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09/08/2012

Keeping you laughing through the night and playing the best selection of tunes, it's Alex. With the Album and Record of the Week plus Lester's and Listener's Libraries.

Alex is here to keep you entertained with his unique brand of witty 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 Lester's Library, one of your choices from the Listener's Library, Pause for Thought at 3.20am, and the second Half-Time Hooter of the Week. Let the buffoonery begin!

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Thu 9 Aug 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Bonnie Tyler

      Holding Out For A Hero

      • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
      • Polygram Tv.

  • Nick Lowe

    Cruel To Be Kind

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 9.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Pride

    • Life In A Beautiful Light.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Universally Speaking

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Honeycombs

    Have I The Right?

    • 20 Golden Number Ones.
    • MFP.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "FIRES" (Polydor)

    • Ronan Keating

      Fires

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

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Leave A Light On

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • B.B. King

    Better Not Look Down

    • BB King: His Definitive Greatest Hits.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Fun.

    Some Nights

    • Some Nights.
    • Atlantic.

  • Jamiroquai

    Little L

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Marlena Shaw

    California Soul

    • Sampled 3 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (IRL Records)

    • The Wonder Stuff

      Far Far Away

  • Keane

    Sovereign Light Cafe

    • Strangeland.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Wet Wet Wet

      Wishing I Was Lucky

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

  • The Angels

    My Boyfriend's Back

    • Hit Girls Of The Sixties.
    • Pickwick.

  • Blur

    Under The Westway

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Julia and Company

    Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)

    • Now That's What I Call Music II (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Noah and the Whale

    Tonight's The Kind Of Night

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

  • The Robert Cray Band

    (Won't Be) Coming Home

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

  • Maxi Priest

    Wild World

    • Dancing On Sunshine - 22 Reggae Hits.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Tasmin Archer

    Sleeping Satellite

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Simple Plan

    Summer Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Animals

    Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

    • The Hits Of 1965 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "LITTLE EARTHQUAKES" (Atlantic) suggested by Paul Stoke in Kent

    • Tori Amos

      Happy Phantom

      • Little Earthquakes.
      • Atlantic.
      • 6.

  • Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra

    Somethin' Stupid

    • Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
    • Reprise.

  • 顿别蝉鈥檙别别

    Life

    • Big Hits '98 (Various Artists).
    • Sony.

  • HOUR 3

    • Depeche Mode

      Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

      • (CD Single).
      • Mute Records.

  • Barrett Strong

    Money (That's What I Want)

    • Pre-Fab! (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Train

    50 Ways To Say Goodbye

    • Cailfornia 37.
    • Sony.
    • 5.

  • Duffy

    Warwick Avenue

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

  • Tom Robinson

    War Baby

    • The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
    • Hit Records.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Winner

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE COLLECTION" (Rhino) out now

    • Jon & Vangelis

      I'll Find My Way Home

      • The Best Of Jon & Vangelis.
      • Polydor.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Ain't It Funny

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic/Sony.

  • Billy Idol

    Mony Mony

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • The Sutherland Brothers Band & Quiver

    Arms Of Mary

    • The Greatest Love Of All (Various).
    • Old Gold.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (Caracol Records)

    • 脕lex Cuba

      Are You?

  • Chris Montez

    Let's Dance

    • And The Beat Goes On Vol 3 (Various).
    • Debutante.

  • Eric Church

    Springsteen

    • Chief.
    • Wrasse Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Aug 2012 02:00
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