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04/09/2009

With music, chat and features, including Lester's Library and the Listeners' Library.

The week's final instalment of random daftness and planned oddities from the Dark Lord. Includes two hourly visits to the extensive music archive known as Lester's Library, and your musical contribution in the Listeners' Library.

Submit your own choices by going to Alex's pages at bbc.co.uk/radio2.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 4 Sep 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.
  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

    Lucky

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

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.
  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Sound of Silence

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.
  • Madonna

    Celebration

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • Seth Lakeman

    Crimson Dawn

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.
    • 1.
  • The Beatles

    Drive My Car

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 1.
  • Coldplay

    Strawberry Swing

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Sarah McLachlan

    Sweet Surrender (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
  • Lester's Library: From the CD 'Black On White: (Nero Su Bianco)' on Angel Air Records

    • Freedom

      To Be Free

  • Keane

    Perfect Symmetry

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Ten Sharp

    You

    • Ten Sharp.
    • Columbia.
  • The Undertones

    My Perfect Cousin

    • The Undertones - Teenage Kicks.
    • Castle.
  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.
  • Mary J. Blige

    Family Affair

    • Now 50 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Yeah You's

    Getting Up With You

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

    Every Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Lava/Atlantic.
  • Kelly Clarkson

    Since U Been Gone

    • Now 62 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • 7 Worlds Collide

    Too Blue

    • Sun Came Out.
  • Feist

    1234

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Jackson Browne

    Somebody's Baby

    • The Next Voice You Hear - Jackson Bro.
    • Elektra.
  • Paloma Faith

    New York

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Lester's Library: From the CD 'Burn The Whole Place Down' on Fat Fox Records

    • Hey Negrita

      One Mississippi

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    That's the Way (I Like It)

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • The Move

    Blackberry Way

    • Shazam.
    • Esoteric Recordings.
    • 009.
  • Noisettes

    Wild Young Hearts

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

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Taylor Swift

    You Belong With Me

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

    Give A Little Love

    • (CD Single).
    • S-Curve Records.
    • 1.
  • Tina Turner

    Something Beautiful Remains

    • Tina Turner - Wildest Dreams.
    • Parlophone.
  • Athlete

    Superhuman Touch

    • (CD Single).
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

    • Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA.
    • CBS.
  • The Fratellis

    Whistle for the Choir

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • David Gray

    Fugitive

    • (CD Single).
  • Listener's Library: Suggested by Helen of Hereford.

    • P.P. Arnold

      The First Cut Is The Deepest

      • Sweet Talkin' Guy - Sound Of 60's Gal.
      • Old Gold.
  • SWV

    Right Here

    • Now 26 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The White Stripes

    My Doorbell

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
  • Sugarland

    All I Want To Do

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

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  • Fri 4 Sep 2009 03:00

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