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09/01/2012

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!

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Mon 9 Jan 2012 02:00

Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Roy Orbison

      Oh, Pretty Woman

      • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
      • Global Television.
      • 16.
  • Annie Lennox

    Little Bird

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.
    • 2.
  • Noah and the Whale

    Give It All Back

    • Last Night On Earth.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Bobby Womack

    Across 110th Street

    • Screen Cuts (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • UB40

    Breakfast In Bed (feat. Chrissie Hynde)

    • Now 13, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "LONELY ARE THE BRAVE" (Mercury) out Feb 6th

    • Maverick Sabre

      No One

      • Lonely Are The Brave.
      • Mercury.
      • 1.
  • The Selecter

    On My Radio

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • The Real Thing

    Can't Get By Without You

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.
  • Shania Twain

    When

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • Miss 600

    Typically Me

    • CD Single.
    • Cubit Recordings.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "POWERAGE" (Sony)

    • AC/DC

      Rock 'n' Roll Damnation

  • Bananarama

    Robert De Niro's Waiting

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

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • HOUR 2

    • Take That

      Could It Be Magic

      • Take That - Greatest Hits.
      • RCA.
  • Andrew Gold

    Lonely Boy

    • Super Hits Of The '70s - Have A Nice Day, Vol. 19 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino Records.
    • 1.
  • Gretchen Peters

    Hello Cruel World

    • Hello Cruel World.
    • Scarlet Letter Records.
    • 1.
  • Queen

    Love Of My Life

    • Queen - A Night At The Opera.
    • Parlophone.
    • 9.
  • Dusty Springfield

    Just A Little Lovin'

    • Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love.
    • Philips.
  • Olly Murs

    Dance With Me Tonight

    • In Case You Didn't Know.
    • Epic.
    • 24.
  • Kim Carnes

    Bette Davis Eyes

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

    Black Night

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Chris Isaak

    Live It Up

    • Beyond The Sun.
    • Rhino.
    • 1.
  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "HEMISPHERES" (Mercury) suggested by Les from Black Country

    • Rush

      The Trees

      • Hemispheres.
      • Mercury.
      • 3.
  • Dolly Parton

    Better Get To Livin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.
  • The Big Bopper

    Chantilly Lace

  • HOUR 3

    • Simply Red

      A New Flame

      • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
      • East West Records.
  • Kansas

    Carry On Wayward Son

    • American Dreams II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.
    • 3.
  • Kid Rock

    Care (feat. T.I. & Martina McBride)

    • Born Free.
    • Atlantic.
    • 5.
  • The Kinks

    Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.
    • 1.
  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.
  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Johnny Come Home

    • Fine Young Cannibals.
    • London.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "FOR THE GOOD TIMES" (Parlophone) out now

    • Little Willies

      Fist City

      • For The Good Times.
      • Parlophone.
      • 6.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Street Fighting Man

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • Sister Sledge

    Thinking Of You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.
  • Aloe Blacc

    I Need A Dollar

    • Good Things.
    • Stones Throw Records.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (Bullet Records)

    • The Red Bullets

      East of Easy

  • Dawn Penn

    You Don't Love Me (No No No)

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.
  • Ren Harvieu

    Through The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

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

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  • Mon 9 Jan 2012 02:00

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