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01/03/2012

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!

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Thu 1 Mar 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Spin Doctors

      Two Princes

      • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
      • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Dusty Springfield

    In The Middle Of Nowhere

    • The Dusty Springfield Anthology.
    • Mercury.

  • Jodie Marie

    I Got You

    • Mountain Echo.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Billy Joel

    Allentown

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

  • Everything but the Girl

    Missing (Todd Terry Remix)

    Remix Artist: Todd Terry.
    • Passion (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "LOVE AFTER WAR" (Polydor) out on April 16th

    • Robin Thicke

      Love After War

      • (CD Single).
      • Star Track.
      • 1.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Santana

    Oye Como Va

    • Santana's Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.

  • The Brilliant Things

    Pointless

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

  • Junior Murvin

    Police And Thieves

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BLACK SABBATH VOL.4" (Essential)

    • Black Sabbath

      Supernaut

  • Change

    A Lover's Holiday

    • (Single).
    • WEA.

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    Next To Me

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

  • HOUR 2

    • Level 42

      Something About You

      • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
      • Cherry Red Records.

  • Peter Frampton

    Show Me The Way

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

  • The Shins

    Simple Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Madonna

    Cherish

    • Madonna - The Immaculate Collection.
    • Sire.
    • 17.

  • The Walker Brothers

    Make It Easy On Yourself

    • Best Of Scott Walker & The Walker Bro.
    • Fontana.

  • Coldplay

    Charlie Brown

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • Norah Jones

    Sunrise

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ANY MAN IN AMERICA" (Earmusic) Out Now

    • Blue October

      The Worry List

  • Pretenders

    Talk Of The Town

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • Mickey & Sylvia

    Love Is Strange

    • Dirty Dancing O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • RCA.
    • 106.

  • HOUR 3

    • The Rembrandts

      I'll Be There For You

      • The Love Songs Album (Various).
      • Universal.

  • Robert Howard & Kym Mazelle

    Wait

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

  • The Musgraves

    Last Of Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Redhouse.
    • 1.

  • Roy Orbison

    I Drove All Night

    • Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
    • Now.

  • The Clash

    Rock The Casbah

    • The Singles.
    • Epic.

  • Avalanche City

    Love, Love, Love

    • Our New Life Above The Ground.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • The Drifters

    Save The Last Dance For Me

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "WRECKING BALL" (Sony) out March 5th

    • Bruce Springsteen

      Shackled and Drawn

      • Wrecking Ball.
      • Columbia.
      • 3.

  • Bob & Marcia

    Young, Gifted & Black

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

  • The Killers

    Read My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Etta James

    I Just Want To Make Love To You

    • Etta James- The Genuine Article.
    • Mca/Chess.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BOP TILL YOU DROP" (Warner) suggested by Big Budge in Norfolk

    • Ry Cooder

      Little Sister

      • Ry Cooder - Bop Till You Drop.
      • Warner Bros.

  • Booker Newberry III

    Love Town

    • 100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Four Tops

    Reach Out I'll Be There

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Mar 2012 02:00
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