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01/12/2010

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 & the Listener's Libraries and more.

It's time for the first Half-Time Hooter on The Best Time of the Day Show with The Dark Lord himself, Alex Lester. The oddball chat continues this morning with the thread, "Eat My House", in which Alex takes suggestions on how to build a 100% edible house. In "Dawn of the Head", we are recalling those "lightbulb" moments when we realised we were wrong along, and in "Receipt for Deceit" we complain about things we have felt ripped off by. Plus, more Pause for Thought at 3.20, and another batch of loons and goons are fed in the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.

From Lester's Library this morning, there are new tracks from both Ella Chi and The Saw Doctors, and the Listener's Library track comes from Steve Earle. There is also another chance to hear Record of the Week from Diane Birch, and a track from Album of the Week by Duffy. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Music Played

  • The Real Thing

    Can't Get By Without You

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • CeeLo Green

    It's OK

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

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Fire

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 002.

  • R. Dean Taylor

    There's A Ghost In My House

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Josh Groban

    Hidden Away

    • Illuminations.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Monday, Monday

    • The Mamas & The Papas - 20 Greatest H.
    • MFP.

  • Van Halen

    Jump

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "BIBLE BELT" (S-Curve)

    • Diane Birch

      Fools

      • Bible Belt.
      • S-Curve.
      • 1.

  • Cock Robin

    The Promise You Made

    • Cock Robin - Simply The Best.
    • Sony.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ELLA CHI" (Conehead)

    • Ella Chi

      Picturesque

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Listen To The Music

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Rox

    My Baby Left Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.

  • Tom Jones

    Didn't It Rain

    • Praise & Blame.

  • John Mellencamp

    Jack And Diane

    • John Cougar - American Fool.
    • Mercury.

  • Kate Bush

    Wuthering Heights

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Tone Damli Aaberge

    Butterflies

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

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Sister Marie Says

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

  • Fairground Attraction

    Find My Love

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 004.

  • Chris Rea

    Let's Dance

    • Auberge EP.
    • East West Records.

  • The Four Seasons

    Big Girls Don't Cry

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 7.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Some Kind Of Nothingness (feat. Ian McCulloch)

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

  • The Marvelettes

    Please Mr. Postman

    • Marvelettes-Compact Command Performan.
    • Motown.
    • 3.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "COPPERHEAD ROAD" (MCA) suggested by Stuart Clamp of Coventry

    • Steve Earle

      Copperhead Road

      • Steve Earle - Toe The Line.
      • MCA.
      • 1.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Skinny Genes

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Slade

    Cum On Feel The Noize

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Phil Collins

    Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 10.

  • The Drifters

    Under The Boardwalk

    • We Gotta Sing: The Soul Years 1962-1971.
    • Strawberry.

  • Katherine Jenkins

    Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming

    • Believe.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Mink DeVille

    Spanish Stroll

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

  • Timbaland

    Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)

    • (CD Single).
    • Blackground Records.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Houses Of The Holy

    • Led Zeppelin - Latter Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "ENDLESSLY" (A&M) out now

    • Duffy

      Endlessly

      • Endlessly.
      • A&M.
      • 6.

  • Kaoma

    Lambada

    • One World (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Miracles

    Love Machine

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • KT Tunstall

    Fade Like A Shadow

    • Tiger Suit.
    • Relentless.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TO WIN JUST ONCE: THE BEST OF THE SAW DOCTORS" (Shamtown Records)

    • The Saw Doctors

      Red Cortina

  • The Isley Brothers

    Behind A Painted Smile

    • Isley Brothers - Greatest Motown Hits.
    • Motown.

  • Tracy Chapman

    Fast Car

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.

  • Bryan Adams

    Heaven

    • Bryan Adams - Reckless.
    • A&M.

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 Dec 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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