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20/05/2009

An early morning mix of music & conversation, including the first Half-Time Hooter of The Week. Also on the Best Time of the Day Show, Alex dips into his own record collection to choose a new release or classic track from Lester's Library and something selected by you in the Listeners' Library.

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Wed 20 May 200903:00
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Music Played

  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • New Order

    True Faith '94

    • (CD Single).
    • London.

  • Madness

    Dust Devil

    • (CD Single).

  • Rickie Lee Jones

    Chuck E's In Love

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Iggy Pop

    The Passenger

    • Screen Cuts (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Kleerup

    Longing For Lullabies (feat. Titiyo)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
    • 1.

  • Dion & The Belmonts

    Teenager In Love

    • Dion & The Belmonts - The EP Collecti.
    • Capitol.

  • Generation X

    Dancing With Myself

    • (Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Billy Ray Cyrus and Miley Cyrus

    Ready, Set, Don't Go

    • Back To Tennessee.

  • Robbie Robertson

    Somewhere Down The Crazy River

    • The Blues Experience (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • Elio Pace

      Addicted to The Phone

  • UB40

    If It Happens Again

    • The Very Best Of UB40 1980-2000.
    • Virgin.

  • Pixie Lott

    Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)

  • Talking Heads

    Road To Nowhere

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Brett Dennen and Femi Kuti

    Make You Crazy

    • (CD Single).

  • Dire Straits

    Lady Writer

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Chris Farlowe

    Out Of Time

    • 99p Guarantees You 73 Minutes 22 Seconds Of Great Music!!! (Various Artists).
    • See For Miles.
    • 2.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Ghosts

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.

  • Glen Campbell

    Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

    • Meet Glen Campbell.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Shontelle and Akon

    Stuck With Each Other

    • (CD Single).

  • LISTENERS' LIBRARY SUGGESTED BY TRACEY IN NOTTINGHAM

    • Sad Café

      My Oh My

      • Best Of.

  • The Staple Singers

    I'll Take You There

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Manfred Mann

    Mighty Quinn

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Simple Minds

    Rockets

    • Graffiti Soul.
    • Sanctuary.
    • 1.

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Heartbeat

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • EG

    Broken

    • (CD Single).

  • Donna Summer

    State Of Independence

    • Club Tropicana (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • James Taylor

    It's Growing

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Did You See Me Coming?

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

  • Dionne Warwick

    Heartbreaker

    • Friends & Lovers (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • Eagles

    How Long

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • Eleanor McEvoy

      Territory Of Poets

  • Gary Go

    Open Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • The Whispers

    It's A Love Thing

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 002.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 May 200903:00
    BBC Radio 2

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