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19/01/2011

It's Half-Time Hooter time on the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex, meaning even more stupidity and top tunes to take you through the night. Plus Album and Record of the Wee.

It's Wednesday, which means it is time for the first Half-Time Hooter of the Week; even more inspired daftness and brilliant music from the Dark Lord himself, Alex Lester. There is a track from the Album of the Week from Adele and the Record of the Week from Sara Bareilles, two more selections from Alex's spare room in Lester's Library including something new from The National and something old from SIA, and Mike in Devon has his choice played in Listener's Library. Plus, Alex asks if you've recently found something in the thread "That's Where It Went", what would your star sign be if it was more accurate in "The Best Time of the Day Zodiac" and have you ever stood up to someone in "Angels Fear To Tread"? And there's Pause for Thought at 3.20am. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Music Played

  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

    • Deacon Blue- Our Town (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Edei

    Loved

    • (CD Single).
    • Alma Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Gary Moore

    Still Got The Blues

    • Gary Moore: Ballads & Blues 1982-1994.
    • Virgin.

  • The Drifters

    When My Little Girl Is Smiling

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK (Columbia) Released 14th February

    • Sara Bareilles

      King Of Anything

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

  • Paul Simon

    Still Crazy After All These Years

    • Still Crazy After All These Years.
    • CBS.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (feat. Nina Persson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Imelda May

    Inside Out

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

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Learning To Fly

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Lester's Library: Featured on the CD 'High Violet' (4AD)

    • The National

      Terrible Love

  • The Ronettes

    Be My Baby

    • The Best Of The Ronettes.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Norman Greenbaum

    Spirit In The Sky

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • McFadden & Whitehead

    Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Drop The Pilot

    • The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading.
    • A&M.

  • James Blunt

    So Far Gone

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

  • Maxi Priest

    Wild World

    • Dancing On Sunshine - 22 Reggae Hits.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    Even as It All Goes By

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

  • Tally Koren

    Beauty Of The Duty

    • (CD Single).
    • TCK Production.
    • 1.

  • Chris Rea

    I Can Hear Your Heartbeat

    • The Best Of Chris Rea.
    • East West Records.

  • The Killers

    Read My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Diana Ross

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Listener's Library. Suggested by Mike in Devon. Featured on the CD β€˜Hatful Of Hollow’ (Rough Trade).

    • The Smiths

      Girl Afraid

  • Supertramp

    Goodbye Stranger

    • Autobiography Of Supertramp.
    • A&M.
    • 10.

  • Pearl and the Puppets

    Because I Do

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

  • The Teddy Bears

    To Know Him Is To Love Him

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

  • Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.

  • Cliff Richard & The Drifters

    Move It

  • Sugarland

    Stuck Like Glue

    • The Incredible Machine.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Michael Jackson

    P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

    • Thriller.
    • Epic.
    • 6.

  • The Allman Brothers Band

    Jessica ('Top Gear' Theme Tune)

    • F1 Rock (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Madness

    Embarrassment

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK 'Adele - 21' (XL) Released 24th January

    • Adele

      Turning Tables

      • 21.
      • XL.
      • 3.

  • 10cc

    Wall Street Shuffle

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Otis Redding

    These Arms of Mine

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

  • Ramones

    Baby, I Love You

    • The Ramones - End Of The Century.
    • Sire.

  • Lester's Library: Featured on the CD 'Colour The Small One' (Go Beat)

    • Sia

      Breathe Me

  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 19 Jan 2011 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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