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08/08/2011

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 in to Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night-owl comedy and fantastic music. There is a new Record and Album of the Week, Pause for Thought, two more unexpected tracks from Lester's Library and one from you from the Listener's Library. Beware, the Drums of Pun or the Mallet of Stupidity could go off at any time. You have been warned!

3 hours

Last on

Mon 8 Aug 2011 02:00

Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • Peter Gabriel

      Sledgehammer

      • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
      • Now.
  • Solomon Burke

    Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..
  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.
  • Bryan Adams

    Run To You

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.
  • Beverley Knight

    Cuddly Toy

    • (CD Single).
    • Hurricane Records.
    • 1.
  • Commodores

    Brick House

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

    Just Like Jesse James

    • Golden Love Songs Top 100 - Volume 2 (Various).
    • Arcade.
  • Radio 2 Record Of The Week

    • Chris Rea

      Dancing The Blues Away

      • Santo Spirito Blues.
      • Rhino.
      • 1.
  • Madness

    House Of Fun

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.
  • Hour 2

    • Ricky Nelson

      Hello Mary Lou

      • (CD Single).
      • EMI.
  • Lester's Library - released 29th August on Frontline Records

    • Traverso

      Me Not You

  • Santana

    The Game Of Love (feat. Michelle Branch)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
  • Blondie

    What I Heard

    • Panic Of Girls.
    • Five Seven Music.
    • 2.
  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Get Down Tonight

    • Billboard Top Hits 1975.
    • Rhino.
  • Jackson Browne

    Somebody's Baby

    • The Next Voice You Hear - Jackson Bro.
    • Elektra.
  • CocknBullKid

    Yellow

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.
  • Alanis Morissette

    Hand In My Pocket

    • (CD Single).
    • Maverick.
  • Status Quo

    Two Way Traffic

    • Quid Pro Quo.
    • Fourth Chord Records.
    • 1.
  • Dusty Springfield

    Just A Little Lovin'

    • Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love.
    • Philips.
  • Mike + the Mechanics

    Over My Shoulder

    • Mike & The Mechanics Hits.
    • Virgin.
  • Pluto Shervington

    Dat

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

    Happy Hour

    • Now That's What I Call Quite Good.
    • Go! Discs.
  • Listener's Library - John Jones

    • Zucchero and Cheb Mami

      Cosí Celeste

  • The Marvelettes

    Please Mr. Postman

    • Marvelettes-Compact Command Performan.
    • Motown.
    • 3.
  • The Feeling

    A Hundred Sinners

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island Records.
    • 1.
  • Hour 3

    • Incognito

      Always There (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

  • Queen

    Seven Seas Of Rhye

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.
  • Nerina Pallot

    Turn Me On Again

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock

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

    Love Story

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

    Jar Of Hearts

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Fiction Factory

    (Feels Like) Heaven

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Radio 2 Album Of The Week - How I Go

    • Kenny Wayne Shepherd

      Show Me The Way Back Home

      • How I Go.
      • Roadrunner Records.
      • 205.
  • Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

    A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)

    • The Two Of Us.
    • Verve.
  • Lester's Library

    • Steve Forbert

      Romeo's Tune

  • Whitesnake

    Fool For Your Loving

    • Whitesnake - The Best Of Whitesnake.
    • Geffen.
  • Madonna

    La Isla Bonita

    • The Hits Album 6 (Various Artists).
    • BMG.
    • 3.
  • The Pierces

    It Will Not Be Forgotten

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

    Working In A Coal Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • Charly.

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  • Mon 8 Aug 2011 02:00

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