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21/03/2011

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; what confuses you the most? We are opening "The Al-X Files". We are adjusting celebs' acts according to their ages in "Turn the Page on Age", and recalling those moments of fear after breaking something we shouldn't have had our hands on the first place in "Wait 'Til Your Father Gets ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ". More Pause for Thought at 3.20am with Steve Williams, and the doors to the 4.15 One-Off Canteen are open once again, so get the thigh-highs on!

There is a brand new Album of the Week from Roxette, Record of the Week from Alison Kraus and Union Station, selections from Alex's CD collection in Lester's Library are a new one from The Coral and some vintage reggae from Kent Brown and Sir Dee's Group, while your request from the Listener's Library is one by Elvis from the "King Creole" soundtrack.

Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Mon 21 Mar 2011 02:00
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Music Played

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    The Sun Always Shines on TV

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • T. Rex

    Jeepster

    • Electric Warrior (Deluxe Edition).
    • A&M.
    • 3.

  • Rumer

    Goodbye Girl

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

  • Smokie

    Living Next Door To Alice

    • Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman: Classics From The 1970's & 80's Vols 1 & 2.
    • BMG.

  • Tears for Fears

    Head Over Heels

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 5.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "PAPER AIRPLANE" (Rounder) out on April 11th

    • Alison Krauss & Union Station

      Paper Airplane

      • Paper Airplane.
      • Rounder.
      • 1.

  • Shalamar

    There It Is

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 6.

  • Frankie Valli

    Can't Take My Eyes Off You

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 19.

  • The Human League

    Never Let Me Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Wall Of Sound.
    • 3.

  • Joan Osborne

    One Of Us

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BUTTERFLY HOUSE" (Deltasonic)

    • The Coral - Two Faces

  • Raydio

    Jack & Jill

    • The Best Of Ray Parker Jr & Raydio.
    • Arista.

  • Bitty McLean

    It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)

    • (CD Single).
    • Brilliant.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 1.

  • Kate Bush

    Babooshka

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Duran Duran

    Girl Panic!

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

  • Billy Idol

    Mony Mony

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

  • DNA

    Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega)

    • Best Of Suzanne Vega - Tried & True.
    • A&M.

  • Adele

    Someone Like You

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • The Moments

    Jack In The Box

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "KING CREOLE" (Xtra) suggested by Alexandria Gibbs in Kent

    • Elvis Presley - Crawfish

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

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

  • James Blunt

    If Time Is All I Have

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

  • Eagle‐Eye Cherry

    Save Tonight

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artists.
    • Elektra.

  • Love Affair

    Everlasting Love

    • This Hasn't Changed Us.
    • RPM Records.
    • 001.

  • Bon Jovi

    Wanted Dead Or Alive

    • The Chart Show: Rock The Nation (Various Artists).
    • Dover.
    • 3.

  • Asa

    Be My Man

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

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Lost

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Kansas

    Carry On Wayward Son

    • American Dreams II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.
    • 3.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Mr Medicine

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

  • Danny & the Juniors

    At The Hop

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "CHARM SCHOOL" (EMI) out on March 28th

    • Roxette

      Dream On

      • Charm School.
      • EMI/Capitol.
      • 7.

  • Susan Cadogan

    Hurt So Good

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • America

    A Horse With No Name

    • America's Greatest Hits - History.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Sick Puppies

    Maybe

    • (CD Single).

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE TROJAN JAMAICAN R&B BOX SET" (Trojan)

    • Kent Brown With Sir Dee's Group - Hey Diddle Diddle

  • Cheryl Lynn

    Got To Be Real

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Blue Mink

    The Banner Man

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.
    • 1.

  • Bobby Vee

    Take Good Care Of My Baby

    • The Best Of Bobby Vee.
    • Liberty.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Mar 2011 02:00
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