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28/03/2011

Start the week with the Best Time of the Day Show with the Dark Lord. Expect some brilliant music and witty chat to keep you entertained through the small hours.

Laugh away those Monday blues by tuning into the Best Time of the Day Show for offbeat conversation and fantastic music. This morning it is an All-New Monday and we are celebrating the abandoned ice creams on the pavement, the shivering at awkward street barbecues and the en-masse exposure of disastrous tattoos in "Summer Sightings"; plus we re-live those cold sweat moments in which we killed a moment with the sound of our mobile phone, a loud tummy roar, or worse! More Pause for Thought at 3.20 and the 4.15 One-Off Canteen opens again for the first time this week, so start raiding the other half's wardrobe now if you want to stand a chance of getting a seat.

There is a track from the new Album of the Week by Emin, a new Record of the Week by Ron Sexsmith, tracks by Frank Sinatra and Albany Down selected by Alex from Lester's Library, and some classic Joe Meek by Geoff Goddard selected by you from Lester's Library. All of this and more.

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Music Played

  • McFadden & Whitehead

    Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

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

  • Noisettes

    Never Forget You

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

  • Patrick Wolf

    The City

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

  • Meat Loaf

    Dead Ringer for Love

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • The Detroit Spinners

    Ghetto Child

    • A One Of A Kind Love Affair.
    • Atlantic.
    • 9.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "LONG PLAYER, LATE BLOOMER" (Cooking Vinyl)

    • Ron Sexsmith

      Get In Line

      • (CD Single).
      • Cooking Vinyl.
      • 1.

  • Classix Nouveaux

    Is It A Dream

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll: 1982 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 4.

  • Little Anthony & The Imperials

    Tears On My Pillow

    • The Best Of Little Anthony & The Impe.
    • Roulette.

  • Alice Gold

    Runaway Love

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

  • Bill Wyman

    Si Si Je Suis Un Rock Star

    • Another Slice Of Vintage Cheese (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (AD Recordings)

    • Albany Down

      The Train Song

  • Freda Payne

    Band Of Gold

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.

  • Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers

    Just The Two Of Us

    • Grover Washington Jr: In The Name Of Love - The Elektra Years (1979-1984).
    • SoulMusic Records.

  • AC/DC

    Back In Black

    • Back In Black.
    • Epic.
    • 6.

  • The Knack

    My Sharona

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Automatic

    • Choose 80's Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar TV.

  • Taylor Swift

    The Story Of Us

    • Speak Now.
    • Mercury.

  • Nick Lowe

    Cruel To Be Kind

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 9.

  • Dawn Penn

    You Don't Love Me (No No No)

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

  • Roxette

    She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)

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

  • George Harrison

    Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

    • Living In The Material World.
    • Apple.
    • 2.

  • The Chicks

    Landslide

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "JOE MEEK: PORTRAIT OF A GENIIUS" (Castle) suggested by Pete in Nottingham

    • Geoff Goddard

      Sky Men

      • Joe Meek: Portrait Of A Genius Disc 3: Telstar And Beyond, 1962 - 63.
      • Castle.
      • 24.

  • Red Box

    For America

    • Red Box - The Circle & The Square.
    • Sire.

  • Dionne Bromfield

    Yeah Right

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

  • Robert Parker

    Barefootin'

    • The 60's - Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    The Tears Of A Clown

    • Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

  • The Cure

    Close To Me

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.

  • The Human League

    Never Let Me Go

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

  • Starland Vocal Band

    Afternoon Delight

    • Have A Nice Day Vol.18.
    • Rhino.

  • Tom Browne

    Funkin' For Jamaica

    • 100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Wonderland

    Not A Love Song

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

  • Canned Heat

    Let's Work Together

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "WONDER" (Saffron) out today

    • Emin

      Any Time You Fall (Ash Mix)

      • CD Single.
      • Saffron.
      • 1.

  • Natalie Cole

    Pink Cadillac

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • R.E.M.

    The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

    • R.E.M. - Automatic For The People.
    • Warner Bros.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ESSENTIAL SINATRA" (Notnow)

    • Frank Sinatra

      They Can't Take That Away From Me

  • Sick Puppies

    Maybe

    • (CD Single).

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From Shaft

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Katy Perry

    California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Mar 2011 02:00
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