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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

Sun 11 Jan 2015 00:00

Music Played

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

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

    Heartbreaker

    • Friends & Lovers (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.
  • U2

    Every Breaking Wave

    • Songs Of Innocence.
    • Universal.
    • 2.
  • Musical Map - Broughton, Salford the hometown of Elkie Brooks. Suggested by Gary in Melton Mowbray

    • Elkie Brooks

      Don't Cry Out Loud

      • The Very Best Of.
      • Virgin EMI Records.
      • 003.
  • Gavin DeGraw

    Fire

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Let Me Down Easy

    • Caustic Love.
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.
  • The Staple Singers

    I'll Take You There

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Paloma Faith

    Leave While I'm Not Looking

    • A Perfect Contradiction.
    • RCA.
  • The Beach Boys

    Sail On Sailor

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 2).
    • EMI.
  • Lester's Library Track

    • Mamas Gun

      Cheap Hotel

      • CD Single.
      • Candelion.
      • 1.
  • Michael BublΓ©

    Everything

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
  • The Merseys

    Sorrow

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • John & Jacob

    Be My Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Major Bob Music.
    • 1.
  • The Killers

    Human

    • Day & Age.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Yarbrough & Peoples

    Don't Stop The Music

    • The Two Of Us.
    • BBR.
    • 011.
  • Olly Murs

    Up (feat. Demi Lovato)

    • Never Been Better.
    • Epic.
    • 004.
  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.
  • Meghan Trainor

    Lips Are Movin

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.
  • Radio 2 Album Of The Week

    • Jeff Bhasker & Mark Ronson

      In Case Of Fire

      • Uptown Special.
      • Columbia.
      • 8.
  • Sandie Shaw

    (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

    • Sandie Shaw - The Collection.
    • Castle.
  • Gregory Porter & Laura Mvula

    Water Under Bridges

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Prove It All Night

    • Darkness On The Edge Of Town.
    • CBS.
  • Listener's Library Track - Suggested by Jane Hurst

    • Rae Morris

      Closer

      • CD Single.
      • Atlantic.
      • 1.
  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

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

    Something I Need

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.
  • The Hues Corporation

    Rock The Boat

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

    Johnny Got A Boom Boom

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Classics & Jazz.
    • 1.
  • Chris While & Julie Matthews

    If This Were Your Last Day

    • Who We Are.
    • Fat Cat Records.
    • 001.
  • Gloria Jones

    Tainted Love

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

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Carrie Underwood

    Something in the Water

    • Greatest Hits: Decade #1.
    • Sony BMG.
  • Morrissey

    Everyday Is Like Sunday

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Radio 2 Record Of The Week

    • Ne-Yo

      Coming With You

      • (CD Single).
      • Motown.
      • 001.
  • Shaggy

    Oh Carolina

    • Shaggy - The Best Of Shaggy Part 1.
    • Virgin.
  • Katy Perry

    California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Lester's Library Track

    • Jimmy Page & Robert Plant & Robert Plant

      Gallows Pole

      • No Quarter.
      • Fontana.
      • 12.
  • Jamie Cullum

    Don't You Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

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

    November Tale

    • Modern Blues.
    • Harlequin And Clown.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Jan 2015 00:00