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15/11/2010

The best way to start the week with brilliant music and hilarious chat on The Best Time of the Day Show. There's a new Record and Album of the Week, plus more Library selections.

Start another week with Alex who will entertain you in the small hours with his eclectic playlist and unique brand of conversation. It's an All New Monday this morning. First up, the credit crunch has hit Buffoon Town and all costs are being cut in "Split Not Quit"; expect a morning of The Two Tops, Heaven 8.5 and Level 21. In "Animal Manimal", Alex searches for mood-enhanced animals other than the Bluebird of Happiness; step forward the Donkey of Disappointment, the Guinea-Pig of Doom and more. Also, we are grassing up the Hosts of Christmas Past; those that have still got decorations up from last Christmas. More Pause for Thought at 3.20am and the 4.15 One-Off Canteen opens its doors once again.
From Lester's Library there is a track from Paul Simon and one from brilliant new artist, Joe Worricker. Your choice from Listener's Library comes from Prefab Sprout. You can also hear the new Record of the Week from Cee-Lo Green and a track from the new Album of the Week from Take That. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Music Played

  • Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Miss You

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Sister Marie Says

    • History Of Modern.
    • 100% Records.
    • 2.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Style Council

    Walls Come Tumbling Down

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
    • 13.

  • Rumer

    Slow

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

  • James Brown

    Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

    • Originals 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE LADY KILLER" (Warner)

    • CeeLo Green

      It's OK

      • The Lady Killer.
      • Warner Bros.
      • 1.

  • The Flying Lizards

    Money

    • Hard 2 Get Hits - Various Artists.
    • Disky.

  • Garth Brooks

    The Red Strokes

    • Garth Brooks - The Hits.
    • Liberty.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Only The Young

    • Flamingo.
    • Vertigo.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ONE TRICK PONY" (Warner)

    • Paul Simon

      One-Trick Pony

  • k.d. lang

    Miss Chatelaine

    • (CD Single).
    • Sire.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • King

    Love & Pride

    • The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
    • Hit Records.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

    • Stevie Wonder -The Close Of A Century.
    • Universal.

  • Hurts

    Stay

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

  • Rita Coolidge

    All Time High

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Sarah

    • Thin Lizzy - Black Rose.
    • Vertigo.

  • James Blunt

    Stay The Night

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

  • Hawkwind

    Silver Machine

    • The Best Prog Rock Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Don't Make Me Over

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

  • Tone Damli Aaberge

    Butterflies

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY out today (Rough Trade)

    • Joe Worricker

      Finger-Waggers

  • It’s Immaterial

    Driving Away From ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Siren.
    • 7.

  • UB40

    Rat In Mi Kitchen

    • The Very Best Of UB40 1980-2000.
    • Virgin.

  • The Marvelettes

    When You're Young And In Love

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.2 (Various).
    • Hitsville.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • America

    Ventura Highway

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

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Some Kind Of Nothingness (feat. Ian McCulloch)

    • Postcards From A Young Man.
    • Columbia.
    • 17.

  • Vicki Sue Robinson

    Turn The Beat Around

    • American Dreams (The Best Of The 70's.
    • RCA.

  • Bobby Vee

    The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

    • Bobby Vee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.

  • Bon Jovi

    Bad Medicine

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 2.

  • Buffy Sainte‐Marie

    I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again

    • Single - Vanguard VRS 35143.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "PROGRESS" (Polydor) Out Now

    • Take That

      The Flood

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

  • David Bowie

    Sound And Vision

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Mica Paris

    My One Temptation

    • Heart & Soul - 40 Smooth Soul Grooves.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ANDROMEDA HEIGHTS" (Epic) for Claire in Southampton

    • Prefab Sprout

      Swans

  • 10cc

    The Things We Do for Love

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Brook Benton

    Endlessly

    • Housewives Choice (Various Artists).
    • Music & Memories.

  • Annie Lennox

    Universal Child

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

  • The Feeling

    Fill My Little World

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Nov 2010 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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