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30/05/2011

Start the week with the Best Time of the Day Show with the Dark Lord. Expect 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 Alex declares it the start of National Box Week. That's right, hilarious tales and memories of those beloved boxes in our lives. Plus, there are stories of flares caught on barbed wire and holes in socks exposed in public in "Wardrobe of Worry". More Pause for Thought at 3.20am and the first visit of the week to the 4.15 Confusion Hareem.

There will be 2 tracks handpicked from Alex's personal CD collection for Lester's Library, one of your tunes from the Listener's Library by Vampire Weekend, a track from the new Album of the Week by Status Quo and the new Record of the Week from Emin.

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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Born In The USA

    • Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA.
    • CBS.

  • µώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Crazy in Love (feat. JAY-Z)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Pierces

    Glorious

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

  • Ph.D.

    I Won't Let You Down

    • One Shot '80 (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music.
    • 13.

  • The Four Seasons

    Beggin'

    • Working My Way Back To You.
    • Rhino.
    • 7.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "WONDER" (Saffron)

    • Emin - Any Time You Fall

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Oliver's Army

  • Stephanie Mills

    Never Knew Love Like This Before

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Nerina Pallot

    Put Your Hands Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

    • The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
    • Telstar.
    • 10.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TIME TRAVEL" (Bella Union) out now

    • Alessi's Ark

      Maybe I Know

  • Barenaked Ladies

    One Week

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Red Dragon & Brian & Tony Gold

    Compliments On Your Kiss

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • It Bites

    Calling All The Heroes

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • James Morrison

    Broken Strings (feat. Nelly Furtado)

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

  • Michael Franti & Spearhead

    The Sound Of Sunshine

    • The Sound Of Sunshine.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Madonna

    Into The Groove

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 8.

  • Alice Cooper

    No More Mr Nice Guy

    • Millennium Classic Rock Party (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Colin Blunstone

    Say You Don't Mind

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Andrea Corr

    Tinseltown In The Rain

    • Lifelines.

  • Shalamar

    There It Is

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

  • Chuck Berry

    Sweet Little Sixteen

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "CONTRA" (XL) suggested by Andy Marchant from Three Counties

    • Vampire Weekend

      Cousins

      • Contra.

  • Sixpence None the Richer

    Kiss Me

    • The Best Love Songs...Ever! (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Desmond Dekker & the Aces

    Israelites

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.

  • Paul Young

    Come Back and Stay

    • Paul Young - From Time To Time.
    • Columbia.

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Ann Peebles

    I Can't Stand The Rain

    • Mad About The Boy: Ladies Sing The Bl.
    • Crimson.

  • Toploader - A Balance To All Things

  • Elvis Presley

    I Got Stung

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Soul II Soul

    Keep on Movin' (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Pilot

    Magic

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll Vol.2 (1974).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Stevie Wonder

    You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

    • Stevie Wonder Ballad Collection.
    • Motown.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "QUID PRO QUO" (Fourth Chord) out now

    • Status Quo

      Can't See For Looking

      • Quid Pro Quo.
      • Fourth Chord Records.
      • 5.

  • The Sutherland Brothers Band & Quiver

    Arms Of Mary

    • The Greatest Love Of All (Various).
    • Old Gold.

  • Beth Hart

    Take It Easy On Me

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

  • Van Halen

    Why Can't This Be Love

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "VINTAGE CAFE VOL.1" (VC)

    • Ecko Presents Bossardo

      Modern Love

  • The Selecter

    On My Radio

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Gallagher & Lyle

    Breakaway

    • Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway.
    • River Records.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 May 2011 02:00
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