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20/10/2010

Alex, AKA the Dark Lord, brings more laughs and music through the small hours on the Best Time of the Day Show. Includes tracks from Lester's and the Listener's Libraries and more.

It's time for the first Half-Time Hooter Of The Week on The Best Time of the Day Shoe with The Dark Lord himself, Alex Lester. There is the usual oddball conversation, which today includes the threads "Rela-telly-tives" - your tales of seeing someone you know in an enexpected place, "Was It Worth The Wait?" - your stories of when you finally got around to doing something, and your funny moments when you first tried a computer as part of the First Click on Radio 2 campaign. There's a selection of great music which includes another track from the Radio 2 Album of the Week from Elton John & Leon Russell, another spin of the Record of the Week from Hurts, Les Shelleys and Pint Shot Riot in Lester's Library and Japan gets played on Listener's Library courtesy of Davy from Musselburgh. There are more inductees into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen and another Pause for Thought from Rabbi Y.Y.Rubenstein at 3.20am.
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Music Played

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Hollywood

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Oh Diane

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 004.

  • The Beatles

    Strawberry Fields Forever

    • Magical Mystery Tour.
    • Parlophone.
    • 8.

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

    • Hurts

      Stay

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

  • Dire Straits

    Lady Writer

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • From Croydon To Cuba... An Anthology.
    • Virgin.

  • Robert Plant

    You Can't Buy My Love

    • Band Of Joy.
    • Rounder.
    • 1.

  • Lauren Wood

    Fallen

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the SINGLE, "HAZY DAYS" (Big City Records)

    • Pint Shot Riot

      Hazy Days

  • Queen

    Fat Bottomed Girls

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.

  • Pixie Lott

    Broken Arrow

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

  • Gary Numan

    Cars

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

  • Marvin Gaye

    Can I Get A Witness

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.

  • Rumer

    Aretha

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

  • Coldplay

    Speed Of Sound

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • NOW 100 Hits 80s No.1s (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Paloma Faith

    Smoke & Mirrors

    • Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?.
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Santana

    She's Not There

    • Santana - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony.

  • Youssou Ndour & Neneh Cherry

    7 Seconds

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • CeeLo Green

    Forget You

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "QUIET LIFE" (EMI) suggested by Davy from Musselburgh

    • Japan

      Quiet Life

      • The Very Best Of.
      • EMI.
      • 3.

  • Reba McEntire

    If I Fell

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Eagles

    Tequila Sunrise

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • The Drizabone Soul Family

    Don't Break My Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Dome.
    • 1.

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • The Style Council

    My Ever Changing Moods

    • The Style Council - Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Jamiroquai

    Blue Skies

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

  • Michelle Shocked

    Anchorage

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Rainbow

    I Surrender

    • Purple Rainbows.
    • EMI.

  • The Teddy Bears

    To Know Him Is To Love Him

    • Young Love - Sound Of The 60's, Part.
    • Compact Records.

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

    • Elton John and Leon Russell - Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Desmond Dekker & the Aces

    Israelites

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.

  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    Even as It All Goes By

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the SINGLE, "RUM AND COCA COLA" (Fat Cat)

    • Les Shelleys

      Rum and Coca Cola

  • Yarbrough & Peoples

    Don't Stop The Music

    • The Two Of Us.
    • BBR.
    • 011.

  • Taylor Swift

    Mine

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

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Oct 2010 02:00
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