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07/03/2011

Entertaining you through the night with his inspired daftness and eclectic music choices, it's Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show, including a new Record and Album of the Week.

Fight off those Monday blues by tuning into Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night owl comedy and fantastic music. Back after a week off, Alex returns with a bunch of new threads: "Mock the Clock" - how would you bend, extend and shrink the hours of the day to suit your needs best? And in "Sport Spotting", we are painting a vivid picture of local sporting events, complete with overly-sexual hot-dog vendor lady and hissy-fit child who is carted off from the pitch screaming. The 4.15 One-Off Canteen is back in business and Pause for Thought comes from Mike Ford at 3.20am.
From Lester's Library there are new tunes from Arcade Fire and The Latvian Blues Band, while the Listener's Library track is an album track from The Smiths. There is a new Record of the Week from Taylor Swift and a track from the new Album of the Week from REM. Beware, the Drums of Pun or the Mallet of Stupidity could go off at any time. You have been warned!

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Music Played

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • The Four Seasons

    Beggin'

    • Working My Way Back To You.
    • Rhino.
    • 7.

  • Roxette

    She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)

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

  • Lene Marlin

    Sitting Down Here

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Hawkwind

    Silver Machine

    • The Best Prog Rock Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SPEAK NOW" (Mercury)

    • Taylor Swift

      The Story Of Us

      • Speak Now.
      • Mercury.

  • George Benson

    Lady Love Me (One More Time)

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 4.

  • Squeeze

    Up The Junction

    • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
    • Universal/A&M.

  • Noah and the Whale

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

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "EUROPEAN BLUES CHALLENGE"( EBU)

    • Latvian Blues Band

      Goodbye

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    Many Rivers To Cross

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

  • The Belle Stars

    Sign of the Times

    • The Very Best Of The Belle Stars.
    • Hit Label.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Lene Lovich

    Lucky Number

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Pierces

    You'll Be Mine

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

  • Coldplay

    Speed Of Sound

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Dusty Springfield

    In The Middle Of Nowhere

    • The Dusty Springfield Anthology.
    • Mercury.

  • Jessie J

    Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Lava Records.
    • 1.

  • The Detroit Spinners

    I'll Be Around

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 3.

  • Marianne Faithfull

    The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan

    • Thelma & Louise O.S.T. (Various).
    • MCA.

  • Elton John

    Part-Time Love

    • The Very Best Of Elton John.
    • Rocket.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE QUEEN IS DEAD" (Warner) suggested by Scott

    • The Smiths

      Frankly Mr Shankly

      • The Queen is Dead.
      • Warner.
      • 2.

  • Shara Nelson

    One Goodbye In Ten

    • (CD Single).
    • Cool Tempo.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Rendezvous

    • The Promise.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Coasters

    Charlie Brown

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Pretenders

    Talk Of The Town

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Automatic

    • Choose 80's Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar TV.

  • Wizzard

    See My Baby Jive

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Julian Velard

    Love Again For The First Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Planteer Records.
    • 1.

  • Fairground Attraction

    Find My Love

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 004.

  • Bobby Vinton

    Blue Velvet

    • Swingers (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "COLLAPSE INTO NOW" (Warner) Out today

    • R.E.M.

      脺叠别谤濒颈苍

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

  • City Boy

    5-7-0-5

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • Boris Gardiner

    I Wanna Wake Up With You

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Help Me

    • Dreamland.
    • SNOWSTORM.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE SUBURBS" (Mercury)

    • Arcade Fire

      City With No Children

  • Eagles

    New Kid In Town

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Emin

    Obvious

    • (CD Single).
    • Saffron.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Mar 2011 02:00
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 2

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