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11/08/2010

It's Half-Time Hooter time on The Best Time of the Day Show with Alex which means even more stupidity and top tunes to take you through the night. Album and Record of the Week also.

It's Wednesday which means it is time for the first Half-Time Hooter of the Week; even more inspired daftness and brilliant music from the Dark Lord himself, Alex Lester. National Laundry Week continues and Alex adds to the celebrations by doing his own laundry. "Man doing laundry", always a sure-fire comedy hit. Sadly, it all went smoothly. More confusion in The Similar Features Feature, and the question is asked, "What is the strangest thing you have ever seen?" We've called this thread, I Ain't Never Seen an Elephant Fly (somebody did, however, once see two camels mating). Find out who gets into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen today, and there is more Pause for Thought at 3.20am
On the music front, there is a re-mastered Hawkwind track (not "Silver Machine") and a new Coral track from Lester's Library, and Limp Bizkit cover a song by The Who in the Listener's Library. Plus, there is another track from Album of the Week from The Hoosiers, and Record of the Week by Robert Plant. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Music Played

  • Tavares

    More Than A Woman

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

  • Razorlight

    Somewhere Else

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Amy Macdonald

    This Pretty Face

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

  • Elton John

    Sacrifice

    • Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002.
    • Mercury.

  • Cream

    Sunshine Of Your Love

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1968.
    • Premier.

  • Diane Birch

    Valentino

    • Bible Belt.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Simply Red

    A New Flame

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • 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.

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Sun Street

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the re-issued CD, "THE XENON CODEX" (Atomhenge)

    • Hawkwind

      Wastelands of Sleep

  • Heatwave

    Boogie Nights

    • Too Hot To Handle.
    • BBR.
    • 013.

  • Jack Johnson

    At Or With Me

    • (CD Single).

  • Pat Benatar

    We Belong

    • Pat Benatar - Tropico.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby

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

  • Twisted Sister

    We're Not Gonna Take It

    • Big Hits & Nasty Cuts.
    • Atlantic.
    • 120.

  • Lady A

    I Run to You

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

  • 10cc

    Dreadlock Holiday

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.
    • 15.

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Famous

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

  • The Supremes

    Stop! In The Name Of Love

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

  • Steely Dan

    FM (No Static At All)

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.

  • Tom Jones

    Strange Things

    • (CD Single).

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "RESULTS MAY VARY" (Interscope) suggested by Neil Stoyles of Lincolnshire

    • The Who

      Behind Blue Eyes

      • (CD Single).
      • Interscope.

  • Gwen Stefani & Akon

    The Sweet Escape

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Eagles

    New Kid In Town

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • The B‐52s

    Love Shack

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

  • The Goo Goo Dolls

    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Something For The Rest Of Us.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

    • Kirsty Maccoll - Galore.
    • Virgin.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Abraham, Martin & John

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

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

    • The Hoosiers

      Who Said Anything (About Falling In Love)?

      • The Hoosiers & The Illusion Of Safety.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

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

  • Eddy Grant

    I Don't Wanna Dance

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BUTTERFLY HOUSE" (Deltasonic)

    • The Coral - More Than A Lover

  • Roxette

    Listen To Your Heart

    • Missing You (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • I Am Arrows

    Green Grass

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

  • Bow Wow Wow

    Go Wild In The Country

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Aug 2010 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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