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30/01/2012

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 in to Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night-owl comedy and fantastic music. There is a new Record and Album of the Week, Pause for Thought, two more unexpected tracks from Lester's Library and one from you from the Listener's Library. Beware, the Drums of Pun or the Mallet of Stupidity could go off at any time. You have been warned!

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Mon 30 Jan 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Bonnie Tyler

      Holding Out For A Hero

      • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
      • Polygram Tv.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Goldfrapp

    Melancholy Sky

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • U2

    Pride (In The Name Of Love)

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • P.P. Arnold

    The First Cut Is The Deepest

    • Sweet Talkin' Guy - Sound Of 60's Gal.
    • Old Gold.

  • Status Quo

    Caroline

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "MOUNTAIN ECHO" (Decca) out on March 5th

    • Jodie Marie

      I Got You

      • Mountain Echo.
      • Decca.
      • 1.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Are You Gonna Go My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • The Searchers

    Sweets For My Sweet

    • The Searchers.
    • MFP.

  • Madonna

    Lucky Star

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 5.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "OUT ALONG THE WIRE" (Battered Hat)

    • Tristan Mackay

      Holding On To You

  • Quarterflash

    Harden My Heart

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1982 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Jessie J

    Domino

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

  • CeeLo Green

    Bright Lights Bigger City (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • David Bowie

      Rebel Rebel

      • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
      • EMI.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Juan Zelada

    What Do I Know

    • High Ceilings & Collarbones.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Don't Make Me Over

    • Dionne Warwick Presenting....
    • Sequel Records.

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Ren Harvieu

    Through The Night

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

  • Red Box

    Lean On Me

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

  • The Andrea True Connection

    More, More, More

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Bobby Vee

    The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

    • Bobby Vee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ONE-EYED JACKS" (Anagram) suggested by John Steel from Glasgow

    • Spear of Destiny

      Liberator

      • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
      • Sony BMG.

  • Cher

    If I Could Turn Back Time

    • Cher - The Greatest Hits.
    • WEA/Universal.

  • Alison Krauss & Union Station

    Baby, Now That I've Found You

    • Now That I've Found You - A Collectio.
    • Rounder Records.

  • HOUR 3

    • Queen

      Radio Ga Ga

      • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
      • Parlophone.

  • Estelle

    American Boy (feat. Ye)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Olly Murs

    Dance With Me Tonight

    • In Case You Didn't Know.
    • Epic.
    • 24.

  • The Tourists

    I Only Want To Be With You

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

  • Four Tops

    It's The Same Old Song

    • The Four Tops - The Ultimate Collecti.
    • Motown.

  • ±αΎ±β€G±τ΄Η²υ²υ

    You'll Never Know

    • Golden Love Songs Top 100 - Volume 2 (Various Artists).
    • Arcade.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "KISSES ON THE BOTTOM" (Mercury) out on Feb 6th

    • Paul McCartney

      My Valentine

      • The 7" Singles Box.
      • MPL.
      • 1.

  • The Supremes

    Where Did Our Love Go

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • First Aid Kit

    Emmylou

    • (CD Single).
    • Witchita.
    • 1.

  • Prefab Sprout

    When Love Breaks Down

    • Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good.
    • Epic.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ALL THE WOMEN I AM" (Humphead)

    • Reba McEntire

      If I Were A Boy

  • Norman Greenbaum

    Spirit In The Sky

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

  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

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

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Jan 2012 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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