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06/06/2011

Entertaining you through the night with his inspired daftness and eclectic music choices, it's Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show, including a new Record and Album of the Week.

Fight off those Monday blues by tuning into Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night-owl comedy and fantastic music. This morning, Alex announces the beginning of National Bucket Week; let's hear it for the buckets in our lives. How about taking the rollercoaster to work? We are taking the "Fun Fair Everywhere". Plus, the first visit of the week to the 4.15 Confusion Hareem and Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

There is a new Record of the Week from Adele, a new Album of the Week by Paul Simon, Lester's Library tracks by Duane Eddy and Teddy Thompson,and one from the Listener's Library by Pink Floyd.

Beware, the Drums of Pun or the Mallet of Stupidity could go off at any time. You have been warned!

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Music Played

  • Billy Joel

    Tell Her About It

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

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Blondie

    Mother

    • Panic Of Girls.
    • Phasm 8.
    • 1.

  • Norah Jones

    Sunrise

  • Elvis Presley

    Return To Sender

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

  • RECORD THE WEEK from the CD, "21" (XL Recordings)

    • Adele

      Set Fire To The Rain

      • 21.
      • XL.
      • 5.

  • The Steve Gibbons Band

    Tulane

    • Rollin': The Albums (1976-1978).
    • Esoteric Recordings.
    • 14.

  • Cyndi Lauper

    I Drove All Night

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

  • Wonderland

    Starlight

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

  • Asia

    Heat Of The Moment

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ROAD TRIP" (Mad Monkey) out on June 20th

    • Duane Eddy

      Road Trip

  • Althea & Donna

    Uptown Top Ranking

    • Rhythm Of The Sun (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Elbow

    Open Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Donna Summer

    Hot Stuff

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

  • The Divine Comedy

    Something For The Weekend

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • The Feeling

    Set My World On Fire

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

  • Madonna

    Who's That Girl

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 8.

  • Willie Nelson

    Always On My Mind

    • Willie Nelson - Collection.
    • Columbia.

  • Jonathan Jeremiah

    Heart Of Stone

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

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

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

  • The Contours

    Do You Love Me

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sanctuary Records.

  • Owl City

    Alligator Sky

    • All Things Bright & Beautiful.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE WALL" (EMI) suggested by Paul Read in Wiltshire

    • Pink Floyd

      Comfortably Numb

      • Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd.
      • EMI.

  • Bob & Marcia

    Young, Gifted & Black

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

  • The Clovers

    Love Potion No.9

    • 101 Jukebox Classics (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • Lene Lovich

    Lucky Number

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

  • Status Quo

    Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You

    • (CD Single).
    • Fourth Chord Records.
    • 1.

  • Janet Jackson

    When I Think Of You

    • Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade.
    • A&M.
    • 7.

  • Nerina Pallot

    Put Your Hands Up

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

  • Rick James

    Super Freak

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT" (Decca) out on June 13th

    • Paul Simon

      Love & Blessings

      • So Beautiful Or So What.

  • P.P. Arnold

    Angel Of The Morning

    • The Best Of P.P.Arnold.
    • See For Miles.

  • Cheap Trick

    I Want You To Want Me

    • At Budokan: The Complete Concert.
    • Epic Legacy.
    • 3.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Free Man In Paris

    • Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark.
    • Asylum.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BELLA" (Verve) out now

    • Teddy Thompson

      Delilah

  • Kraftwerk

    The Model

    • Into The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Michael Franti & Spearhead

    The Sound Of Sunshine

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

  • Stevie Wonder

    My Cherie Amour

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Jun 2011 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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