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19/10/2010

Another slab of inspired daftness and great tunes to entertain you through the night. More from Album and Record of the Week, plus songs from Lester's and Listener's Libraries.

It's the only way to keep yourself entertained throughout the night with laugh-out-loud chat and playlist crammed with classic tracks, old and new.

Tuesdays just got a whole odder thanks to Alex on The Best Time of the Day Show. There's the usual guarentee of fine music, old and new muddled in between the surreal chat-chat, which includes tales of you seeing someone you know in an enexpected place in "Rela-telly-tives" and stories of when you finally got around to doing something, in "Was It Worth The Wait?" From Lester's Library there's a lost track by Magna Carta and a punk classic from Sham 69. The Listener's Library track is by Elvis Costello. The Record of the Week is from the acclaimed Hurts, and you can hear a track from the new Album of the Week by Elton John & Leon Russell. The 4.15 One-Off Canteen opens for business as usual, and Pause for Thought at 3.20am is with Rabbi Y.Y.Rubenstein.

Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise.

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Music Played

  • 补鈥恏补

    Take On Me

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

  • Dave Edmunds

    Girls Talk

    • NOW - Yearbook 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • Lauren Pritchard

    Not The Drinking

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • Adam Ant

    Goody Two Shoes

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 15.

  • Kid Rock

    Born Free

    • Born Free.
    • Phantom.
    • 1.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Sweet Talkin' Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the album, "HAPPINESS" (RCA) out now

    • Hurts

      Stay

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MIDNIGHT BLUE" (Angel Air)

    • Magna Carta

      Highway To Spain

  • Boyzone

    Love is a Hurricane

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

  • Bad Company

    Can't Get Enough

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
    • 1.

  • Pretenders

    Brass In Pocket

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Marc Almond

    The Days Of Pearly Spencer

    • Now 22 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Take That

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 16.

  • Blondie

    Union City Blue

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Snow Patrol

    Take Back The City

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

  • James Blunt

    Stay The Night

    • Some Kind Of Trouble.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Susan Fassbender

    Twilight Cafe

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Going To A Go-Go

    • Supafunky II (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Pete Lawrie

    In The End

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE" (Demon) suggested by Bob in Kent

    • Elvis Costello

      I Hope You're Happy Now

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Paul Simon

    Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 2.

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Sharon Redd

    Can You Handle It

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

  • Chris de Burgh

    Everywhere I Go

    • Moonfleet & Other Stories.
    • Ferryman Productions.
    • 1.

  • The Temptations

    Ain't Too Proud To Beg

    • The Temptations - The Ultimate Collec.
    • Motown.

  • Scorpions

    Wind Of Change

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    River Deep - Mountain High

    • The Best Of The Rock'n'Roll Years Vo.
    • 麻豆约拍.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from CD, "THE UNION" (Mercury)

    • Elton John and Leon Russell - I Should Have Sent Roses

  • A Flock of Seagulls

    Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

    • Electric Dreams (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    The Harder They Come

    • BR Music.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "COMPLETE COLLECTION" (Sanctuary)

    • Sham 69

      Hersham Boys

  • Lissie

    When I'm Alone

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

  • Jamiroquai

    Blue Skies

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

  • Chuck Berry

    School Days

    • Rockfile Vol.4.
    • Backline Records.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Oct 2010 02:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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