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Tim Smith Sits In

Tim Smith sits in for Alex Lester with lively conversation and great music. More from Record and Album of the Week, plus unexpected tracks from the Smith Family Archive.

Tim Smith is here to keep you entertained with his unique brand of refreshing chat accompanied by a great selection of tunes. There is more from Album of the Week, another play of the Record of the Week, two tracks you may not have heard before from the Smith Family Archive, one of your choices from the Listener's Library, Pause for Thought at 3.20am and more.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 3 Mar 2011 02:00

Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Take That

    Kidz

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Free Man In Paris

    • Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark.
    • Asylum.
  • Peter Gabriel

    That'll Do (feat. Paddy Moloney & Black Dyke Band)

    • "Babe - Pig In The City" Soundtrack.
    • Geffen.
  • Noah and the Whale

    L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

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

    Love Of The Common People

    • Paul Young - From Time To Time.
    • Columbia.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "TRI-POLAR" (Virgin) out on April 4th

    • Sick Puppies

      Maybe

      • (CD Single).
  • Erma Franklin

    (Take A Little) Piece Of My Heart

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Hurts

    Sunday

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • MUSIC FROM THE SMITH FAMILY ARCHIVE from the CD, "MAGICAL RING" (RCA)

    • Clannad

      Newgrange

      • Magical Ring.
      • RCA.
      • 8.
  • Eddie Cochran

    Somethin' Else

    • The Eddie Cochran Story.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • The Divine Comedy

    Something For The Weekend

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Plan B

    Prayin'

    • The Defamation Of Strickland Banks.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Bob & Marcia

    Young, Gifted & Black

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Rendezvous

    • The Promise.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Frances Nero

    Footsteps Following Me

    • Deep Heat 10 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • The Jam

    Beat Surrender

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Clare Maguire

    The Last Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE SHIPBUILDING E.P." (EMI) suggested by Fairley of Wear

    • Tasmin Archer

      Shipbuilding

      • Shipbuilding EP.
      • EMI.
      • 1.
  • The Box Tops

    The Letter

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.
  • Yvonne Elliman

    If I Can't Have You

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.
  • The Pierces

    You'll Be Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Department S

    Is Vic There?

    • Into The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.
  • Willie Nelson

    Mendocino County Line (feat. Lee Ann Womack)

    • (CD Single).
    • Lost Highway.
    • 17.
  • The Mummers

    Fade Away

    • Mink Hollow Road.
  • Dion

    The Wanderer

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sequel Records.
  • MUSIC FROM THE SMITH FAMILY ARCHIVE from the CD, "NEVER TOO MUCH" (BMG)

    • Luther Vandross

      Sugar and Spice

      • Never Too Much.
      • BMG.
      • 2.
  • The Smiths

    Panic

    • The Very Best Of The Smiths.
    • WEA.
    • 16.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "DIFFERENT GEAR, STILL SPEEDING" (Beady Eye Records)

    • Beady Eye

      The Beat Goes On

      • Different Gear Still Speeding.
      • Beady Eye Records.
      • 12.
  • Odyssey

    Going Back To My Roots

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 6.
  • Lady Gaga

    Born This Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 11.
  • Tracey Ullman

    They Don't Know

    • You Broke My Heart In 17 Places.
    • Stiff.
  • Bruce Channel

    Hey! Baby

    • Rediscover The 60's - Sealed With A K.
    • Old Gold.
  • Maroon 5

    Never Gonna Leave This Bed

    • Hands All Over.
    • A&M.
    • 1.
  • Martha and the Muffins

    Echo Beach

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Mar 2011 02:00

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