Features Feature", in which one person reveals that they cannot tell the difference between Claudia Winkleman and Davina McCall, and another confuses Janice Long...with Alex! The "Carry On" team way of life is tried and tested in, "Carry On Wayward Pun", plus there are more customers allowed into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen, and Pause for Thought at 3.20.
From Lester's Library there is a new track from Rachael Sage, plus some vintage rock from Judas Priest. The Listener's Library track is a punk classic from X-Ray Spex. You can hear Record of the Week from Robert Plant again, and another track from Album of the Week by The Hoosiers.

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Music Played

  • Bryan Adams

    Can't Stop This Thing We Started

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • The Beatles

    Lady Madonna

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 020.

  • Rumer

    Slow

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

  • Deniece Williams

    Let's Hear It For The Boy

    • History Of Dance Music Vol.2 (Variou.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "BAND OF JOY" (Rounder) Out 20th September

    • Robert Plant & Band of Joy

      Angel Dance

      • Digging Deep: Subterranea.
      • Es Paranza Records.
      • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

    • You've Got Mail (Film S/Track).
    • Warner Sunset/Atlantic.

  • Ace of Base

    All That She Wants

  • Brandon Flowers

    Crossfire

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

  • Marianne Faithfull

    As Tears Go By

    • The Very Best Of Marianne Faithfull.
    • London.

  • Snow Patrol

    Take Back The City

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH" (Columbia)

    • Judas Priest

      Freewheel Burning

  • Lissie

    Cuckoo

    • Catching A Tiger.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.

  • Jamiroquai

    Love Foolosophy

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

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

  • Jennifer Paige

    Crush

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Phil Collins

    (Love is Like a) Heatwave

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

  • Robert Parker

    Barefootin'

    • The 60's - Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Alice Cooper

    No More Mr Nice Guy

    • Millennium Classic Rock Party (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Thea Gilmore

    You're the Radio

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

  • The Stranglers

    96 Tears

    • (Single).
    • Epic.

  • Dusty Springfield

    You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

    • Dusty - The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Take A Chance

    • Everybody Wants To Be On TV.

  • Colbie Caillat

    Bubbly

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the re-issued CD, "GERMFREE ADOLESCENT" (Sanctuary) suggested by Marin Peters of London

    • X‐Ray Spex

      Germ-Free Adolescent

  • Poco

    Rose Of Cimarron

    • Poco - Essential Collection.
    • Half Moon.

  • The Chiffons

    Sweet Talkin' Guy

    • Sweet Talkin' Guy - Sound Of 60's Gal.
    • Old Gold.

  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • Eric Clapton

    Promises

    • The Cream Of Eric Clapton.
    • Polydor.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Pack Up

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

  • Ryan Adams

    New York New York

    • (CD Single).
    • Lost Highway.

  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Don't Make Me Over

    • Dionne Warwick Presenting....
    • Sequel Records.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE ILLUISION OF SAFETY" (RCA) Out next Monday

    • The Hoosiers

      Giddy Up

      • The Hoosiers & The Illusion Of Safety.

  • Toto

    I Won't Hold You Back

    • Sampled 3 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DELANCEY STREET" (MPress Records)

    • Rachael Sage

      Hope's Outpost

  • Fatback

    I Found Lovin'

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Bitty McLean

    It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)

    • (CD Single).
    • Brilliant.

  • Nickelback

    This Afternoon

    • (CD Single).

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Aug 2010 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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