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03/11/2009

Alex brings his own combination of music and conversation to early weekday mornings, making this The Best Time Of The Day Show. Popular features include the Listeners' Library, where you choose the music, and a double-selection from Alex's own collection in Lester's Library.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 3 Nov 2009 03:00

Music Played

  • Iggy Pop

    Real Wild Child (Wild One)

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1987, Pt.2 (Var).
    • Telstar.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
    • 4.
  • Bon Jovi

    We Weren't Born To Follow

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 7.
  • 窜辞毛

    Sunshine On A Rainy Day

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
  • Deacon Blue

    Dignity

    • Our Town- Deacon Blue (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.
  • Stereophonics

    Innocent

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.
    • 1.
  • Lee Ann Womack

    I Hope You Dance (feat. Sons of the Desert)

    • Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance.
    • MCA Nashville.
  • Fun Boy Three

    Our Lips Are Sealed

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Westlife

    What About Now

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY - TAKEN FROM THE CD SINGLE ON STRESSED SUMO

    • Swound!

      Predator 3

  • Elvis Presley

    Way Down

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Taylor Swift

    Love Story

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Island.
    • 12.
  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Ben Folds

    Landed

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Will Young

    Hopes & Fears

    • (CD Single).
    • 19 Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Tracy Chapman

    Talkin' Bout A Revolution

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.
  • Barry White

    Let The Music Play

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.
  • Alesha Dixon

    To Love Again

    • (CD Single).
  • The Yardbirds

    For Your Love

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll - 1965 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.
  • A Flock of Seagulls

    I Ran (So Far Away)

    • Grand Theft Auto Vice City O.S.T. CD2.
    • Epic.
  • Paolo Nutini

    Pencil Full Of Lead

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • R.E.M.

    The One I Love

    • R.E.M..
    • Irs.
  • Dokken

    Alone Again

    • Various : Feel Like Makin' Love.
  • Scarlet Fantastic

    No Memory

    • The Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
  • Fleet Foxes

    White Winter Hymnal

    • Fleet Foxes.
    • Bella Union.
    • 1.
  • Gene Vincent

    Be Bop A Lula

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Fountains of Wayne

    Stacy's Mom

  • Status Quo

    Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Aquostic Studio Version)

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Michael Jackson

    This Is It

    • This Is It.
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • X鈥怭ress 2

    Lazy (feat. David Byrne)

    • (CD Single).
    • Skint.
  • Mr. Big

    To Be With You

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Peter Bjorn and John

    Young Folks (feat. Victoria Bergsman)

    • (CD Single).
    • Wichita.
  • Cheryl

    Fight For This Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

    • Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA.
    • CBS.
  • The Lightning Seeds

    Sugar Coated Iceberg

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY - TAKEN FROM 'RISING SONS' ON SONY

    • Rising Sons

      Candy Man

  • Chris Rea

    Julia

    • Baby Love.
    • EMI.
  • Jamie Cullum

    I'm All Over It

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

    Use Me

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

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