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20/10/2011

Keeping you laughing through the night and playing the best selection of tunes, it's Alex. With the Album and Record of the Week plus Lester's and Listener's Libraries.

Alex is here to keep you entertained with his unique brand of witty chat accompanied by a great selection of tunes.

There is more from Album of the Week, another play of the Record of the Week, two tracks you may not have heard before from Lester's Library, one of your choices from the Listener's Library, Pause for Thought at 3.20am, and the second Half-Time Hooter of the Week. Let the buffoonery begin!

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Madness

      My Girl

      • Madness - Complete Madness.
      • Virgin.
      • 2.

  • The Hollies

    Just One Look

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.
    • 20.

  • The Pierces

    Kissing You Goodbye

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

  • Bill Withers

    Lovely Day

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Stranglers

    Strange Little Girl

    • More Than A Feeling (Various Artists).
    • Teledisc.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "50 WORDS FOR SNOW" (Fish People) out November 21st

    • Kate Bush & Andy Fairweather鈥怢ow

      Wild Man

      • 50 Words For Snow.
      • Fish People.
      • 1.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Foxy Lady

    • Are You Experienced?.
    • Polydor.
    • 13.

  • Joan Osborne

    One Of Us

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

  • James Morrison

    I Won't Let You Go

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

  • Guns N鈥� Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "NO THYSELF" (Wiresound) out October 24th

    • Magazine

      Holy Dotage

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Proud Mary

    • What You See Is What You Get.
    • Start.

  • Plan B

    She Said

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • UB40

    Kingston Town

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • HOUR 2

    • Heatwave

      Boogie Nights

      • Too Hot To Handle.
      • BBR.
      • 013.

  • Jools Holland & Ruby Turner

    The Informer

    • (CD Single).
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd

    Dark Side Of Love

    • How I Go.
    • Roadrunner.
    • 1.

  • Crowded House

    Don't Dream It's Over

    • Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
    • Capitol.

  • The Ronettes

    Be My Baby

    • The Best Of The Ronettes.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Dolly Parton

    The Sacrifice

    • Better Day.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • Snow Patrol

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Melanie C

    Weak

    • (CD Single).
    • Absolute.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "GREATEST HITS" (MCA) suggested by Paul Wood from the Black Country

    • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

      Mary Jane's Last Dance

      • MCA.

  • Macy Gray

    I Try

    • The 2000 Brit Awards (Various Artist.
    • Columbia.

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Shake, Rattle And Roll

    • Bill Haley And The Comets.
    • Bulldog.

  • HOUR 3

    • Pilot

      January

      • 25 Years Of No.1 Hits Vol.3 (1974/19.
      • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Charles & Eddie

    Would I Lie To You?

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

  • Nickelback

    When We Stand Together

    • (CD Single).
    • Roadrunner.
    • 1.

  • Sugarland

    Stuck Like Glue

    • The Incredible Machine.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Night Owl

    • Gerry Rafferty - Right Down Line.
    • EMI.

  • Eddie Cochran

    C'Mon Everybody

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "MYLO XYLOTO" (Parlophone) out on Monday

    • Coldplay

      Us Against The World

      • Mylo Xyloto.
      • Parlophone.
      • 5.

  • Norman Greenbaum

    Spirit In The Sky

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Anastacia

    I'm Outta Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic/Daylight.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "SKY FULL OF HOLES" (Lojinx)

    • Fountains of Wayne

      A Road Song

  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Ricky Nelson

    Poor Little Fool

    • Hello Mary Lou (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Gloria Estefan

    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

    • Gloria Estefan - Hold Me/Thrill Me/Ki.
    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Oct 2011 02:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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