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20/09/2010

The Best Time of the Day Show with Alex brings you more great music and unpredictable chat to keep you entertained through the small hours. Album and Record of the Week included.

Fight off those Monday blues by tuning into Alex on The Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night-owl comedy and fantastic music. After a week off, Alex returns to declare it National Hidden Talent week; some of these talents really should remain hidden! In the thread On the Road Again, we are setting the scene of passenger terminals with those things you always see: the sport team, the crying girl, the complaining man, the overly-tanned elderly man wearing an obscenely bright shirt and a sombrero. Plus, we investigate if life as we know it is really just a dream. Very deep. The 4.15 One-Off Canteen is back in business and there is more Pause for Thought at 3.20am.
On the music front, there is a track from Gary Moore and a new track from Trace Adkins in Lester's Library. Your choice from the Listener's Library comes from Iggy Pop. There is a track from the new Album of the Week by Manic Street Preachers, plus Record of the Week from Elton John and Leon Russell.

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Music Played

  • Buggles

    Video Killed The Radio Star

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artist.
    • Telstar.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Somebody Help Me

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 2.

  • Imelda May

    Mayhem

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Patty Smyth & Don Henley

    Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Ricky Nelson

    Hello Mary Lou

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "THE UNION" (Mercury) out on October 25th

    • Elton John & Leon Russell

      If It Wasn't For Bad

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

  • The Jam

    The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)

    • The Jam - Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Shania Twain

    Forever And For Always

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow

    Shame

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

  • Prince

    Little Red Corvette

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "OLD NEW BALLAD BLUES" (Eagle)

    • Gary Moore

      Ain't Nobody

  • Kraftwerk

    The Model

    • Into The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Any Which Way

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

  • Wings

    Listen To What The Man Said

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Alphabeat

    Fascination

    • (CD Single).
    • Copenhagen.

  • KT Tunstall

    (Still a) Weirdo

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.
    • 1.

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

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

  • Tracy Chapman

    Fast Car

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.

  • The Hollies

    Bus Stop

    • The Hits Of 1966 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.
    • 2.

  • Status Quo and Corps Of Army Music Choir

    In The Army Now (2010)

    • (CD Single).

  • Sandi Thom

    I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (Live)

  • Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

    Don't Leave Me This Way

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "LUST FOR LIFE" (Virgin) suggested by Shaun Acott from Devon

    • Iggy Pop

      Success

  • Asia

    Heat Of The Moment

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.

  • Alanis Morissette

    Hand In My Pocket

    • (CD Single).
    • Maverick.

  • The Emotions

    Best Of My Love

    • Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
    • Epic.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    All I Need Is A Miracle

    • Mike & The Mechanics.
    • WEA.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)

    • (CD Single).
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • Pretenders

    I'll Stand By You

    • The Love Album (CD 2) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Traveling Wilburys

    Handle With Care

    • (CD Single).
    • Wilbury.

  • FM

    Bring Back Yesterday

    • (CD Single).

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "POSTCARDS FROM A YOUNG MAN" (Columbia) out now

    • Manic

      Hazelton Avenue

      • Postcards From A Young Man.
      • Columbia.
      • 5.

  • Frank Sinatra

    I Get A Kick Out Of You

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

    Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)

    • (CD Single).
    • Rounder.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "COWBOY'S BACK IN TOWN" (Humphead)

    • Trace Adkins

      A Little Bit of Missing You

  • Lissie

    In Sleep

    • Catching A Tiger.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Heartbeat (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 2.

  • Eddy Grant

    Gimme Hope Jo'anna

    • Now 11, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Sep 2010 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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