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27/12/2010

Entertaining you through the night with his inspired daftness and eclectic music choices, it is Alex on The Best Time of the Day Show, helping you through the rest of the turkey.

Fight off those post-Christmas blues by tuning into Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night owl comedy and fantastic music. Like all of your favourite programmes at this time of the year, Alex is hosting a Review of the Year show, reviving some of those threads from earlier in the year that are too good for the cobwebs: our niche shop, Enigmas 'R' Us; moments in the spotlight of shame in Closed Door Cabaret; and we are naming tours for those artists that really should call it a day in the One More Encore Tour.
There is a new Record of the Week from Rumer, a track from Fats Domino from the Listener's Library and tracks by Elvis Costello and Howlin' Wolf. Plus, Pause for Thought with Michael McMahon. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Music Played

  • The Boo Radleys

    Wake Up Boo!

    • Various Artists - Untitled.
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Temptations

    The Way You Do The Things You Do

    • The Temptations - The Ultimate Collec.
    • Motown.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Matt Cardle

    When We Collide

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.
    • 1.

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • The Byrds

    Mr Tambourine Man

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SEASONS OF MY SOUL" (Atlantic)

    • Rumer

      Am I Forgiven

      • Seasons Of My Soul.
      • Atlantic.
      • 1.

  • The Coasters

    Yakety Yak

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "NATIONAL RANSOM" (Hear Music)

    • Elvis Costello

      National Ransom

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

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

  • Diane Birch

    Fools

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

  • The Move

    Flowers In The Rain

  • ABC

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.

  • Plain White T’s

    Rhythm Of Love

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

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Do You Believe In Love

    • It's Only Rock 'n' Roll... (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Norah Jones

    Chasing Pirates

    • (CD Single).
    • Blue Note.
    • 1.

  • Take That

    Wait

    • Progress.
    • Polydor.
    • 3.

  • The Stylistics

    Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

    The Boston Tea Party

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

  • Caro Emerald

    Riviera Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "EVIL" (Not Now Music)

    • Howlin’ Wolf

      How Many More Years

  • UB40

    Higher Ground

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

  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Rose Royce

    Is It Love You're After

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Gary Numan

    Cars

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

  • Ruarri Joseph

    An Orchard For An Apple

    • An Orchard For An Apple.
    • ACP Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Talk Talk

    Life's What You Make It

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Arrival

    Friends

    • Alan Freeman's First Lesson (Various.
    • Decca.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Ain't Good Enough For You

    • The Promise.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Marv Johnson

    I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose

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

  • Rainbow

    I Surrender

    • Purple Rainbows.
    • EMI.

  • Imelda May

    Inside Out

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE BEST OF FATS DOMINO" (Liberty)

    • Fats Domino

      I Want To Walk You Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

      • The Best Of Fats Domino.
      • Liberty.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Take Me With U

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Jamming

    • Jammin' (Various Artists).
    • Mango.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    It's A Lovely Day Today

    • Ella Sings Berlin & Arlen.
    • World Record Club.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Dec 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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