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19/11/2012

Another slice of inspired daftness and great music to keep you happy through the night. More from Album and Record of the Week, plus Lester's and Listener's Library song choices.

There's only one way to get through the night with a smile and that's with Alex, AKA the Dark Lord, on the Best Time of the Day Show.

There will be another track from the Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, two more tracks from Alex's eclectic CD collection in the Lester's Library, a selection from you from the Listener's Library and Pause for Thought.

Alex is armed with the Drums of Pun, the Mallet of Stupidity and the Squeal of Campery; you won't get the chance to even think about sleeping!

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Mon 19 Nov 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Peter Gabriel

      Sledgehammer

      • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
      • Now.

  • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

    Yeh Yeh

    • 20 Beat Classics.
    • Polydor.

  • Steps

    Light Up The World

    • (CD Single).
    • Steps Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Nash

    Tears On My Pillow

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1975.
    • EMI.

  • Fairground Attraction

    Find My Love

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 004.

  • One Direction

    Little Things

    • Take Me Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • Sony.

  • Erma Franklin

    (Take A Little) Piece Of My Heart

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Kinks

    Days

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "TAKE THE CROWN" (Island) out 17th December

    • Robbie Williams

      Different

      • (CD Single).
      • Island.
      • 4.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Big Yellow Taxi

    • Joni Mitchell.
    • Reprise.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Buffalo Soldier

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MAP OF THE PAST" (EMI) OUT NOW

    • It Bites

      Cartoon Graveyard

      • Map Of The Past.
      • EMI.

  • The Box Tops

    The Letter

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

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Madness

      Baggy Trousers

      • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
      • Disky.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Labrinth

    Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli SandΓ©)

    • Electronic Earth.
    • Sony.

  • Booker Newberry III

    Love Town

    • 100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Dinah Washington

    Mad About The Boy

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Paul Carrack

    From Now On

    • Good Feeling.
    • Carrack-UK.

  • The Who

    Won't Get Fooled Again

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 021.

  • Sheryl Crow

    A Change Would Do You Good

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

  • Fun.

    Carry On

    • Some Nights.
    • Fueldbyramen.
    • 1.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Midnight Train To Georgia

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "EQUILIBRIUM" (Manhaton Records) suggested by Nigel Rumming in Bristol

    • Aynsley Lister

      Sugar Low

      • Equilibrium.
      • Manahaton Records.

  • Shalamar

    A Night To Remember

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 5.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Up Around The Bend

    • Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chroni.
    • Fantasy.
    • 24.

  • HOUR 3

    • Duran Duran

      Is There Something I Should Know?

      • Duran Duran - Decade.
      • EMI.
      • 1.

  • Blur

    Parklife

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Jeff Lynne

    Mercy Mercy

    • Long Wave.
    • Frontiers Records.
    • 4.

  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Sailing On The Seven Seas

    • OMD: The Singles.
    • Virgin.
    • 17.

  • MIKA

    The Origin Of Love

    • The Origin Of Love.
    • Island.

  • The Beach Boys

    Don't Worry Baby

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "JEFF WAYNE'S WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE NEW GENERATION" (Sony) OUT NOW

    • Jeff Wayne

      Forever Autumn (feat. Gary Barlow)

      • Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of War Of The Worlds.
      • Sony.

  • Edie Brickell

    Good Times

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.

  • Elvis Presley

    Suspicious Minds

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Bruno Mars

    Locked Out Of Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • T. Rex

    Ride a White Swan

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

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm on My Way

    • The Best Of The Proclaimers.
    • Chrysalis.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY FROM THE ALBUM "STONE BEADS AND SILVER" (One Little Indian) OUT JANUARY 2013

    • Marc Carroll

      Lust Not Love

      • Stone Beads and Silver.
      • One Little Indian.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Nov 2012 02:00
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