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17/03/2011

The Best Time of the Day show with Alex, more laughs and top tunes than you can poke a stick at. Includes Record and Album of the Week, and Listener's and Lester's Library tracks.

Tune in for another serving of the show that will simply refuse to let you sleep. On the Best Time of the Day Show this morning, Alex is celebrating those hours of wasted time in "Minute, Bin It", taking suggestions on how to disguise his paunch on the wedding photos in "Where to Put the Gut?", and ideas for how to inject some excitement into producer Dr Strangelove's daily routine in "Strangelove's Strange Life". All of this, plus Pause for Thought at 3.20am with YY Rubinstein and more inductees are welcomed into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.

There will be another track from Album of the Week by Duran Duran, another spin of Record of the Week by Rumer, Lester's Library selections are new tracks from Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears and the latest one from Whitesnake, plus your Listener's Library song by Can.

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Music Played

  • Kool & the Gang

    Get Down On It

    • Eighties Legends (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Fairground Attraction

    Perfect

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 002.

  • Adele

    Someone Like You

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • Nancy Sinatra

    Sugar Town

    • The Greatest Hits Of Nancy Sinatra.
    • Boulevard.

  • Billy Joel

    My Life

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

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

    • Rumer

      Goodbye Girl

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

  • Chaka Demus & Pliers

    She Don't Let Nobody

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Sweet Talkin' Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "FOREVERMORE" (Frontier) out on April 18th

    • Whitesnake

      Love Will Set You Free

  • Lesley Gore

    It's My Party

    • Rediscover The 50's - Here Comes Summ.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Pierces

    You'll Be Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • UB40

    One In Ten

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

  • Hot Chocolate

    Every 1's a Winner

    • Hot Chocolate - Their Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Roxette

    She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Wings

    With A Little Luck

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Elvis Presley

    She's Not You

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Asa

    Be My Man

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

  • Phil Fearon & Galaxy

    What Do I Do?

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

  • Train

    Hey, Soul Sister

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

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Right Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Dave & Ansel Collins

    Double Barrel

    • 20 Golden Number Ones.
    • Island.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "FLOW MOTION" (Mute) suggested by Damian

    • Can

      I Want More

      • Flow Motion.
      • Mute.
      • 1.

  • Tina Turner

    Private Dancer

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Los Lobos

    La Bamba

    • Hits Of '87 & '88 Vol.12 (Various).
    • Polydor.

  • Indeep

    Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    • Greatest Hits I II & III (The Platinum Collection).
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Take That

    Kidz

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

    • Singles A's & B's.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "ALL YOU NEED IS NOW" (Tape Modern) out on March 21st

    • Duran Duran

      The Man Who Stole A Leopard

      • All You Need Is Now.
      • Tape Modern.
      • 8.

  • Beverley Knight

    Shoulda Woulda Coulda

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Crowded House

    Fall At Your Feet

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • George Michael

    True Faith

    • (CD Single).
    • Aegean.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "SCANDALOUS" (Wrasse)

    • Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

      Livin' in the Jungle

  • Evelyn β€œChampagne” King

    Shame

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

  • In-Flight Safety

    Model ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔs

    • (CD Single).
    • Conehead UK.
    • 1.

  • Talking Heads

    And She Was

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Mar 2011 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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