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A Terrible Peg

Another slice of inspired daftness and great music to keep you happy through the night. Plus, the Album and Record of the Week and 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

Last on

Wed 28 Aug 2013 02:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Phil Collins

      Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

      • Singles.
      • Rhino.
      • 10.

  • T. Rex

    Get It On

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Booker T. & Jay James

    Broken Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • The Lovin’ Spoonful

    Daydream

    • The Lovin' Spoonful Collection.
    • Castle Communications.

  • Al Jarreau

    Trouble In Paradise

    • Jarreau.
    • Polygram.

  • Jessie J

    It's My Party

    • (CD Single).
    • Lava Music.
    • 1.

  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Here I Go Again

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • INXS

    Need You Tonight

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

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD "IN A TIDAL WAVE OF MYSTERY" (Capitol) out 23rd September

    • Capital Cities

      Safe And Sound

      • (CD Single).
      • Capitol.

  • Patsy Cline

    Crazy

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD "GOLD PLATED" (Esoteric Recordings) out now

    • Climax Blues Band

      Mighty Fire

      • Gold Plated.
      • Esoteric Recordings.

  • Bruno Mars

    Locked Out Of Heaven

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

  • Tom Odell

    Grow Old With Me

    • Long Way Down.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Yazz & The Plastic Population

      The Only Way Is Up

      • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
      • Cherry Pop.
      • 010.

  • Small Faces

    All Or Nothing

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    My Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Legacy.
    • 1.

  • Renaissance

    Northern Lights

    • (Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Blur

    Coffee & TV

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Stereophonics

    We Share the Same Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Stylus Records.
    • 1.

  • The Supremes

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

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

  • Aswad

    Don't Turn Around

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Birdy

    Wings

    • (CD Single).
    • 14th Floor Records.
    • 1.

  • Sam Cooke

    You Send Me

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the album "NIGHTLIFE" (Vertigo) suggested by Gary Hooper in Kilmarnock

    • Thin Lizzy

      Still In Love With You

      • Nightlife.
      • Vertigo.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • HOUR 3

    • Chairmen of the Board

      Give Me Just A Little More Time

      • Hits Of Hot Wax & Invictus (Various).
      • Hdh.

  • Gabrielle

    When A Woman

    • (CD Single).
    • Go Beat.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Love Is A Bourgeois Construct

    • Electric.
    • x2 Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

    Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town

    • Country Collection (Various Artists).
    • Arcade.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • The Model: 20 New Romantic Hits From The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.
    • 6.

  • Alistair Griffin, Leddra Chapman & Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • The Hues Corporation

    Rock The Boat

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Cathy Dennis

    Too Many Walls

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "GETTING OVER THE STORM" (Universal / Virgin) out 2nd September

    • UB40

      Blue Bilet Doux

      • Getting Over The Storm.
      • Riff Raff.
      • 4.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Uptight (Everything's Alright)

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

  • Noah and the Whale

    Tonight's The Kind Of Night

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD "THE LAST SHIP" (A&M) out 23rd September

    • Sting

      A Practical Arrangement

      • The Last Ship.
      • A&M.

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

    • 20 Number 1's Of The 70's (Various).
    • MFP.

  • Emma Stevens

    A Place Called You

    • (CD Single).
    • Rising Tide Music.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Aug 2013 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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