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With Alex Lester

Join Alex Lester for music, chat and company right through until 0300. The show features R2's Record and Album of the Week, and Alex scans his shelves to unearth musical magic in Lester's Library. The show also includes a Pause For Thought at 0045 and 0245.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sat 20 Dec 2014 00:00

Music Played

  • Wham!

    Last Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 16.
  • U2

    Every Breaking Wave

    • Songs Of Innocence.
    • Universal.
    • 2.
  • Musical Map

    • Electric Light Orchestra

      All Over The World

      • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
      • Epic.
  • Queen

    Let Me In Your Heart Again

    • Queen Forever.
    • EMI.
    • 001.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Into The Blue

  • Saint Etienne

    I Was Born On Christmas Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.
    • 17.
  • Nico & Vinz

    In Your Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.
  • Lester's Library

    • London Community Gospel Choir

      Oh Come All Ye Faithful

      • Peace This Christmas.
      • 001.
  • The Yardbirds

    For Your Love

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll - 1965 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.
  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.
  • Longfellow

    Medic

    • (CD Single).
    • Fierce Panda.
    • 001.
  • Slade

    Merry Xmas Everybody

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
  • The Who

    Won't Get Fooled Again

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 021.
  • Band Aid 30

    Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • Wild Cherry

    Play That Funky Music

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.
  • Taylor Swift

    Blank Space

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 1.
  • Greg Lake

    I Believe In Father Christmas

    • The Anthology, A Musical Journey.
    • BMG.
  • Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    • Christmas at Downton Abbey.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 9.
  • Wilson Pickett

    Land Of 1000 Dances

    • Where It's At (Various Artists).
    • Kent.
  • Nell Bryden

    May You Never Be Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Absolute.
    • 001.
  • The Jacksons

    Frosty The Snowman

    • 20 Motown Christmas Classics (Variou.
    • Hitsville.
  • Listener's Library

    • The Tractors

      Santa Claus Is Comin' In A Boogie Woogie Train

      • Have Yourself A Tractors Christmas.
      • Arista.
  • The Hoosiers

    Goodbye Mr A

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
  • One Direction

    Night Changes

    • Four.
    • Columbia.
  • Brenda Lee

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Brenda Lee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.
  • Huey Lewis and the News & Huey Lewis

    Heart And Soul

    • The Best Of Huey Lewis - Time Flies.
    • Elektra.
  • Sia

    You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Simply Red

    Money's Too Tight (To Mention)

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Little Big Town

    Day Drinking

    • (CD Single).
    • HumpHead.
    • 001.
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers & The Heartbreakers

    Christmas All Over Again

    • A Very Special Christmas 2 (Various).
    • A&M.
  • Simple Minds

    Let The Day Begin

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.
    • 001.
  • Amy Grant

    Baby Baby

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    Christmastime

    • A Very Special Christmas 3 (Various).
    • A&M.
  • Lester's Library

    • Smokey Wilson

      Christmas

      • Rhythm & Blues Christmas.
      • Ace.
      • 002.
  • Bette Midler

    Waterfalls

    • (CD Single).
    • East West.
    • 001.
  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It? (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Echosmith

    Cool Kids

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Dec 2014 00:00